Plum Dumplings - My Gorgeous Recipes (2024)

Plum Dumplings, a popular dessert across Eastern Europe. It is made with fresh ripe plums coated in a mashed potato dough and tossed into sweetened cinnamon breadcrumbs. A fantastic Fall recipe that goes well with the whole family.

These plum dumplings are made the Romanian way - although I am pretty sure the recipe is not too different in other Eastern European countries. The main ingredients are pretty much the same, but you can decide how much sugar goes into them.

If the plums are ripe and sweet, we shouldn't need too much refined sugar added to them, since more it's then added to the breadcrumbs anyway. It's quite an unusual dessert if you think about it, but it's really delicious, and once you make the recipe once, you'll fall in love with it.

Plums are at the their best in Autumn, and they are easily available from the end of August onwards. I mean, the real deal, those plums that actually taste the way they should taste, the juicy and ripe ones, not the supermarket kind of plums that can be found outside their season too.

Nah, those ones won't work, simply because they are not sweet enough for you to truly enjoy this dessert. And it really is a special dish. Let' see how to make it!

Ingredients used

• plums - choose plums that are ripe and juicy and can be easily pitted. Unripe plums will be too sour, and even the sugar added wouldn't make the dumplings taste that good
• flour - plain flour is all we need
• potatoes - whatever you have around
• breadcrumbs - I used golden breadcrumbs, but use whatever you have
• cinnamon - it works wonderfully well with plums
• sugar - I used caster sugar, but granulated sugar also ok
• butter - for mixing with the breadcrumbs
• egg - for binding the potato dough

Step-by-step photos and instructions

• peel and cut the potatoes into fries
• add them to a pan, and pour enough water to cover them completely
• boil on a medium heat until the potatoes are tender
• drain the water, and allow them to cool
• mash them well, then add the egg and flour, and mix well to get a sticky dough

• cut the plums lengthwise, but not all the way through, just enough to be able to pit them
• add 2 tablespoons of sugar and one teaspoon of cinnamon and toss well
• take 2 spoonful of dough, flatten it up, add one plus in the middle and wrap the dough around it to seal well
• repeat with the rest of the plums
• bring a pan of salted water to the boil, and add the dumplings to it - work in batches if necessary
• once the dumplings float to the surface, they are ready

• in a pan set over a medium heat, melt the butter, and the breadcrumbs and sugar, and stir well
• add the cinnamon, and continue to stir for 2-3 minutes
• toss the hot dumplings into the breadcrumbs while they are still hot, then allow them to cool down before serving

Expert tips

Make sure the potato dough is sticky, more like a thicker mash, if the dough doesn't stick to the hands at all, it means the dumplings will be too tough.

Have a bowl of water around to wet your hands when you shape the dumplings, it is a lot easier to do so without the dough sticking badly to your hands.

Other plum desserts

Plum Pie

Plum Muffins

Traybake Plum Sponge Cake

Apple and Plum Crumble

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