Plum butter

 ( Austrian Cuisine ) 

Plum butter is a type of fruit butter made out of plums. The plums are cooked until reduced to a paste. Spices, preservatives, or sweeteners can be added.

• Magiun is the Romanian type of plum butter. One version, magiun of Topoloveni is a food specialty with protected designation of origin (PDO) which is contains 100% plums, without any sweeteners or preservatives allowed.
• Powidl is a plum butter popular in Central Europe, particularly in Austria, Czech Republic, Poland. It is prepared usually without additional sweeteners or , though there are recipes in Austria which allow the addition of spices and/or sugar
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  For example, in order for a product to be called powidl on the Austrian market must contain at least 53% dry matter and a maximum content of added sugar of up to 30%.
• Pflaumenmus is the German version. In order for the plum butter to be called pflaumenmus on the German market, the product must meet the following requirements: Per 1000 g pflaumenmus, at least 1400 g pitted plums must be used and a maximum of 300 g sugar. Of the 1400 g fruit, a maximum of 350 g may come from dried plums. The dry matter must be at least 50%.

• Fruit butter
• Powidl
• Magiun of Topoloveni
• Plum