Drape a chunk of muslin or a brand new, barely dampened, J material over a wonderful sieve or colander balanced over a bowl.
Put in 400g of thick yoghurt, fold the sides of the muslin or material again over the yoghurt and put aside within the fridge for hour, in a single day if you happen to can.
Set the oven at 180C/gasoline mark 4. For the crumble: put 100g of butter and 90g of demerara within the bowl of a meals mixer and beat till totally mixed.
Take away the bowl from the machine and rub in 80g of rolled oats, 1 tbsp of poppy seeds, 75g of plain flour and 1 degree tsp of salt (I do know this appears like numerous salt, nevertheless it makes the entire thing sing).
Crumble the oat combination on to a baking sheet – an assortment of various sized lumps is most welcome – and bake for 12-Quarter-hour till evenly crisp and pale biscuit-coloured. Take away from the oven and put aside. It should crisp because it cools.
Halve 8 ripe-ish plums, take away their stones and place them minimize facet up on a baking sheet or grill pan. Drop small nuggets of butter (about 20g whole weight) into the hole of every fruit and grind over the tiniest quantity of black pepper (just some grains on every will suffice).
Warmth the overhead oven grill. Slip the plums into the oven and go away for about 20 minutes till tender and luscious.
Place a spoonful of the strained yoghurt in shallow bowls (you want about 4 tbsp per individual). Place 4 halves of plum on every then scatter with a number of the crumble.
It can save you oven use by cooking each the crumbs and the plums on the identical time.
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