Roast Plum Bakewell Tart
Sweet, buttery shortcrust pastry baked with a layer of jam and soft almond frangipane. Topped with roasted plums.
Equipment
- 10 inch round pastry tin
- Rolling Pin
- Medium sized mixing bowl
- Electric Whisk or food processor
- Baking tray
- Small sharp knife
Ingredients
- 1 batch sweet pastry
- 2 tbsp plum jam or any flavour jam
Frangipane
- 100 grams butter softened, room temp
- 100 grams caster sugar
- 2 whole eggs
- 1 tsp almond essence
- 100 grams ground almonds
- 15 grams flour
Roast Plums
- 400 grams plums
- 50 gram brown sugar
- 20 grams flaked almonds optional, for decoration
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170°c(340°f) or 160°c(320°f) if fan assisted.
- Lightly flour a work surface and roll out the sweet pastry evenly and gently. Roll it to the thickness of a coin and big enough to cover the tart tin, making sure to keep turning the pastry and dusting again with flour if needed.
- Lightly dust the top of the rolled pastry and roll up the pastry loosely onto the rolling pin. Place over the tart tin and unroll gently to cover.
- Loosen the side bits of pastry and gently guide it downwards into the corners of the tin. Using your knuckle, gently press the corners in.
- Remove the excess pastry by pressing down on it into the tart tin edges. If you don't have a sharp edge, use a sharp knife.
- Leave in the fridge while you prepare the frangipane.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl or food processor, add all the ingredients together and mix until smooth.
- Remove the pastry from the fridge and spread 2 tbsp of jam over the base evenly.
- Pour over the frangipane and spread evenly.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes until evenly golden brown.
- Prepare the plums by removing the stone and slicing into quarters. Place them onto a tray and sprinkle over the brown sugar. Toss lightly to coat.
- Bake for 10 minutes until they start to become juicy. Leave to one side to cool.
- Once the tart is baked and has cooled, remove it from the tin.
- Arrange the roast plums on top with cut side face up. Sprinkle with flaked almonds.
Notes
The calorie information is an estimate provided as a courtesy based off the website https://caloriecontrol.org/healthy-weight-tool-kit/food-calorie-calculator/. It will differ depending on the specific brands and ingredients that you use.