Plum jam

Finnish Christmas pastries with plum jam filling.

I thought making plum jam would be difficult but it is not. All you need is plums, apple juice and sugar.

400 g plums
1 dl sugar
2 dl apple juice
2 star anis
5 cloves

Put the plums, sugar, apple juice and spices in a casserole. Boil on low fire for 15-20 minutes. Remove the star anis and cloves. Mix the plums into jam with a hand mixer.

Serve with cheese or as filling in different pastries.

So good, so tasty!

Cook on low fire for 15 minutes.

Remove the star anis and cloves before mixing the plums.

Mix the plums with hand mixer as long as it has a smooth
texture.

Satay sauce

I learned this recipe from my dear Dutch friend for about 15 years ago. For the satay sauce you will need

1 dl milk
2 tbsp peanut butter
0,5 tsp sugar
0,5 tbsp soy sauce
0,5 tsp lemon juice
salt
pepper

Mix the milk, peanut butter, sugar and soy sauce together and warm the mix on low fire. Let it boil quickly. Season with lemon juice, salt and pepper.

This sauce is perfect with spicy pork slices.