Plum is better to take grade "Vengerka", firm, not overripe. From plums remove the seeds, cut it into halves. Rowan rinse in a colander and disassemble into small florets. Half an hour to put in the freezer.

Put a basin for boiling on the fire, boil water in it and stir the sugar. When the syrup boils put it in the fruit and let cook about 5 minutes, removing the foam. In syrup for plums, I add cloves. Separately, I cooked the plums separately Rowan, then to use the syrup. Then remove from heat and let stand for 2-3 hours. Then repeat the procedure two or three times. Readiness is determined visually. Plum preserves shape, but the flesh becomes yellow honey amber. Red ash becomes amber.

With a slotted spoon remove the fruit from the syrup and lay on a sieve to stack juice.

Sprinkle the fruit fine sugar, put on the grill and send in the oven a little dried at a temperature of 80-100 degrees for two and a half hours. IMPORTANT! Fruits should not be dry, only slightly dried.

Thus you can do any fruit. I prepared these fruits for decoration autumn cake, so used the mountain ash. The bitterness in the process of freezing and subsequent cooking of it goes, there is some astringency. Chernoplodku generally not bitter and has a slightly tart, spicy flavor. Plum is the taste of elite varieties of prunes. Syrup after cooking, the jam can be used as usual use syrup.