Summer plums in vanilla caramel

Name: Summer plums in vanilla caramel
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 500 g Prunes; 1 Vanilla pod; 80 g Sugar; 2 TABLESPOONS Butter; 3 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice; 2 stem(s) Lemon balm; 4 balls of walnut ice cream; 7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar

AUTHOR
Louis Ramirez

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
25 mins

TOTAL TIME
25 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

500 g Prunes
1 Vanilla pod
80 g Sugar
2 TABLESPOONS Butter
3 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice
2 stem(s) Lemon balm
4 balls of walnut ice cream
7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar

Directions

1
Wash plums, halve, stone and cut into thin slices. Cut the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the pulp.
2
Caramelise the sugar in a pan until golden. Stir in butter and lemon juice. Add plums and vanilla pulp. Simmer for about 5 minutes while stirring until the caramel is completely dissolved and reduce to a syrupy consistency.
3
Remove plums from the heat and let them cool off lukewarm.
4
Wash the lemon balm and shake dry. Pluck off the leaves and cut into fine strips. Arrange the plums with 1 scoop of ice cream on each. Sprinkle with lemon balm and dust with icing sugar.