Slow Living in Rural Ireland | Garden Room Progress & Best Homemade Plum Sauce

A slow August day at home in rural Ireland, with a little more progress in the conservatory, cleaning the old rattan furniture and making the most of our plum harvest. I’m cooking duck with homemade plum sauce, Savoy cabbage, roasted beetroot and a simple plum crumble. Plum sauce 1 kg plums 1 onion 2 garlic cloves Fresh ginger 150 g brown sugar 100 ml apple cider vinegar 2 tbsp soy sauce 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp Chinese five spice Salt Simmer for around 30 minutes, blend, pass through a sieve and simmer again until thickened. Plum crumble Plums Brown sugar Cinnamon Crumble topping 90 g butter 60 g sugar 100 g flour 40 g oats Bake at 170°C for around 40 minutes. Thank you for spending another day with me ❤️ Alicia Ceramics Boleslawiec D-111 Most things in my kitchen are older pieces collected over time, but I've linked what I could find for those who asked: Cat food mat https://amzn.to/420lRwB Storage Jars https://amzn.to/4c4TUcX Spoon rest https://amzn.to/4t4Zz8S Le creuset casserole dish https://amzn.to/4txVp9i braiser dish https://amzn.to/3Q26eCi Espresso mug https://amzn.to/3Ouh1ER Grand Mug https://amzn.to/4mqZppY Baking trays https://amzn.to/47WNBpv Forest cake tin https://amzn.to/4dCBIIX Honeycomb cake tin https://amzn.to/4vq6tXR Stand mixer https://amzn.to/41ohxHp Toaster https://amzn.to/4chnnPJ Cat bowl https://amzn.to/4cpgwUF Mini radio https://amzn.to/4t6SNzG Drawer liners https://amzn.to/422idlS Some links are affilate links.