Plum tart

Plum tart

A deliciously tasty and very pretty pud

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour

Method

  1. Roll the pastry out to the thickness of a £1 coin and line a 23cm loose-bottomed tart tin. Chill for 30 minutes.
  2. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Line the pastry with parchment, cover with beans and bake for 15 minutes, lift out the beans and parchment and bake for 5 minutes.
  3. Whisk the almonds, eggs, cream, butter and sugar until smooth and pour into the pastry case. Arrange the plums in the case cut-side down, pushing them into the custard mixture, they should fit fairly close together. Sprinkle the top with demerara sugar and bake for 25-30 minutes or until the filling is just set and the plums are cooked.

Per serving

651 kcalories, protein 11.9g, carbohydrate 59.1g, fat 42.5 g, saturated fat 17.1g, fibre 3g, salt 0.98 g

Recipe from olive magazine, September 2008.

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  • 03 September 2009

    gbgbella rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    easy to make, very rich only needed thin slices, just as well when it is so high in calories

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  • 10 September 2009

    Teresah rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    This had too strong a taste of almonds for us, totally took the taste of the plums. If I made it again, I would only put half as many in

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  • 08 December 2009

    Luscokitty rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Made this today, but won't make it again. Only good for using up plums. To much like egg custard with plums in, not enough almond flavour for my liking.

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  • 17 June 2010

    beryl rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Thought this pudding was extremely good-even had the leftovers next day

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour

The English plum season starts in July and finishes at the end of September with Victoria, Marjorie's seedlings and greengages.

Ingredients

  • 500g shortcrust pastry
  • 100g ground almonds
  • 5 eggs
  • 142ml pot single cream
  • 100g butter , melted
  • 150g golden caster sugar
  • 6-15 plums , depending on size, halved and stoned
  • 2 tbsp demerara sugar
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Per serving

651 kcalories, protein 11.9g, carbohydrate 59.1g, fat 42.5 g, saturated fat 17.1g, fibre 3g, salt 0.98 g

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