In a small sauce pan, mix ½ cup sugar (here, vanilla sugar), ¾ cup water, 1/8 tsp each nutmeg and allspice, and a small cinnamon stick. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and cook until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat, then pour over 2 ½ lb red plums (stems removed, placed stem side down). Roast in preheated 500 degree oven for 15 mins. Using a pastry brush, baste the plums with the syrup and then turn plums on their side. Continue to roast for another 5 mins (here,10 mins). Recipe from Roasted: A Simple Art by Barbara Kafka. (Sept. 2014)
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