Deep Plum Pie
12 to 16 halved and pitted blue plums 1/2 c brown sugar 1/2 c white sugar 1/4 tsp ground cloves or 1/2 teaspoon cardamon pinch salt 2 tbsp quick-cooking tapioca 2 tbsp lemonjuice
Ingredients
- 12to 16 halved and pitted blue plums
- 1/2cup brown sugar
- 1/2cup white sugar
- 1/4tspground cloves or 1/2 teaspoon cardamon
- 2tbsplemonjuice
- 1tbspbutter
Directions
- 1
12 to 16 halved and pitted blue plums 1/2 c brown sugar 1/2 c white sugar 1/4 tsp ground cloves or 1/2 teaspoon cardamon pinch salt 2 tbsp q
- 2
Combine the sugar, cloves or cardamon, salt and tapioca and sprinkle over the fruit
- 3
Shake the dish slightly so that the sugar will sift down through the fruit
- 4
Sprinkle with the lemon juice and dot with the butter
- 5
Bake at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes
- 6
Roll the pastry and cut nine 3" circles from it
- 7
Remove the pie from the oven and place the circles of pastry over the fruit in a slightly overlapping design
- 8
Return the pie to the oven and bake for an additional 20 minutes or until the fruit is tender and the pastry brown