Plum, Meringue And Orange Cream Parfaits - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lbs plums, halved, destoned
1/4 cup sugar
2 cups heavy cream, whipped
1 tbsp powdered sugar
2 tsp finely grated orange zest
1 tbsp orange juice
3 oz meringues, crushed

Preparation

For the plums, preheat oven broiler to hot. Place plums, cut-side up, in a shallow-sided roasting pan. Pour in 1/3 cup water and sprinkle plums with sugar. Broil until browned lightly. Cool.
Meanwhile, for the orange cream, combine the whipped cream, powdered sugar and orange zest and orange juice in a bowl.
To assemble, layer crushed meringues, orange cream and plums in glasses. Drizzle with plum syrup from pan and serve.