Fake plum dumplings: a quick and easy baking dish
Plum dumplings are a classic that reminds many of childhood and home cooking. The soft dough, sweet plums, and golden brown fried breadcrumbs create a combination that's hard to beat. But while we love them, they're often rarely made due to their somewhat time-consuming preparation.
Instead of shaping and cooking each ball separately, we simply place all the ingredients in a baking dish. During baking, the semolina mass and plums are soaked, and the crumbly crust provides that real homely touch. The result is a fragrant pastry that is almost identical to classic plum dumplings - only the preparation is faster, easier and without unnecessary complications.
Recipe for fake plum dumplings
If making plum dumplings seems time-consuming to you, you've just found a shortcut to a delicious and fragrant substitute. Making fake plum dumplings is super quick, and the result will amaze you.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg plums - 250 g breadcrumbs - 150 g cane sugar (or regular) - 2 vanilla sugars - 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon - 70 ml oil - 1 l milk - 1 egg - 170 g spelt flour (or wheat) - 7 g baking powder - 100 g butter
Preparation process:
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Halve the plums and discard the pits.
In a bowl, mix the breadcrumbs, 50 g sugar, 1 vanilla sugar, cinnamon and oil.
Pour 7 dl of milk into a pot and heat it over medium heat until boiling.
Meanwhile, mix the remaining milk with the egg, the remaining sugar, the remaining vanilla sugar, the semolina and the baking powder. Cook the mixture in the boiling milk. When it thickens, remove the pot and stir in the butter.
Pour half of the crumbs into a 25 x 35 centimeter baking dish and place the plum halves on top, overlapping them slightly.
Pour the semolina cream into the baking dish, cover the plums completely with it, smooth the top, and sprinkle with the remaining crumbs.
Bake the pastry in a preheated oven for 45 minutes, then serve warm or chilled.
