Plum Ketchup Recipes

Steps:

• Wash and halve the plums and remove the pits.
• Peel and slice the shallots.
• Roughly grind peppercorns and coriander seeds with mortar and pestle.
• Peel and thinly slice garlic cloves.
• In a large pot, heat oil and saute the shallots until translucent. Add salt.
• Add honey, red wine, pepper and coriander, bay leave and cinnamon stick, bring to a boil and add plums.
• Reduce heat and gently simmer for about 20 minutes until ketchup gets a jam-like consistency.
• Remove bay leave and cinnamon stick.
• Add horseradish and purée in a blender or with an immersion blender.
• Fill hot into prepared canning jars and store in a cool place for up to 3 months.

Steps:

• 1. In a medium saucepan, combine all of the ingredients and bring to a boil. Simmer over moderate heat until prunes are very soft, about 20 minutes. Discard the star anise pod, cinnamon sticks and whole cloves and lemon zest which have been placed in a cheesecloth sachet.
• 2. Pulse lightly the ketchup in a food processor. Season with salt and pepper.
• 3. Will keep for several weeks in the refrigerator. I put in 1/2 pint canning jars and process in hot water bath for 15 minutes.

Steps:

• in processor pulse plums, onion, garlic and ginger until finely chopped.
• put into a saucepan.
• add remaining ingredients, heat to boiling.
• lower heat and simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally until thickened, about 30 minutes.
• cool and refrigerate.

Steps:

• Stir together the plum sauce, ketchup, soy sauce and pepper flakes in a small bowl and set aside.
• Sprinkle the shrimp with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp to the skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, until just cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
• Add the scallion whites, garlic and ginger to the skillet and cook, stirring constantly, until soft, about 1 minute. Add the vinegar and scrape up any brown bits that cling to the bottom of the skillet. Add the plum-ketchup sauce and bring to a simmer. Return the shrimp to the skillet along with the scallion greens and give the skillet a swirl to bring everything together. Divide among 4 plates and serve with white rice if using.

Steps:

• Place cloves and allspice berries on cheesecloth and tie into a packet. In a deep, heavy, nonreactive pot, combine the spice packet and all remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally until a thick, pulpy sauce is formed, about 50 to 60 minutes.
• Pass mixture through a sieve into a bowl, pressing with the back of a spoon to extract pulp. Let cool, then transfer to jars and refrigerate. The ketchup will keep 3 weeks in a refrigerator, 6 months in a freezer.