Plum Leather

Ingredients:

• 3kg plums
• 250g sugar
• 1 star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 6 cloves

Directions:

1. Wash, destalk and drain the plums and place in a large saucepan, together with the other ingredients.
2. Gently boil for 15-20 minutes until soft.
3. Puree the plums through a food mill (which catches all the stones and spices)
4. Gently boil for another 30mins to 1h until it thickens slightly
5. Preheat the oven to 140 degrees/gas mark 1
6. Pour into a shallow baking tray covered in non-stick reusable baking parchment
7. Keep in the oven for 8 hours, or until the leather can be lifted from the parchment easily