• 8 medium size tomatoes
• 50 g butter
• 1 tsp ground cumin or coriander
• 1 tsp paprika
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp allspice

Mix the butter and spices together.  Generously cut out the core from the base of each tomato and press equal amounts of the filling into each one.

Place the tomatoes into a baking dish, butter end up and bake at 160C for about an hour or until well cooked.

• 1 kg fresh plums
• 300 g onions
• ½ tsp fresh ginger
• 2 tbsp fresh mint (2 tsp dried)
• 1 tsp crushed peppercorns
• 2 tbsp butter

Halve and stone the plums and place in a pot with the finely chopped onions, ginger mint and pepper.  Cover and cook for 20 mins.  Remove the lid and continue cooking slowly to reduce the liquid until the mixture is quite thick.  Cut the butter into small wedges and which these into the sauce until melted.