Recipe - Plum Shortcake

SAUCE
1 One half pound Firm plums, pitted and
quartered
One half cup Water
One fourth cup Creme de cassis
3 tablespoon Butter, cut into small
pieces
2 Strips lemon zest
3 tablespoon Sugar

SHORTCAKE
1 cup Flour
2 teaspoon Baking powder
One fourth teaspoon Salt
4 tablespoon Sugar
Three fourths Stick butter (6 Tbsp)
One fourth cup Milk

Simmer the water, sugar, casses and zest in a pan over medium heat for 5
minutes. Add plums and cook til tender, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat,
discard zest and add butter. Stir til butter melts.

Use this to top shortcake in the following recipe. Best served warm with
heavy cream whipped with 1 teasp cassis or almond extract and 1 Tbsp sugar.

SHORTCAKE: Mix together dry ingredients. Cut in butter; either incorporate
with pastry cutter, forks or your fingers til mixture resembles coarse
meal. Stir in milk. Push into pie plate or 8inch cake pan. Bake 15 minutes
in preheated 400 degree F oven. Posted to FoodWine Digest by Gretl Collins
gyc1@PSU.EDU on Jul 8, 1997