Recipe Talk

Many years ago I served a greengage sauce at a dinner I did for 100 people. Now I want to use the recipe again I can't find it. All I know is it was basically greengage jam but had vermouth in it. Anybody any ideas I have a dinner to do 29 December for 90 people.

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hanks.

Chinese Plum Sauce


Chinese Plum Sauce

About 4 lbs of plums, after pitting..greengage plums will give a lighter color sauce.
2 cups packed light brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup cider vinegar
3/4 cup finely chopped onion
2 tbls mustard seed
1 tbls 5 spice powder, available at Asian grocery
4 tbls finely chopped chiles, your choice
1 tbls salt
3 cloves garlic, minced fine
1 one inch square knob of fresh ginger, diced fine
Pit and chop plums to measure 10 cups. Combine the sugars, vinegar, mustard seed, five spice powder, chile peppers, salt the garlic and the ginger root in a non reactive(stainless)pan of pot. Bring this to a boil and then add the chopped up plums, return to a boil, and boil gently(rolling boil) stirring every once in awhile for between one and two hours, or until thick. Fill a boiing water canner with water, and place about 6 clean half-pint mason jars in the canner, and keep the heat high...ladle the sauce into a hot jar, leaving 1/4 inch head room and remove air bubbles with a hot knife or spatula along the sides and re-adjust the head space to 1/4 inch...wipe jar rim to remove any sticky stuff, and place a snap lid on the jar, apply the screw band until finger tight, and place the jar in the canner, repeating for all remaining jars...cover canner, return water to boil and process about 10 minutes at altitudes up to 1000 ft. Remove jars, and cool for about 24 hours, then check jar seals to make sure they all went down, and any that do not, use right away,and store in the fridge...those that seal, and they all should if you do it right, label, and store in a cool dark spot in your cupboard. In our opinion after the taste test tonight, it is as good(better)than the store bought stuff. We are gone for two weeks on vacation, starting towmorrow...Cheers, Doug in BC

From: Doug Irvine
Posted By: Doug Irvine, dougandmarie@home.com
Post Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998