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Ingredients
- unsalted butter, at room temperature, for greasing
- 1 - 2 Tbsp Demerara sugar, to taste
- 700 g plums, ripe but firm, stone removed, bottom trimmed and halved vertically (see tips)
- 1 lemon, finely grated zest and juice
- 160 g caster sugar, plus 1 Tbsp
- 1 vanilla pod, seeds only (see tip)
- 4 medium eggs
- 200 g whole milk
- 100 g whipping cream
- 130 g plain flour
- ½ tsp fine sea salt
- 1 - 2 Tbsp Demerara sugar
- 1 - 2 Tbsp icing sugar, for dusting
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 1027.2 kJ / 245.5 kcal
- Protein
- 4.8 g
- Carbohydrates
- 46 g
- Fat
- 5.6 g
- Saturated Fat
- 2.8 g
- Fibre
- 2.2 g
- Sodium
- 131.9 mg
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