Serves 4    Hot  Vegetarian  Vegan  Fruit  Dessert  Pudding  Dairy free  Eggless

Ingredients

1kg/2.2lb Potatoes, peeled and chopped

1/2 teaspoon of salt

120ml/4fl.oz. Maple Syrup

150g/6oz Whole Wheat Flour

4 Ripe Plums

Vegetable Oil

2 teasp Ground Cinnamon

1. Place the potatoes in a large pan of salted water . Bring to the boil then cook for 20 minutes or until very soft. Drain well, reserving the cooking liquid for use later in the recipe, then return to the pan and mash until quite smooth - do not mash too much. Allow to cool.

2. Add the maple syrup to the mashed potato and mix well then slowly add the flour to make a dough that's not too thick, but not too sticky either.

3. Cut the plums into quarters, removing the stones (16 pieces in all).

5. Bring potato water that was set aside earlier back to a boil in a very large saucepan, with extra water if necessary to 3/4 fill the pan. Add the oil.

6. Drop 8 of the dumplings carefully into the boiling water, keeping it at a rolling boil, and cook until they float to the surface. Remove with a slotted spoon and keep warm whist you cook the remainder of the dumplings.

7. To serve - Sprinkle the dumplings with cinnamon and serve warm.