Dried plums or cherries*

Categories:	17th century   fruit   Romanian
Original Source:	Carte intru care sa scriu mancarile de peste i raci, stridii, melci, legumi, erburi si alte mancari de sec si de dulce, dupre oranduiala lor
Secondary Source:	Petru cel paros Voda translation
Cook:	Ailis
Meeting Date:	2012-03-18

Take Dried plums or cherries or sour cherries; put to moisten a little in warm water, then remove, wash well and boil with water, with wine and sugar, with cloves and with nutmeg and cinnamon, all these ground together. And after you've boiled, when you serve, put on slices of fried bread and add sugar over.

Steps

1. Roughly chop prunes into dried cherry-sized pieces.
2. Soak prunes in warm water for 20 minutes, and then rinse.
3. Place in pot and add an equal mix of red wine and water to cover, with a dash of sugar, and the spices. Bring to a boil and then simer to reduce to a thick sauce.
4. Meanwhile fry bread slices in butter. Spoon the prune reduction over the fried bread.