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Cold Stewed Prunes with Claret

Name: Cold Stewed Prunes with Claret
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 454 Gramme Prune — Prunes; 1900 Millilitre Water — Cold water for soaking, discarded; 240 Millilitre Water — Cold water for simmering; 240 Millilitre Red wine — Claret red wine; 0.5 Cinnamon stick — Cinnamon stick; 113 Gramme Sugar — Granulated sugar; 2 Bay leaf — Bay leaves; 1 Lemon — Small lemon, peel only

Prunes soaked overnight, gently simmered with wine, lemon and warm spices, then served cold.

Duration: 885 minutes
Servings: 6
Type: Dessert

By Alexander Filippini · Posted Sep 29, 2026

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Step 1
Place the prunes in the soaking water, cover and refrigerate for 12 hours. Drain thoroughly; discard the soaking water.
Step 2
Put the soaked prunes in a saucepan with the fresh water, claret, cinnamon, sugar, bay leaves and strips of lemon peel. Cover and simmer very gently for about 30 minutes.
Step 3
Transfer the prunes and liquid to a clean container. Cool promptly, remove the bay leaves, cinnamon and lemon peel, then refrigerate until cold. Serve the prunes with some of their syrup.

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