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.
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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Rustic plum tart with puff pastry
There is nothing quite like enjoying a warm fruit tart fresh from the oven with a dollop of cold crème fraiche. This open-faced plum tart is no exception to this rule with its deliciously flaky puff pastry crust and filling that strikes a balance between sweet and tart. The combination of hot and cold, decadent, and fresh makes for a delicious tart that almost seems to melt in your mouth. Almonds offer a bit of texture to the soft, gooey plum and marzipan filling and makes for a well-rounded experience.
If you are looking for another rustic tart to sink your teeth into or perhaps a homemade, delicious cold treat to serve with your puff pastry plum tart, have a look at our easy recipes for how to bake a French apple galette or how to make old-fashioned ice cream to serve on top of your warm tart.
Discover a delicious way to use fresh plums
Our easy plum tart recipe is a great way to use fresh plums while they are in season. All types of plums – black, red, or yellow – can be used in your plum tart filling. Creating your own perfect mix of sour red plums and the sweeter black or yellow plums is also an option.
Are you falling in love with the taste of plums? Have a look at our recipes on how to make plum jam for a delicious everyday treat or our elegant dessert featuring vanilla ice cream with plums and buckwheat brittle for when you want to impress friends and family.
Sweeten your plum tart with marzipan and almonds
Fresh plums, especially the garden variety, can have a quite tart aftertaste due to their skin. While plums sweeten as they are cooked, using apricot jam, marzipan, and almonds to sweeten the tart is a great way of infusing the dish a dose of natural sweetness that gives some tasty flavour complexity.
There is almost nothing sweeter than marzipan, and it adds a pure sweetness to the filling. The halved almonds add a nuttiness and earthiness to the tart that complements the fresh, fruity plums, sweet jam, and marzipan wonderfully.
Add your own touch
If you are dreaming about a spiced version of this recipe for plum tart, look no further. Adding orange or clementine zest and a spice mix with ground cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, and cloves to the sugar used to sprinkle the tart makes for an aromatic and warming experience.
If you love combining the bold-flavoured plums with warm spices, try a five-spice plum tart. This well-loved spice blend, containing star anise, cloves, Chinese cinnamon, Sichuan pepper, and fennel seeds, works well in savoury as well as sweet food, mixing both sweet, bitter, sour, salty, and savoury. In this sweet almond plum tart recipe, it brings a delicious complexity and depth.
For an even sweeter sensation, drizzle a little bit of sugar or honey on top of the plums before baking. This will give the plums a wonderful shine and a final touch of sweetness.
