Rustic German Plum Custard Tart With Streusel Shortcrust Pastry Recipes

GERMAN PLUM TART

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and 3 tablespoons sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk. Gradually add flour, 1/4 cup at a time, until mixture forms a soft dough. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of a 9-in. pie plate., Arrange plums, skin side up with edges overlapping, in crust; sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake at 350° for 35-45 minutes or until crust is golden brown and fruit is tender.

RUSTIC GERMAN PLUM CUSTARD TART WITH STREUSEL & SHORTCRUST PASTRY

Steps:

• Set aside 1/2 cup of milk and bring the rest of the milk to the boil. If using real vanilla, scrape out the seeds and add the pod to the milk as well. While the milk is heatin, mix the cornstarch with 1/2 cup of the milk, adding the 3 tablespoons sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt as well as vanilla bean paste or the seeds of 1 vanilla bean. Stir this slurry into the hot milk, bring to the boil whisking, and let bubble for about 2 minutes, stirring constantly, then remove from the stove. Stir in the creme fraiche and orange zest and let cool.
• Preheat the oven to 350 F / 175 C and grease a 9 pinch tart pan or springform pan with removable bottom. Wash and core the plums and cut in halves or quarters
• With a handheld mixer or in your standmixer, quickly mix the butter with the sugar, flour, cinnamon, a pinch of baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt to form a crumbly streusel dough. It should not come together but form streusels. That's totally fine!
• Dump 2/3 of the shortcrust dough in a 9 inch parchment-lined springform pan or a tart pan with removable bottom and press down to form a crust. Press dough up the sides as well. Spread the cooled custard on top, cover with the quartered or halved plums and sprinkle everything with the streusel topping.
• Bake the tart at 175 ° / 350 F for about 40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack! Let it cool down completely before slicing.

PLUM STREUSEL KUCHEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; cut in shortening until mixture resembles fine crumbs. In another bowl, whisk egg and cream; add to crumb mixture, tossing gently with a fork until mixture forms a ball. , Press dough into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Arrange plums over crust., For topping, in a small bowl, combine flour and sugar; cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Add cream, mixing gently with a fork until moist crumbs form. Sprinkle over plums. , Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

PLUM VANILLA CUSTARD TART

Steps:

• Put the Flour, Cornstarch and Brown Sugar in a large bowl.Cut the Butter in small cubes. When at room temperature, add it to the Flour. The butter should be soft enough to mix with the flour but not melted.Rub the butter and Flour between your palms and fingers until small crumbs form. All the flour and butter should be incorporated.
• Create a well in the middle of the crumbs and pour the Egg Yolk. Slowly incorporate it with the rest of the dough.Quickly knead the dough into a large ball. If the dough is too dry and doesn't stick together, add a little bit of Water, one spoon at the time.
• Put the dough to rest in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat your oven on 180'C (350'F).When rested, spread the dough with a rolling pin. Try to roll the dough as thinly as possible without breaking it.Transfer it into a tart tin, and stick a fork all over the dough.Cover with baking paper and baking beads or dry beans / chickpeas.Blind bake the Shortcrust Pastry for about 20 minutes or until fully cooked and golden.
• In a small pot, heat the Milk and Vanilla Bean and let it infuse for 5 minutes.Remove from the heat, split the Vanilla Bean in half, scrape all the vanilla seeds and add them to the Milk.Alternatively, you can use Vanilla Paste. Simply let it infuse in the pot with the warm Milk for 5 minutes.
• In the meantime, mix the Egg Yolks and Sugar in a separate bowl until creamy. Slowly add the Cornstarch while beating. It is important to add the cornstarch very slowly while beating to having lumps.
• Pour half of the Warm Milk in the bowl with the Egg mixture, stir quickly, then transfer the whole batter back into the pot with the rest of the Milk.Turn the heat back (low heat) on and whisk continuously until the custard start thickening. Transfer the Custard into a bowl and let it rest in the fridge until cold.
• Once the pre-baked Shortcrust Pastry has cooled down, pour in the Vanilla Custard.Thinly slice the Red and Black Plums and place them over the Vanilla Custard.Optional: Chop the Mint Leaves and sprinkle them over the tart.

CLASSIC PLUM PIE WITH CUSTARD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6 and put a large baking sheet in to heat up. Put the plums, sugar and cloves in a pan. Simmer until the sugar dissolves and the plums are juicy, 8-10 mins. Mix the cornflour with a little of the juice, then mix well into the fruit. Boil for a few mins, stirring, until thickened.
• For the custard, blend the yolks and sugar. Heat the milk, cream and vanilla in a pan until almost boiling, then gently pour onto the egg mix, whisking constantly. Return to a clean pan and heat gently, stirring, until the mix thickens and coats the back of a spoon. Cool quickly, then chill. Custard can be made up to a day ahead and gently reheated.
• Roll out two-thirds of the pastry on a floured surface. Use to line a pie dish, letting the pastry hang over the edges a little. Fill with the plums. Roll out remaining pastry, about 2.5cm bigger than the dish, then drape over the plums. Pinch edges together well, then make a small hole in the top. Brush with egg and sprinkle with sugar. Can be assembled up to 1 day ahead. Place on the hot baking sheet. Bake for 25-30 mins until golden brown, and serve hot with the custard.

RUSTIC PLUM TART

Steps:

• Make the crust: In a food processor, pulse flour, cornmeal, sugar, and salt several times to combine. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal, with a few pea-size pieces remaining. Add 2 tablespoons ice water; pulse until dough is crumbly but holds together when squeezed. (If needed, add up to 2 tablespoons more ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time.) Do not overmix.
• Turn dough out onto a floured work surface; knead once or twice. Flatten dough into a disk; wrap it in plastic, and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil. Flour a large (about 16 inches long) piece of parchment paper. Place dough on paper. Using your knuckles, press edges of dough so it doesn't crack during rolling. Lightly flour top of dough to prevent sticking; roll out to a 14-inch round. Transfer dough (still on parchment) to prepared baking sheet.
• Make the filling and bake: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, toss together plums, sugar, and flour. Mound plum mixture in center of prepared crust, leaving a 2-inch border all around. Fold border over fruit in a pleated pattern. Brush dough with egg wash.
• Bake tart until crust is brown and filling is bubbling (see note), about 45 minutes. Transfer baking sheet to a rack; let cool 20 minutes. Slice and serve warm or at room temperature.

SPICY PLUM TART WITH MARSALA CUSTARD

Steps:

• Halve, stone and quarter the plums and put to one side. Heat the butter in a large pan with the spice and muscovado sugar for 1-2 minutes, until the butter has melted. Tip in the plums, zest and port and cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring until the sugar has partially dissolved. Remove from the heat.
• Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and trim to a rough 38cm round. You don't have to be too neat. Lift up the pastry by draping it over a rolling pin and then laying it over a large baking sheet. The pastry should be too big, with a lot hanging over the edges.
• Sprinkle the ground almonds over the pastry to within 7cm of the edges. Pile the plums and their juices over the almonds, then flip the overhanging pastry over the fruit, leaving a big hole in the middle. There's no need to be too fussy - as long as the steam can escape and the fruit shows, it will be fine. Brush the pastry with the beaten egg and sprinkle the demerara sugar over the top. Bake for 30-40 minutes until golden.
• A few minutes before serving, gently heat the custard in a pan, then stir in the marsala or sherry. Serve the pie with lingering warmth and the custard.

RUSTIC HARVEST FRUIT TART

Steps:

• The morning before you want to make the tart, remember to put the butter in the freezer - try wrapping it in foil first (it will keep it colder when you hold it to grate later).
• To make the pastry, mix the flour in a big bowl with a good pinch of salt and 2 tbsp of the sugar. Using a coarse cheese grater, grate in the butter, trying to hold it as little as possible so that it doesn't warm up too much, and stirring it in with a cutlery knife as you go. When all the butter is in, give it a final good stir with the knife to make sure all strands of butter are coated in the flour, then quickly stir in 150-175ml of very cold water. Lightly bring the pastry together with your hands, wrap in cling film and chill for 30 mins.
• Layer all the fruit in another bowl, sprinkling over the sugar and cornflour as you go. Add the orange zest and give everything a light mix. Set aside until your pastry is ready.
• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 with a baking sheet in it. Lightly dust another baking sheet with flour and roll out the pastry onto it in a rough circle until the pastry is about 0.5cm thick. If you want, use a small, sharp knife to cut a pattern around the edge of the pastry.
• Give the fruit another mix, then pile into the middle of the pastry, leaving a 7cm border of clear pastry all around the edge. Fold the pastry border up and over the fruit filling, pinching bits together to keep it neat and in place. Whisk the egg white until very frothy. Using a pastry brush, brush the froth all over the pastry. Dredge over the remaining granulated sugar, and sprinkle a little more over the fruit. Lift onto the heated sheet and bake for 35 mins until the pastry is golden brown and crispy. Serve straight from the oven with lashings of custard or, if you're feeling really wicked, some Cornish clotted cream.