Roasted Plums filled with Orange Coconut

This coconut filling tastes wonderful on the roasted plums. Altogether it makes a very tasty treat.

Serving Size: 4

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
• 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
• 1 orange zest and juice
• 1 egg replacement equivalent
• 4 ripe plums halved and stone removed

Directions:

1. Mix the coconut, sugar and cardamom in a bowl.
2. Zest the orange and then juice it.
3. Mix the zest into the coconut mixture and mix well to blend the flavors.
4. Add the egg replacement powder to the juice and beat to a froth.
5. Preheat the oven to 350 F / 177 C.
6. Cut the plums in half and remove the stone.
7. Mix the orange juice egg replacement mixture into the coconut.
8. Fill the “wells” in the plums made from removing the stone with the coconut mixture and pile it slightly high.
9. Place the filled plums in an ovenproof baking dish and bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until the coconut is toasted and the plums are somewhat soft.
10. Remove from the oven.
11. Serve garnished with a small scoop of vanilla soy ice cream.

Notes:

adapted from http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fruit-recipes/stuffed-fruit-crumble

Author: Chris Walker. This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 10:03 pm. It is filed under Coconut, Desserts and Sweets, Orange, Plum. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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