Classic Plum Tart
- 3 cups flour, all-purpose
- 2 1/4 sticks butter, unsalted chilled, 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons, cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon zest freshly and finely grated
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 3 3/4 pound plums small ones, halved and pitted
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice fresh
- For the dough:
- Add flour, butter, sugar, salt, and zest in a food processor and pulse until most of mixture resembles coarse meal with remainder in small lumps.
- Add yolks and process just until mixed and moist and mixture begins to clump.
- Turn mixture out onto a work surface and divide into 4 equal portions.
- Smear each portion once with heel of your hand in a forward motion to help distribute fat.
- Gather together 2 portions of dough and form into a ball, make another ball with other 2 portions.
- Pat out each ball of dough with floured fingertips into a tart pan, in an even 1/4 inch layer on bottom and up sides (about 18 inch above rim).
- Refrigerate for half an hour to 1 hour, or until firm.
- Make filling while shells are refrigerated:
- Mx together sugar and cornstarch in a large bowl.
- Stir in plums and lemon juice until evenly coat.
- Allow to stand, stirring once a while, about half an hour, or until juicy.
- Assemble and bake tarts:
- Preheat oven to 425F.
- Place plum halves, skin sides down, in tart shells, overlapping in a rosette pattern.
- Halve any remaining plums lengthwise and randomly tuck in between plum halves in tarts.
- Pour all juices over plums.
- Bake tarts in middle of oven for15 to 18 minutes, then reduce temperature to 375F.
- Cover tarts loosely with foil and bake until plums are tender and juices are bubbling and slightly thickened, 45 to 50 minutes more.
- Brush warm juices over plums, Juices will continue to thicken as tarts cool.
- Let tarts cool completely in pans on a wire rack.
- Slice and serve with cream if desired.
flour, butter, sugar, salt, lemon zest freshly, egg yolks, sugar, cornstarch, ones, lemon juice fresh
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/classic-plum-tart-51962 (may not work)