Cheap family recipe for 8 people, takes only 55 mins; recipe has wholemeal bread, butter, demerara sugar, cinnamon, plum, caster sugar, cornflour and yogurt.
Plum betty
Course: Cheap family
Servings
8
servings
Prep time
20 mins
Ingredients
- Yogurt: yogurt, to serve
- Butter: 85g butter, melted
- Cinnamon: 1 tsp cinnamon
- Wholemeal Bread: 200g wholemeal bread, torn into chunks
- Caster Sugar: 2 tbsp caster sugar
- Cornflour: 1 tbsp cornflour
- Demerara Sugar: 85g demerara sugar
- Plum: 1 1/4 kg plums, quartered and stoned
Directions
- Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Whizz bread to chunky crumbs in a food processor. Spread over a large baking tray and bake for 10-12 mins, stirring now and then until evenly crisp. Scrape into a bowl and stir in the butter, sugar and cinnamon. Reduce oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3.
- Put the plums, sugar and cornflour into a large lidded pan. On the heat, stir for 1-2 mins until the cornflour is incorporated. Add 200ml water, cover and simmer for 15-20 mins.
- Layer up the plums and crumbs in an ovenproof dish, finishing with a layer of crumbs, and bake for 20 mins.
