Plum and Almond Tart

By SushiChick

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 tbsp granulated sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
• 1 tbsp white vinegar, or lemon juice
• 5 ripe plums
• 1/3 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 3/4 cup ground almonds
• 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
• granulated sugar, optional

Details

Servings 10
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 55mins
Adapted from chatelaine.com

Preparation

Step 1

For crust, whirl flour, sugar and salt in a food processor just until blended. Add butter. Pulse until coarse crumbs form. Add vinegar. Pulse just until mixture starts to form a ball. Place in centre of a 9-inch (23-cm) fluted tart pan with a removable bottom. Lightly flour hands, then press dough from middle of pan to outside edge and up side until even with rim. Place in freezer until firm, 10 to 15 minutes. Meanwhile, place oven rack in bottom position. Preheat oven to 500F (260C).

For filling, slice unpeeled plums into thin wedges, then set aside. Place butter in a large bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat in sugar until well mixed, 3 minutes. Beat in egg and almond extract, then ground almonds and flour. Scrape into tart shell and smooth surface.
Tuck plums partway into batter, forming concentric circles. Sprinkle with pinches of sugar.

Place tart on a baking sheet. Reduce oven temperature to 400F (200C). Bake on bottom rack of preheated oven until plums are fork-tender, 35 to 40 minutes.