Italian Plum And Custard Tart Recipe
This Italian plum tart is made with plums, pie crust, eggs, cream, and sugar, and no fancy techniques are needed to make it. Perfect for when plums are in season.
Servings: 8 slices
Equipment
- rectangular tart pan (13.5 long x 4 x 1 inch thick), or a round tart pan (9.5 x 1 inch thick)
Ingredients
- 1 disc of pastry dough/or pie crust
- 3 plums 3-4 plums depending on size . halved and pitted
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- a pinch of cinnamon
Custard
- ⅓ cups almonds finely ground
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees.
- While your oven is pre-heating, prepare your plums by cutting them in half, removing the pits and then set aside.
- Grab a tart pan and grease it and set aside so it is ready for the pastry crust you will be rolling out.
- Now on a lightly floured work surface, roll out your pastry crust or pie dough until it is just a little bit bigger than your tart pan.1 disc of pastry dough/or pie crust
- Place your crust inside your pan pressing up along the sides so that it stays in place.
- In a medium bowl, mix together your plums, cinnamon, brown sugar and lemon juice and set aside.3 plums, 2 tablespoon brown sugar, a pinch of cinnamon, 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- In a medium bowl, whisk together your egg, sugar ,vanilla and cream until it is a pale yellow color.⅓ cup granulated sugar, 2 large eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, ½ cup heavy cream
- Now mix in the almonds until well incorporated.⅓ cups almonds
- Remove the plums from the bowl and shake off excess liquid and place them on top of your pie crust cut side up making sure to position them all around the crust evenly.
- Pour this egg mixture over the top of your plums and pastry and place in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until the custard is set and not jiggly anymore and the top is a nice golden color.
- Remove from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes on a cooling rack.
- Carefully remove the outer layer of the tart pan and let it cool for another 5 minutes.
- Cut your tart into slices, dust with powdered sugar and enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 106kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 95mg | Potassium: 31mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 30IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg
Nutrition Values are estimates only.
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