Spicy Oven Roasted Plums Food

SPICY OVEN-ROASTED PLUMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a shallow baking dish with cooking spray.
• Place the plums, cut-side up, in a single layer in the baking dish.
• Whisk together the orange juice, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cumin, and cardamom in a bowl; drizzle over the plums.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until plums are hot and the sauce is bubbly. Top with toasted almonds, if desired (see Cook's Note).

ROASTED CINNAMON PLUMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 350 degrees F.
• Cut the plums in half, and remove the pits. Place the plums in a baking dish, skin-side down, and sprinkle with sugar, and cinnamon, and grate a little lemon zest over the top.
• Place the baking dish in the oven and roast for about 30 minutes, or until soft.
• Serve over warm bread that has been buttered or 'buttered and honeyed.'

SPICY ROASTED PLUMS (DIABETIC)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Prepare a two-quart baking dish with a good cooking of cooking spray.
• Prepare plums by slicing in half and removing pits. Place in the baking pan cut side up.
• Combine juice, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar and the spices in a small bowl. Drizzle spiced juice over the plums.
• Bake the fruit for 20 minutes or until the plums are tender. Note that actual cooking time will vary according to the ripeness of the fruit.
• While the fruit is baking, toast the almonds lightly in a dry non-stick skillet. Just a minute or so until the nuts just begin to release their aroma and take on a bit of color.
• In a small bowl combine the sour cream with the last tablespoon of brown sugar.
• Place plum halves in a serving bowl. Dot with sour cream and sprinkle of almonds.

SUGAR-ROASTED PLUMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Arrange plums, cut side down, in a medium ovenproof skillet or baking dish. Sprinkle butter, sugar, orange zest, and pinch of salt over plums. Roast until very tender but still intact, 40 to 45 minutes. Pour orange juice over top; swirl to incorporate. Serve warm.

SPICY OVEN-ROASTED PLUMS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a shallow baking dish with cooking spray.
• Place plums, cut-side up, in a single layer in the prepared baking dish.
• Whisk together orange juice, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cumin, and cardamom in a bowl; drizzle over plums.
• Bake in the preheated oven until plums are hot and sauce is bubbly, about 20 minutes. Top with toasted almonds.

ROASTED PLUMS WITH SPICES

Steps:

• Halve and stone the Plums. Place them cut side down in an ovenproof dish so that they fit fairly snuggly. Pour over enough Orange Juice to come half way up the plums in the dish. Sprinkle over the cloves, Cinnamon and a generous grating of fresh Nutmeg. Bake at 180 for 20 minutes until the Plums are tender,and serve with some of the syrupy cooking juices spooned over the top. In winter serve hot with fresh cream, in summer serve cold with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.