Plum & Almond Tart
Created by TeresaS on December 3, 2015
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 80m
- Cook Time: 50m
- Recipe #21978
Ingredients
- FOR PASTRY
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon water, approximately
- FOR FILLING
- 2 cans (16 1/2 ounce) plums (purple plums, drained)
- 4 1/4 ounces ground almonds (1 cup ground)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon rind, grated
- 1 large egg (lightly beaten)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar (extra)
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
How to Make
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Step 1: Sift flour into bowl, cut in butter, add egg yolk and enough water to mix to a dry dough.
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Step 2: Turn onto lightly floured surface, knead lightly until smooth, cover, refrigerate 30 minutes.
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Step 3: Roll pastry large enough to line a 9-inch flan pan, refrigerate 30 minutes.
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Step 4: Meanwhile halve and seed plums, drain on absorbent paper.
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Step 5: Combine almonds, sugar, lemon rind and egg in bowl, mix to a paste.
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Step 6: Combine extra sugar and cinnamon thoroughly.
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Step 7: Spread almond mixture into pastry case, top with plums, dot with butter, sprinkle with sugar mixture.
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Step 8: Bake in 375°F oven about 50 minutes or until golden brown.
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Step 9: Dust with powdered sugar, serve warm or cold with shipped cream and sliced almonds.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (125.8 g)
- Calories 329.5
- Total Fat - 19.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 8.4 g
- Cholesterol - 80.1 mg
- Sodium - 121 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 35.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.2 g
- Sugars - 20.1 g
- Protein - 6.7 g
- Calcium - 60.8 mg
- Iron - 1.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 7.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg