How to prepare a plum – Jamie Oliver’s Home Cooking Skills

how to prepare the perfect plum so your

how to prepare the perfect plum so your life will be a hundred times easier if

life will be a hundred times easier if

life will be a hundred times easier if you pick a plum that’s white so you are

you pick a plum that’s white so you are

you pick a plum that’s white so you are looking for one that’s nice and got a

looking for one that’s nice and got a

looking for one that’s nice and got a bit of giving it’s nice it’s not

bit of giving it’s nice it’s not

bit of giving it’s nice it’s not rock-hard like a bullet like they are

rock-hard like a bullet like they are

rock-hard like a bullet like they are when they first come off the trees and

when they first come off the trees and

when they first come off the trees and bushes but one that’s got a bit of give

bushes but one that’s got a bit of give

bushes but one that’s got a bit of give that one’s nice I’m going to have that

that one’s nice I’m going to have that

that one’s nice I’m going to have that one have a feel around and see which

one have a feel around and see which

one have a feel around and see which ones you like so I’ve got a nice bit to

ones you like so I’ve got a nice bit to

ones you like so I’ve got a nice bit to give yep so loads nicer to eat when the

give yep so loads nicer to eat when the

give yep so loads nicer to eat when the nice and ripe and much easier to prep

nice and ripe and much easier to prep

nice and ripe and much easier to prep because there’s a stone in the middle

because there’s a stone in the middle

because there’s a stone in the middle that we’ve got to pull out and if

that we’ve got to pull out and if

that we’ve got to pull out and if they’re under light and they’re really

they’re under light and they’re really

they’re under light and they’re really hard it can hold on to the stone and it

hard it can hold on to the stone and it

hard it can hold on to the stone and it won’t give it to you and you end up

won’t give it to you and you end up

won’t give it to you and you end up bruising all the fruit and it goes all

bruising all the fruit and it goes all

bruising all the fruit and it goes all brown and mushy so also we’re going to

brown and mushy so also we’re going to

brown and mushy so also we’re going to learn a nice skill so the best way to

learn a nice skill so the best way to

learn a nice skill so the best way to cut a plum is you want to keep it in

cut a plum is you want to keep it in

cut a plum is you want to keep it in contact with the board so you’re not

contact with the board so you’re not

contact with the board so you’re not rolling around all over the place near

rolling around all over the place near

rolling around all over the place near your fingers and we can move the plum

your fingers and we can move the plum

your fingers and we can move the plum rather than the knife so if I put my

rather than the knife so if I put my

rather than the knife so if I put my knife in there and then I twist the plum

knife in there and then I twist the plum

knife in there and then I twist the plum I can go all the way around to where I

I can go all the way around to where I

I can go all the way around to where I was at the beginning and my knife

was at the beginning and my knife

was at the beginning and my knife doesn’t go all the way through because

doesn’t go all the way through because

doesn’t go all the way through because it’s it’s hit the stone in the middle

it’s it’s hit the stone in the middle

it’s it’s hit the stone in the middle and you can use this little crease that

and you can use this little crease that

and you can use this little crease that runs down the plum naturally as a

runs down the plum naturally as a

runs down the plum naturally as a guideline of where you’re not going to

guideline of where you’re not going to

guideline of where you’re not going to go so have a go at that keep your

go so have a go at that keep your

go so have a go at that keep your fingers out the way I set right down to

fingers out the way I set right down to

fingers out the way I set right down to the stone lets it feel it and then roll

the stone lets it feel it and then roll

the stone lets it feel it and then roll your plum round till you’re back to the

your plum round till you’re back to the

your plum round till you’re back to the beginning Bob’s your uncle that’s it put

beginning Bob’s your uncle that’s it put

beginning Bob’s your uncle that’s it put your knife down then you twist hello all

your knife down then you twist hello all

your knife down then you twist hello all you’ve got a nice one right so then you

you’ve got a nice one right so then you

you’ve got a nice one right so then you just want to you can if you like me I go

just want to you can if you like me I go

just want to you can if you like me I go straight in with my fingers and pull it

straight in with my fingers and pull it

straight in with my fingers and pull it out but if you’re a bit more demure you

out but if you’re a bit more demure you

out but if you’re a bit more demure you can trace around the edge of the stone

can trace around the edge of the stone

can trace around the edge of the stone with your knife keeping it firmly on the

with your knife keeping it firmly on the

with your knife keeping it firmly on the board and then you can just pull it out

board and then you can just pull it out

board and then you can just pull it out if it’s a bit tricky

so that’s it how easy was that you

so that’s it how easy was that you perfect plums