Plum tart
Instructions
Plum tart:
Tips
One of the tricky things about baking a homemade tart or pie can be avoiding the dreaded soggy bottom caused by a juicy fruit filling. A tip on how to make sure your crust is crispy and flaky is to bake the tart on a heated baking sheet. Simply place a baking sheet in your oven as it preheats and bake your plum tart on this.
Tips
Another tip to ensure maximum flakiness in your crust is to keep the pastry dough as cool as possible throughout the preparation. This is why it is important to remember to let the puff pastry cool in the refrigerator for at least 10 minutes after you have worked the dough. Cooling it keeps the buttery layers separate and allows them to rise and become flaky as they bake.
Tips
If you are making this tart when plums are not in season, you can use frozen plums. When it is plum season, pit plums and store in the freezer in a Ziploc bag or an airtight container, taking them out when you are in the mood for a freshly baked plum tart.
Questions about plum tart
Baking a delicious homemade tart is easy with our simple recipe using tasty, sweet, and tart plums. Learn more about this scrumptious treat by having a look at our answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about this fruity tart.
Despite its fancy, mouth-watering looks, this is a very easy plum tart. Roll the puff pastry sheets to a square and leave to chill in the fridge as you prepare the filling to ensure a flaky and light result after baking. Get your plums and almonds ready to assemble the tart with grated marzipan and sweet apricot jam. Make delicious layers of jam, marzipan, plums, and almonds, and bake until the plum filling is bubbling and cooked through. Allow it to cool and set for a few minutes but serve it warm with a dollop of ice-cold crème fraiche.
As most fruits, plums come in many different varieties. Red, black, and yellow plums can all be used for baking but may offer slightly different flavour profiles. Red plums are generally known as the sourest kind of plum. Choosing red plums will make for a sour tart, whereas a black plum tart will be sweeter. However, a yellow plum tart with Mirabelle plums will result in the naturally sweetest tart. Experiment with a mixture of plums or go for an either sweet or sour result by only using one type of plum.
You can freeze your homemade plum tart for up to 3 months. Allow the tart to cool completely before freezing. Place it on a baking sheet, a smaller tray, or the like to keep it level and secure, so no filling accidentally leaks out. Wrap it, first in plastic wrap, then foil, and place it in a freezer bag in the freezer. Wrapping might be easier if you start by letting it firm up in the freezer for 2-3 hours before wrapping it. You can also freeze an unbaked tart. Assemble the tart up until the point when it is ready to bake. Follow the same tips as for a baked tart, letting it freeze a bit first until firm, and wrapping it tightly. The unbaked tart will keep for up to 4 months.
If you have leftover plum tart, you can, of course, save the rest to enjoy later. If kept in a cool place, a puff pastry plum tart will keep for up to two days. It is not necessary to store a fruit tart in the refrigerator, but you can, of course, choose to do so, if you prefer. This will keep it fresh for a few more days, but it might affect the puff pastry.
While the plum tart may be enjoyed at room temperature, it is best enjoyed warm with ice-cold crème fraiche, which is why we recommend reheating it. To reheat a cool tart, warm it for 10 minutes at 200°C regular oven. If you have kept a baked tart in the freezer, let it thaw at room temperature for up to three hours or overnight in the fridge and reheat it for 20 minutes in the oven. If you have frozen an unbaked tart, it does not need to thaw; simply pop it in the oven straight from the freezer. The baking time may be up to 20 minutes longer than the regular baking time. Start checking up on your pie after the recommended 30 minutes to see if the filling is bubbly and cooked through.
Ingredients
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Thawed, frozen puff pastry
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5 sheets |
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Apricots jam
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100 ml |
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Pure, raw marzipan
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100 g |
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Plums in halves and quarters
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350 g |
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Cane sugar
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2 tbsp |
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Halved, peeled almonds
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50 g |
Served with:
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Sour cream, 18%
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300 ml |
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