27. September 2023

BEST AND EASIEST PRUNE PLUM PIE

Say that three times fast 🙂

Hi and welcome back everyone! As you have seen, I have been on a hiatus, not only from blogging and writing, but also from baking.

Not that I was very active before that, but starting in August of 2020, I started a low-carb diet for anti-inflammatory purposes, to see if the pain/numbness in my body would get better. Low carb, no sugar = no baking. I’m still on the fence if the low carb diet helped my body, but now I am re-introducing butter and sugar into my diet anyway – mostly because I also want to live a little. And working with butter and sugar is my happy place. That is also worth something, folks! Bottom line – eat mostly healthy, but don’t deprive yourself of what brings you joy!

Having said that, the process of baking brings me even more joy than eating the final product, so here I am, filling up my freezer one baked good at a time.

In August I was gifted a big bowl of red currants. And since they don’t keep, and don’t freeze well (I must admit that I haven’t really tried freezing red currants), I decided to make a pie. I adooooore pies. There is just something so deliciously decadent about a pie. Any pie. So it started with a Swiss Quark and Berry pie (in German), then the ~~ice was broken~~ the oven was warm, and it snowballed from there. I WAS BACK!

But the recipe I wanted to share in my inaugural Substack newsletter (see below) is the recipe I discovered after the one above. Because again, I was gifted a big bag of prune plums, and was on the lookout for a recipe. And boy, did I fall in love with this recipe, and have made countless variations since.

Let’s get to it, shall we?

PRUNE PLUM CRUMBLE PIE

This quick and easy prune plum crumble pie is so so delicious and versatile. Make it exactly like mine, or make it your own!

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INGREDIENSER

Ingredients for the base and the crumble

240 grams all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
160 grams butter cold, cubed
100 grams light brown sugar *
1 teaspoon vanilla or vanilla sugar
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 tablespoons ice water

Ingredients for the filling:

3-4 tblspoons prune plum jam optional
300 grams prune plums de-stoned, sliced
1-2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon corn starch

FREMGANGSMÅTE

Method for the base and crumble:

Add flour, sugar, vanilla, pinch of salt and butter to your food processor and pulse until it resembles corse crumbs
Add your mixture to a medium bowl and make a well in the middle.
Mix your egg yolk well with the ice water and add it to the flour/butter/sugar, and mix until the dough comes together.
Dump 2/3 of your dough onto your pie tin. I always use parchment paper for easier cleanup.
Press the dough down to the base and up the sides of the tin.

Method for the prune plum filling:

add the prune jam to the base of the pie if using
add sugar and corn starch to the sliced plums and let macerate if you have time

Assemble:

Add the plum mixture to the base and crumble the rest of the dough over it
Bake at 180°C, at the lowest level of your oven, for 40-45 minutes, or until golden brown.
Let cool, and dust with icing sugar before eating
I love to eat this with soft whipped cream

*I have also used all white sugar and a mix of dark brown and white sugar for this recipe – use what you have!