Poached Plums

Name: Poached Plums
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 2 cups sugar; 2 cups water; 1-inch piece cinnamon stick; 4 3-by-1-inch strips lemon zest; 1 small vanilla bean; 6 small, firm red plums (about 1 pound)

By Barbara Kafka

Total Time: 22 minutes
Rating: 4(5)
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Ingredients

Yield:6 servings

2cups sugar
2cups water
1-inch piece cinnamon stick
43-by-1-inch strips lemon zest
1small vanilla bean
6small, firm red plums (about 1 pound)

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Preparation

Step 1
Stir sugar and water together in a 2½-quart souffle dish. Add cinnamon stick. Cook, uncovered, at 100 percent in a high-power oven for 3 minutes. Stir thoroughly, making sure there are no grains on the bottom of the dish. Cover with a lid or microwave plastic wrap. Cook for 6 minutes. Prick plastic, if used, to release steam.
Step 2
Remove from oven and uncover. Stir in lemon zest and vanilla bean. Add plums. Cook, covered, at 100 percent power in a high-power oven for 8 minutes.
Step 3
Remove from oven and uncover. Let cool. Remove vanilla bean and store, tightly covered, in the refrigerator.
Step 4
Serve chilled, in a bowl, with some of the syrup.