Plum And Marzipan Tarte Tatin Recipes

PLUM AND MARZIPAN TARTE TATIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7 (200C fan).
• Sprinkle the sugar over the base of the cake tin in an even layer.
• Arrange the plums on top of the sugar, cut-side down.
• Roll out the marzipan thinly to a round slightly smaller than the tin and place on top of the plums.
• Roll out the pastry just a little bit bigger so that it is the width of the cake tin. Cut around the tin to make a circle, lay the pastry over the plums and tuck the edges of the pastry down around the fruit. Make a small cross in the top of the pastry to let the steam out.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the pastry is crisp and golden-brown and the plums are tender.
• Loosen the edges of the tart, then turn out onto a plate and serve with ice cream, cream or crème fraîche.

PLUM AND MARZIPAN TART TATIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200*C (400*F).
• Melt the butter in a 28 cm tart tin over a medium heat.
• Tip in the sugar and 1 TBS water and cook for a few minutes, stirring all the time until lightly browned.
• If it looks slightly crumbly at this stage don't be put off, it will right itself in the oven.
• Remove from the heat and put the plums in, cut side up.
• Chop the marzipan into as many chuncks as tehre are plum halves and put a chunk of marzipan in the hole in each plum left by the stone.
• Sprinkle a small pile of ground almonds over each plum half.
• Roll out the pastry and trim to 3 cm larger than the tin all around.
• Lift the pastry on to the tin and tuck it down between the plums and the inside of the tin.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until the pastry is risen, crisp and golden.
• Cool for 10 minutes in the tin, then place a large flat plate with a rim over the tin.
• Holding it over the sink, incase of drips, carefully invert the tart onto the plate.
• Some juice from the plums is likely to escape, but it's delicious, especially when mingled with pouring cream.