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Charred Buttered Plums with Cheese

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Photo by Ted Cavanaugh, Food Styling by Sue Li

Plums are summer’s all-stars. You should eat and cook with them only when they are peaking, plentiful, and widely available in many varieties.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons unsalted butter
6 plums, pitted, halved
8 ounces fresh goat cheese

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Heat a medium skillet, preferably cast iron, over medium-high. Add butter and swirl to coat skillet. Arrange plums, cut side down, in skillet and cook, shaking skillet occasionally, until cut sides are nicely charred, about 5 minutes. Place, cut side up, on a platter and let cool slightly.

    Step 2

    Crumble cheese around plums; season everything generously with salt and pepper. Drizzle with oil.

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