Peach & almond tart

Peach & almond tart

Juicy peaches, sweet almonds, melt-in-the-mouth pastry... you'll want a large slice of this one

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

Plus resting
Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. To make the pastry, rub together the flour and butter until it looks like fine breadcrumbs, then mix in the sugar. Add 1 egg yolk and 1 tsp water, followed by the next yolk and 1 tsp water until the dough just comes together. Wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 30 mins.
  2. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured surface until big enough to line a 23cm tart tin. If the dough rips, simply patch it up. Cut away the excess pastry. Line with greaseproof paper, fill with baking beans, then bake for 10 mins. Remove paper and beans. Prick quite a few holes in the base of your tart, then bake for another 10-15 mins until biscuity.
  3. While the pastry cooks, make the filling. Whisk the sugar and butter together until you get a pale paste. Beat in the eggs and finally add the almonds and flour. Spoon into pastry case, arrange the peach slices across the top in a pattern and bake for 30-40 mins until golden. When cool, brush your preserve or jam across the top. Serve with a little pot of crème fraîche on the side and eat it quick before anyone else gets their hands on it!

Per serving

537 kcalories, protein 10.0g, carbohydrate 45.0g, fat 37.0 g, saturated fat 16.0g, fibre 3.0g, sugar 22.0g, salt 0.29 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2010.

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  • 04 July 2010

    Suzanne rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was easy and delicious. When I saw the quantity of pastry I had I was afraid I would have to roll it out really thin and that it would be difficult to transfer to the tin ( I usually am not that good with pastry), and break in a few pieces and make a mess. It rolled out well and i and followed baking directions exactly. The pastry was beautiful. I will use it again for other fruit pies. The filling was delicious, nice almond taste. The pie was a big success with my friends. We live in South West France, peaches are in season now, and they come from down the road! They are picked when they are ready to eat, they are so juicy. I'm sure that they contributed to the success of this lovely tart.

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  • 18 July 2010

    Marianne rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Like Suzanne I am "not good" with pastry - in fact hopeless, but I followed the recipe religiously, and it came out well, and is delicious too. I agree though that you must have good peaches. Added the insides of a vanilla pod to the custard mix & the glaze too, so it also looked quite professional, and up to the standards of my local patisserie. Was a lovely summer pud to follow's Barney's Pancetta-wrapped trout, eaten outdoors on a memorable and balmy evening.

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  • 20 July 2010

    Yorkshire Helen rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Loved this recipe. I was worried about the pastry as well and did actually end up 'molding' it into my flan tin which came out fine. Next time I think I will add some almond extract as well as the almonds - I really like quite a strong almondy flavour. I had made the tart for my Mum's birthday and she really enjoyed it. I will make this again. Yum.

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  • 25 August 2010

    markinessex rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is such a great tart. Extremely tasty. Bookmarked this recipe to make for friends that we coming over. Got a phone call the night before saying that they couldn't eat gulten! Gulp. I went and bought some gulten free flour. Worked really well! It actually looks very professional, but is easy to make.

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  • 18 September 2010

    Ruth rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    The pastry shrank down the sides a bit when blind-baked, probably just my technique, but it didnt show once the filling was in. Looked very nice, tasted great too! Would def make again.

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  • 25 September 2010

    Anna rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    love this receipe. since it's autumn now and i can't get really nice peaches anymore I started to use plums instead - works even better for me sprinkle with some flaked almonds... just perfect

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  • 14 October 2010

    pris.lau. commented on this recipe

    Easy to bake and results are great. Made it when we invited people over to our house and everybody thought we bought the tart!

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  • 14 October 2010

    pris.lau. rated this recipe

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  • 07 June 2011

    montserrat rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Wow! Lovely tart. The almond filling is really good and tasty. So good that it doesn't really need the peach (or any fruit for the matter). Highly recommend others to try it and I will definitely make it again & again. Thanks Gregg for the recipe.

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  • 24 June 2011

    Very Hungry commented on this recipe

    I only used this recipe for the tart base to make smaller tarts for something else. Unfortunately, the tart bases tasted and looked rather like oatmeal cakes... Perhaps I did not put enough water in because when i tried to roll it out, it just crumbled to bits...

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  • 10 July 2011

    Carine rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Thank you for this lovely recipe. I followed it almost by the book ! Just bought the pastry already made... But the almond filling really does the trick! Will retry it with other fruits. Highly recommended. Easy as well!

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  • 09 August 2011

    Moose rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I think I may have overcooked this. I wasn't sure whether the almond filling was supposed to set like a sponge or be soft like a custard. The edges seemed to bake OK but the middle seemed uncooked so left it in for 10 minutes longer than maybe it needed. It looked fabulous and still tasted really good. Heated the apricot jam first, which aids glazing. Would cook for less time next time I cook it, which my partner hopes will be very soon!

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  • 30 September 2011

    Oyku Ozer rated this recipe

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  • 24 October 2011

    Barbara Saunders rated this recipe

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  • 28 November 2011

    Barbara Saunders commented on this recipe

    Pastry was easy to make, roll out and fit into the tin. A lovely tart.

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  • 27 December 2011

    CHATTOPLATTO commented on this recipe

    For those who mentioned not being "good with pastry" I would suggest leaving the pastry in the fridge for several hours - or indeed as I do, overnight then take it out and leave to come up to a workable temperature; that never fails for me - honest!

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  • 17 February 2012

    KasiaK rated this recipe

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    28 June 2012

    Kat rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is a realyl lovely tart, and very impressive to look at despite how easy it is to make! I added a dash of lemon juice to the filling to contrast against the sweetness. Delicious, would definitely make again and try different fruits.

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  • 27 July 2012

    Clare rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    very disappointing - the almond 'custard'/sponge was dry and fairly bland. would not make again

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  • 24 August 2012

    Baker231 rated and commented on this recipe

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    This recipeis easy and delicious!! I only found it last week and have already made it twice- everyone loves it !!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

Plus resting
Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Ingredients

FOR THE PASTRY

  • 175g plain flour , plus extra for rolling
  • 85g cold unsalted butter , cut into small pieces
  • 1 tbsp caster sugar
  • 2 egg yolks

FOR THE FILLING

  • 100g caster sugar
  • 140g butter
  • 2 eggs , beaten
  • 140g ground almonds
  • 50g plain flour
  • 3 peaches , sliced
  • peach preserve or apricot jam
  • crème fraîche , to serve
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Per serving

537 kcalories, protein 10.0g, carbohydrate 45.0g, fat 37.0 g, saturated fat 16.0g, fibre 3.0g, sugar 22.0g, salt 0.29 g

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