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Peeled Damson Plums or Plums in Sugar

6 servings

Ingredients

• 1 kg large blue plums or damson plums, peeled
• 0.75 kg sugar
• whole cinnamon (a little)
• cloves (a little)

Instructions

1. Peel large blue plums or damson plums that are not yet too ripe, weigh them, and for every 1 kilogram of plums, allow 750 grams of sugar.
2. Clarify and boil the sugar, add the plums, and let them boil a few times in it.
3. On the second day, pour off the juice, boil it, and pour it over the plums again; repeat this on the third day, this time allowing the plums to boil once more.
4. Optionally, on the second or third day, cook a little whole cinnamon and cloves tied in a muslin cloth with the plums, but remove them before sealing the jars.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.