Serves 4

What you need:
4 plums, halved and stoned
3 stalks of lavender or rosemary
35g / 1 ½oz light brown sugar
1 teaspoon brandy
150g / 5oz low fat natural yoghurt
2 limes, finely zested
1 teaspoon icing sugar
75ml / 4 tablespoons honey, warmed

What you do:
Thread plums onto lavender or rosemary stalks. Cover ends with tinfoil to prevent burning. Sprinkle with brown sugar and brandy and roast in preheated oven 1800C / 350oF / Gas Mark 4 for 15 – 20 minutes. Mix yoghurt, lime zest and icing sugar together. Serve plums warm with natural yoghurt spooned over and drizzled with honey.

Avoca Café, Kilmacanogue and Powerscourt, Co Wicklow and Suffolk St., Dublin. Published in Avoca Cafe Cookbook 2, ISBN 0-95-381521-8