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Spiced Plum Sauce
Sweet and sour, this sauce is perfect for any duck dish you can imagine
Recipe Category:
Sauces
Makes enough for:
1
batch sauce
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Adapted From Preserve page 83
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Ingredients
500
g
plums
stoned
150
g
fructose
250
mls
red wine vinegar
2
star anise
1.25
mls
Chinese 5 spice
½
dried red chilli
2.5
mls
salt
1.25
mls
black pepper
Method
Place all of the ingredients into a large saucepan
Stir until combined
Bring to a boil over a high temperature, stirring until the sugar has dissolved
Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes
Press the mixture through a chinois into a large jug
Remove the jars and lids from the water and dry
Pour the sauce into preserving jars leaving a head space of 2.5cm
Centre the lids on the jars and finger tighten the bands on
Place the jars into the water and leave on a medium temperature until the water reaches 88° Celsius
Leave to simmer at this temperature for 30 minutes
Remove from the water and use a cloth to tighten the bands
Leave to cool completely before labelling with the date
Notes
It will keep for 6 months stored in a dark cupboard, and for 2 weeks once opened in the fridge