Plums are a very popular fruit in the Czech Republic. You can usually find at least one plum tree in every Czech garden. In autumn, a rich harvest is harvested, and plums are widely used to make plum jam.
Plum jam is typically used to fill sweet kolace or buchty. To make them taste even better, various enhancing ingredients are added.
Recipe
Povidlová náplň – Plum butter filling
„Povidlová náplň“, an easy spiced plum butter filling, tastes fantastic!
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Ingredients
- ¾ cup (250 g) plum butter
- 2 Tbsp rum
- lemon zest
- powdered sugar
- pinch of ground star anyse - badyán optional
Instructions
- Cook the plum butter in pot. If it's too thick add some water and mix thorougly.
- Add rum, lemon zest and sugar as needed.
- If you have it, add a pinch of ground star anyse, it will make the filling smell delicious!
- Let the filling cool down. Use it only after it cools down to room temperature.
Notes
TIP: Place it into a decorating bag, if you fill small spaces (kolache for instance).
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Ellen
I love trying jams and spreads from around the world, so when I found a glass of plum butter in my local supermarket, I was delighted! My first kolache made with plum butter filling were great, I can see why Czechs love this.
Petra Kupská
Hello Ellen, plum jam is really at the top of popularity when Czechs make kolache or buchty buns! A quick tip: adding a little rum to the powidl / lekvar makes them even more fragrant and tasty! 🙂