Baked Plum Custard

Ingredients

• Plums, apricots, or similar fruit
• Sugar
• White wine, sack, claret, or rose water
• Pastry paste
• Cream
• Eggs (optional)
• Sugar for topping

Method

1. 1 Place plums or apricots in a dish with sugar and a splash of wine or rose water.
2. 2 Cover the dish with pastry paste to seal it, then bake until the fruit is tender.
3. 3 Remove from oven and let cool completely.
4. 4 Prepare a custard by boiling cream with eggs (or use plain cream).
5. 5 Pour the cream over the cold fruit and sprinkle with additional sugar before serving.