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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (453g)

Recipe makes 12 servings

Calories 398
Calories from Fat 8 (2%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 1.0g 1%
Saturated Fat 0.1g 0%
Monounsaturated Fat 0.4g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.2g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 6mg 0%
Potassium 521mg 14%
Total Carbohydrate 90.6g 30%
Dietary Fiber 4.6g 18%
Sugars 83.0g
Protein 2.3g 4%

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Spiced Italian Plums (Prunes) in Port

Recipe #159335 | 1 hour | 30 min prep | add private note
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By: mikekey
Mar 10, 2006

We have an old Italian prune tree in the front yard that is usually loaded every year. We fix many of them this way, and have wonderfully sweet, spicy prunes for breakfast all year. We usually spend a whole weekend canning prunes and making apple butter. (another old tree in the yard). Any type plum would most likely work.

SERVES 12 , 6 pints (change servings and units)

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1
    Cut plums in half and remove pit. Combine sugar, water, orange peel, cinnamon sticks and cloves in a large pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer a few minutes. Add plums, a layer at a time to heat through, about 2 minutes. Remove plums from syrup.
  2. 2
    Pack hot plums into hot pint jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace.
  3. 3
    Repeat with remaining plums.
  4. 4
    Reheat syrup to a boil. Remove from heat; discard cinnamon sticks. Stir in port.
  5. 5
    Pour over plums, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. (add a few cloves and pieces of orange peel to each jar). Remove air bubbles. Adjust caps.
  6. 6
    Process 20 minutes in boiling water bath.

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From: Hill Family

On Feb 8, 2008

This was a bit time consuming to make but the smell was wonderful. I didn't have whole cinnamon sticks so I used 1 tbsp ground cinnamon. I will come back and add a review when I taste these, but if the smell is any indicator of the flavoring I am in for a treat. Update: I didn't care for these right out of the can - I think it is the tawny port (strickly personal tastes) However I have used them to make "Grandma Geldner's Pflaum (Plum) Torte" and OMG so much better then just using regular prunes. I will can these again specifically to bake that torte - Thanks Mikekey

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    • From: ChezArtz

    On Aug 22, 2006

    This recipe was very easy to make and made our house smell like Christmas in August. Thanks so much, because I had a huge box of plums that were going to go bad if I didn't can them!!! The yield was slightly higher when I made this--6 pounds of fruit made 8 pints...

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