Best Fruit Plum Tart Recipes

RUSTIC PLUM (FRUIT) TART

Steps:

• Line baking sheet with parchment paper; coat parchment paper with cooking spray.
• Preheat oven to 350°. Stir together plums and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Let stand 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Unroll piecrust on prepared baking sheet. Roll into a 12-inch circle.
• Drain plum mixture, reserving liquid. Toss plums in flour.
• Mound plums in center of piecrust, leaving a 3-inch border. Fold piecrust border up and over plums, pleating as you go, leaving an opening about 5 inches wide in center.
• Stir together egg and 1 tablespoons water. Brush piecrust with egg mixture, and sprinkle with 1 tablespoons sugar.
• Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until filling is bubbly and crust is golden. Carefully transfer tart on parchment paper to a wire rack; cool 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, bring reserved plum liquid to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Boil 1 to 2 minutes or until slightly thickened. Let cool slightly. Brush or drizzle 1 to 2 tablespoons hot plum liquid over exposed fruit in center of tart. Serve immediately with remaining plum syrup, and, if desired, Sweet Cream Topping.
• Sweet Cream Topping: Stir together 1/2 cup sour cream and 2 teaspoons brown sugar. Cover and chill 2 hours before serving. Stir just before serving.
• Peach-Nectarine Tart: White peaches won't work as well in this tart because of their delicate texture. Prepare recipe as directed, substituting 3/4 lb. peeled nectarines and 3/4 lb. peeled peaches for plums and peach preserves for plum preserves.
• Apricot-Almond Tart: Prepare recipe as directed, substituting fresh apricots for plums and apricot preserves for plum preserves. Omit allspice.
• Fresh Cherry Tart: Prepare recipe as directed, substituting 1 1/2 lb. fresh cherries, pitted, for plums and cherry preserves for plum preserves.

FRESH FRUIT TART WITH PLUM JAM

Steps:

• For jam:
• Stir sugar and water in heavy medium saucepan over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into sugar water; add bean. Bring to boil. Place candy thermometer into mixture so that bulb is submerged. Boil until thermometer registers 260°F, occasionally swirling pan and brushing down sides with wet pastry brush, about 8 minutes (time will vary due to size of pan). Remove pan from heat and add plums to pan; let stand 1 minute. Stir mixture constantly over high heat until plums are broken up, spoon leaves path when drawn across bottom of pan, and mixture is reduced to 1 1/3 cups, about 9 minutes. Transfer to metal or glass container. Press plastic wrap directly on surface of jam and refrigerate until cool.
• DO AHEAD Can be made 4 days ahead. Keep refrigerated.
• For crust:
• Finely grind hazelnuts with 1/2 cup flour in processor. Transfer to medium bowl. Whisk in remaining 1 cup flour, sugar, and salt. Make well in center and pour in melted butter. Mix with fingers until moist crumbs form. Transfer mixture to 10-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Press mixture firmly onto bottom and up sides of pan. Freeze crust 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake crust until golden brown, about 35 minutes. Cool crust 15 minutes. Maintain oven temperature.
• Brush bottom and sides of tart with 1/2 cup plum jam. Return to oven and bake until jam bubbles all over, about 14 minutes. Cool completely.
• DO AHEAD Can be made 8 hours ahead; cover and let stand at room temperature.
• For filling:
• Place all fruit in large bowl. Stir remaining plum jam to loosen and add to fruit in bowl; toss gently to coat. Transfer fruit to crust, mounding in center. Serve with whipped cream.

FREESTYLE PLUM OR FRUIT TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Place pie crust in a greased 10 inch pie plate or oven-proof dish. I used a 1 1/2 quart Pyrex dish.
• Using the back of a spoon, spread cream cheese over the bottom of the pie crust.
• Toss plums with sugar and flour. Pour over cream cheese.
• Fold edges of pie crust over plums, leaving center of plums uncovered.
• Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon evenly over top of tart.
• Bake 35-45 minutes or until crust is golden and fruit juices are bubbly.
• Top with whipped cream, Cool Whip, or ice cream if desired.

FRUIT (PLUM) TART

Steps:

• TART CASING:.
• Sift together the flour, salt and sugar.
• Whisk together the oil, milk and extract.
• Pour the wet ingredients over the dry in a circular motion and mix with fork or fingers until just moistened.
• Transfer the dough to a 9" tart pan and firmly pat over the bottom and sides with your fingers. Trim the edges.
• FILLING:.
• Preheat the oven to 425F.
• Slice the plums into wedges.
• Arrange the slices in the tart casing so that they overlap slightly, covering the whole tart, mixing the different plums.
• Using your fingers, pinch together the sugar, flour and butter until crumbly.
• Sprinkle over the plums.
• Bake 30 minutes or until crust is browned nicely.
• Serve warm, cold or @ room temperature. Can be served plain, with whipped cream, thick cream to drizzle or with a lightly sweetened sour cream.