Beverages

The plum sour

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24 September 2025
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Easy

Homely comforts like hot buttered toast, scones, or a stack of flapjacks may be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of jams and preserves. But here’s a new association for you: how about a cocktail? Not only is it perfectly acceptable to add jam to your drink; it’s recommended Try it with this plum sour.

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Ingredients

Method
  • 2 t Woolworths plumand-strawberry jam, loosened with water
  • 45 ml Scotch whisky
  • 2 T fresh lemon juice
  • 1 T simple syrup

Method

Ingredients

1. Shake over ice, strain and serve in a coupe or a short glass filled with ice. Go all out and rim the glass with a lick of strawberry jam and dust with dehydrated strawberry powder or strawberry jelly powder (don’t knock it till you’ve tried it!).

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Photographer: Jan Ras
Production: Bianca Strydom
Food assistant: Raymand Buitendag
Jeanne Calitz

Recipe by: Jeanne Calitz

Jeanne Calitz is a freelance lifestyle writer based in Kommetjie, Cape Town. She's a voracious reader and a fan of hyper-seasonal cooking and well-made cocktails (spicy palomas forever!) When not writing, you'll find her busy in the garden or walking the family's two Schnauzers, awestruck by the fact that she gets to live near the ocean.

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