Prune Whip Or Prune Fool Recipes

CLOSEST TO MOM'S PRUNE WHIP

Steps:

• Place plums in a saucepan; cover with water. Cover and cook until tender; drain. Puree in a blender or food processor. Add sugar and vanilla; mix well. Pour into a bowl; cool. , Fold in whipped cream. Spoon into parfait glasses or dessert dishes. Chill for at least 2 hours.

PRUNE WHIP

Steps:

• Beat together 3 egg whites with salt.
• Add the 6 Tbsp.
• sugar and beat until stiff.
• Fold in the prunes and lemon juice.
• Place in a casserole dish and place the dish in a pan of water.
• Bake at 350F for 30 minutes.
• Custard: Scald the milk in a double boiler.
• Beat together egg yolks, sugar and vanilla.
• Add this egg mixture slowly to the milk.
• Continue cooking to thicken.
• Serve the prune whip with the custard on top.

PRUNE WHIP

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, simmer the prunes in water until soft, drain and puree. Combine the puree in a saucepan with the sugar and heat until the sugar dissolves. Add the lemon juice and vanilla.
• Beat the egg whites until frothy, add the cream of tarter, and beat until stiff. Fold the prune puree into the egg whites.
• Pour into a buttered and sugared 2 quart baking dish and bake in a preheated 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) oven until nicely browned. Refrigerate and serve chilled with whipping cream.

PRUNE WHIP OR PRUNE FOOL

Steps:

• Mix prunes and sugar and cook together in a double boiler until very prune mix is tender-- mush the prunes so sugar will mix well as the mixture cooks.
• After the prunes are cooked, put mixture into blender and blend well, then cover and refrigerate.
• When prune mixture is thoroughly chilled, fold in the beaten egg whites.
• Cover and return to the refrigerator until needed.
• When ready to serve, put prune mixture into small bowls.
• Whip the cream until it forms peaks, then spoon onto each dish of prune whip and serve.
• Note: you may wish to serve this as a "fool" -- an English dessert -- by folding the whipped cream into the mashed fruit.

PRUNE WHIP PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Rub prunes through a strainer; add 1/2 cup sugar and heat again to boiling until sugar is dissolved.
• Add salt, lemon juice and rind.
• Beat egg whites until nearly stiff; gradually add remaining sugar and continue to beat until stiff enough to hold it's shape.
• Fold in prune pulp, pour into pie shell and bake for about 30 minutes or until set.

PRUNE PUDDING

Steps:

• Place prunes in a medium-size saucepan, pour in 2 cups hot water and let stand for 1 hour. Transfer saucepan to the stove and bring prunes to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 5 to 10 minutes until soft.
• Drain prunes, reserving the liquid, and roughly chop. Add more hot water to the reserved prune water so it totals 2 cups. Place prunes and prune water back in the saucepan and add the sugar, powdered cinnamon and cinnamon stick. Stir to combine and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make a slurry by mixing the cornstarch and 2 tablespoons cold water. Add the slurry to the prune mixture and cook over low heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly, to thicken mixture. Remove the cinnamon stick and ladle the pudding into ramekins. Let cool, then chill in the refrigerator. Serve cold.

A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PRUNE WHIP

Steps:

• To make whip.
• cook prunes as packaged lable suggests, drain prunes, reserving liquid. remove 1/2 Cup cooked prunes for later.
• puree the remaining prunes in blender with 1/2 cup of the reserved liquid, add lemon juice . let cool.
• with mixer at high speed, beat egg whites with salt until frothy gradually beat in sugar, beat until stiff peaks form.
• add puree'd prunes 1/4 c at a time, beating well. beat at high speed, 2 minutes.
• chop remaining prunes and fold into the mixture along with 1/3 c cream , whipped put into 6-8 sherbert dishes.
• refrigerate and top with the custard sauce ( above) as follows:.
• To make the CUSTARD SAUCE follow the below.
• 1 c milk.
• 2 egg yolks.
• 3 tbs sugar.
• dash salt.
• 1/2 tsp vanilla.
• heat milk in top of double boiler, over direct heat, until bubbles form around the edge of the pan.
• in small bowl lightly beat the egg yolks with sugar and salt.
• gradually add the hot milk beating constantly.
• return to double boiler , cook over hot, not boiling, water until a thin coating forms on a metal spoon- 8-10 minutes.
• stir in vanilla. strain into small bowl, refrigerate, covered, until well chilled.