Recipe courtesy of Dr Joan Ransley for Love Your Gut
Honey baked plums with toasted pistachio nuts and sweet saffron labneh
Add a splash of colour to any dinner with these plums with pistachio and saffron
Published: February 7, 2020 at 1:36 pm
Ingredients
- 4 Dark red plums halved, stone removed
- 2tbsp Runny honey
- 1tbsp Pistachio nuts roughly chopped
- 350g Labneh (made from 500g low fat Greek yogurt)
- 2 pinches of saffron
- 2 Cardamom pods
- 1tbsp Icing sugar less if preferred
Method
Step 1
Place the plums cut side up on a baking tray or bun tin and drizzle with honey. Place the tray of plums in the oven for 10 minutes and cook until they are soft and their juice bubbles from the skins.
Step 2
Finely grind the saffron. Mix with a teaspoon of freshly boiled water and set aside to infuse for 10 minutes. Remove the seeds from the cardamom pods, discard the husks and finely grind the seeds.
Step 3
Fold together the labneh, ground cardamom, icing sugar and cooled saffron water.
Step 4
To serve; divide the plums among 4 serving bowls. Top with the saffron labneh and sprinkle with the ground pistachio nuts.
