Frasco de Ameixas d'Elvas DOP em calda, do Convento da Serra

PDO Elvas Plums in Syrup

Name: PDO Elvas Plums in Syrup
Brand: Ra-Ro
SKU: 02PT11MAL0018
Price: 11.90 EUR
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11,90 €

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They date back to the origins of Portugal, to D. Afonso Henriques. And Lord Wellington wanted to taste them during his time in Portugal. Understandably. These are Elvas plums, now PDO, packed in the original syrup by Convento da Serra, in Estremoz.

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Dimensions

Diâmetro > 9 cm
Altura > 8 cm

Peso Líquido > 320 g

Care

Store in a cool, dry place before opening. Once opened, keep the jar closed in a cool place: the plums keep well for a few weeks.

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PDO Elvas plums

PDO Elvas Plums in Syrup

In the original syrup, from Convento da Serra, in Estremoz.

Story of the piece

PDO Elvas Plums in Syrup

They came to decorate and won awards

Locally, the Elvas plum is called abrunho. It is thought to have come from France, imported as an ornamental garden tree, and here it became famous. It was already known in the time of D. Afonso Henriques, the first King of Portugal, and its name reached Britain. Lord Wellington could not resist it.

In 1855 the Elvas plum won a bronze medal at the Paris Exhibition. In 1875 it began to be exported to America. In just over a hundred years it gathered more than two hundred national and international awards.

The jar from Convento da Serra, in Estremoz, brings the plums in the syrup of the original recipe. They are served as a dessert and with cakes. Sericaia, a traditional and emblematic convent sweet from the Alentejo, is their lady in waiting.

PDO Elvas plums in syrup keep well in a cool place for a few weeks, even after the jar is opened. The question is who can wait that long without eating them.

Filipe and Vanessa, from Mercado Alentejano, chose these plums. At Ra-Ro we opened the jar and did not need to worry about keeping them. It was quick.

They came to decorate. And won awards.

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Overview

The jar

Elvas plums PDO in syrup, from Convento da Serra.

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Convento da SerraThe name on the label.
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PDO sealProtected Designation of Origin.
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The tagTied to the jar with a string.

Up close

The plum

Whole plums, with their stalks.

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Whole plumAn Elvas plum with its stalk.
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The syrupDark and glossy.
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The crownThe drawing on the label.

The maker

Mercado Alentejano

Filipe nasceu em Figueira de Barros, no Alentejo. Vanessa é de Lisboa, mas a sua família tem raízes alentejanas. Juntos criaram o Mercado Alentejano em Sousel, onde hoje vivem, para levar a mais casas os produtos de quem faz as coisas à maneira da terra e preservar o saber de ...

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