SANTA ROSA PLUM GALETTE

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Santa Rosa Plum Galette image

Provided by Melissa Clark

Categories     dinner, dessert

Time 45m

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 16

1 cup plus 1 tablespoon cake flour
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
8 ounces (1 package) cream cheese, chilled and cut into small pieces
1 1/4 cups (4 ounces) blanched, sliced almonds
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
3 large eggs
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
10 ripe Santa Rosa plums, pitted and sliced
Demerara sugar for sprinkling
Whipped creme fraiche or vanilla ice cream

Steps:

  • To prepare dough, in a food processor, combine flours, sugar and salt and pulse a few times. Add butter and cream cheese. Process until mixture just comes together. Turn dough onto a piece of plastic wrap, press it into a disk, wrap it well and refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours or overnight.
  • Heat oven to 375 degrees. Cut dough into 8 equal pieces. Roll each piece between sheets of plastic wrap into 1/8-inch-thick rounds (about 6 inches in diameter). Place pastry rounds on one or two baking sheets that have been lined with parchment paper or nonstick liners. Chill rounds while preparing filling.
  • For filling, in a food processor, combine almonds with 1 tablespoon of sugar. Pulse until mixture becomes a fine meal (avoid over-processing). Add butter, 2 eggs, flour, vanilla and salt and process until combined.
  • In a bowl, beat remaining egg with 1 tablespoon water. Brush this egg wash over prepared pastry rounds. Spoon about 2 tablespoons almond filling in center of each pastry round and spread it to within 2 inches of the edge. Arrange plum slices in a spiral over filling. Sprinkle raw sugar generously over plums. Fold edges of tart dough up over edges of plums. Dough will overlap.
  • Bake tarts until pastry is golden brown, about 18 to 20 minutes. Serve warm with whipped creme fraiche or vanilla ice cream.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 737, UnsaturatedFat 21 grams, Carbohydrate 56 grams, Fat 54 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 11 grams, SaturatedFat 29 grams, Sodium 245 milligrams, Sugar 25 grams, TransFat 1 gram

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