Mojito poached plums
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After making sorbet, I had a few plums left, and I wanted to do something with rum. (Plum...rum...) With a ton of spearmint in the garden, limes in the refrigerator and a bottle of rum on the counter, my thoughts turned to...Mojito! For this you need plums that are still firm or the plums will be a little mushy after poaching (not that that is necessarily a bad thing). This recipe makes a lot of liquid which you can use to make plum mojitos, or as the syrup in my Fizzy Fruity Refresher: http://www.food52.com/recipes/4137_fizzy_fruity_refresher. (You can throw some rum in there, too. It's summer, I won't tell.) There has been some discussion as to whether one has to peel plums. Mine came from the grocery store so I definitely did; if you have organic plums, you may opt not to. I left it so you can add rum to your taste. I called for dark rum because I prefer it; you may opt to use light rum, which is traditionally used in Mojitos. I served the plums over vanilla ice cream. They would be equally good over pound cake, some barely sweetened ricotta, or even your morning oatmeal (probably without the rum, but I don't judge). Feel free to take poetic license with this recipe--just have fun!
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