From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...We do our green market loop every weekend when farm stands are open. The trail begins in the produce section of our Saturday Market and then heads past the city limits to farms, where we can actually measure the growth of food from one week to the next. The weekly run for provisions usually works well, but I occasionally find fruits and vegetables ganging up on me. This week I had to deal with surplus corn and plums before new stores could be brought in. I decided to use the plums to make a tart, and because I was using red and blue varieties of varying sweetness, I thought it best to use a streusel topping to assure they would not be too tart when baked. Even with that, you'll find this to be a just sweet tart and scheduling trumpet practice following dessert would be unwise. In order to proceed you will need pastry for a one crust pie. Homemade is, of course, best, but use whatever is easiest and most convenient for you. This dessert is about the plums, not the pastry. This is really easy to do and if you are fond of European desserts you'll love this tart tart. It is very juicy and I think it's best served warm. Here's the recipe.
Plum Tart wit Streusel Topping...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite, inspired by The Cookworks
Ingredients:
Pastry for 1 9-inch tart or pie pan
8 large purple plums, pitted and thinly sliced
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Streusel Topping
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup unsalted butter, cold
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a pie or tart pan with pastry. Set aside.
2) Toss plums with brown sugar and cinnamon. Pile plum mixture into pastry shell.
3) Combine flour, sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl. Cut butter into flour mixture until it resembles cornmeal. Sprinkle streusel evenly over plums.
4) Bake for 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F and bake for 20 minutes longer. Serve warm. Yield: 6 to 8 servings.
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56 comments :
The trumpet practice is funny! The colors in this are wonderful and vibrant!
the plum tart looks so pretty, I love the streusel topping too.
Plum tart looks beyond amazing..the streusel topping is fab..will love to try it out sometime!!
US Masala
It looks quite tempting Mary-I haven't had a plum tart in years, so this is bookmarked.
I too, have lots of produce to use up. I always buy too much when visiting the farmers market. I'm glad I have a large freezer!
Have a great weekend.
Looks gorgeous....
BTW THanks a lot for the birthday wish....That means a lot to me...
I don't think that streusel topping could look any better! I just bought a lovely plum today, so I'm sure they would be delicious in this dessert!
Who doesn't love a good streusel topping. YUM.
fondly,
Glenda
Anything with streusel has my full attention! This looks fabulous!
Gorgeous tart!!
Mary this is perfect for your Autumn! I love the streusel topping. You lucky thing having access to markets...I'm trekking out to them tomorrow.
This tarte looks great!
In Bavaria it is a national dish and we have a funny word for it: Datschi.
Here I am munching on a green apple and looking at this. torturous.
I LOVE plums, especially the 'mirabelles' which are very small yellow and sweet plum that are only grown in Lorraine (France), YUMMY recipe
Woww, very delicious and wonderful looking tart..yummy!
Yippee, I can do this one!!! And I simply adore streusel over nearly any fruit. Thank you for sharing this!
Happy Friday!
Mouthwatering! I have to try it (some delicious plums, from my aunt's garden, are coming my way!).
Hi,
It is my first time on your very nice blog! This plum tart looks fantastic! The streusel topping sounds delicious!
I think making a crumble before winter departs, would be great. Thx Sunday dessert sorted!
Mary,
Anything with streusel topping. I could eat it for breakfast!!
Carol
Mary...everytime I see plums...my 'Nonno's' garden filled with these gorgeous furit trees come to mind. Great memories and lovely dessert. Thanks.
Flavourful wishes,
Claudia
Mary, I love that you said this tart is about the plums, not the pastry. Is there a difference between light colored plums and dark ones? I bought both yesterday for a salad and am planning a taste test to see if I prefer one over the other.
Sam
Mary-
I love your blog. It's simple. It's elegant. It's the perfect bite. And you know how I feel about plums ...
Cheers!
Emily
Our Farmer's Market has only a few weeks left for the season. I am so going to miss it. Your tart looks beautiful. Love streusel topping.
Ground cinnamon is one of my favorite spices. You can tell that from the many times I am using it in my cooking. I also love it in sweets. This streusel must be very crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. Exactly perfect for me.
I think there's no dessert more pleasing to the eye than plums sitting in a pie. No wonder Little Jack Horner was sorely tempted! This looks delicious and our market is full of these gems right now.
Best,
Bonnie
Mary, this seems to be the week for plums. I, too have an overabundance along with some figs and now we're seeing pomegranites (yay!) This tart looks beautiful- may be tonight's dessert!
xoxo Pattie
You're so right to say the tart is all about the fruit! Looks and sounds wonderful Mary, Thanks for sharing!
I love your tart! When it comes to plums, I'm going kind of mad! Plums are everywhere, think I'm gonna pick some and prepare a tart!
Love the marketing ritual! The tart looks fabulous!
As I like plum desserts... This is a truly comforting pie with this little touch crunchy! Perfect for the arrival of autumn.
LOL.. trumpet practice! That's hilarious! I think whoever thought up streusel topping was a genius!! It makes a good dessert heavenly!!
Last weekend I saw some Italian plums at the farmers market, I hope they are still there this weekend.
Your desserts are always so divine looking! This tart would be complete with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top!
Another great plum recipe I need to try!
My god, that looks luscious.
Mary-Not scheduling trumpet practice won't be a problem. :) I have never had a dessert made with plums. The only thing my grandmother ever made with plums was jelly (and I loved it!)Can't wait to see what the farm stands tempt you with this weekend!
Perfect! We went to the orchards this weekend and i have some beautiful plums.. thank you!
Looks yummy mary...
Mary, this looks fabulous! I've been wanting to bake with plums so badly, what a great way to use them.
Mary, I love this tart! It looks like something my Oma made every fall! The tartness along with the sweet streusel is something I love so much! I hope you have a wonderful weekend :o)
I'm just loving your plum desserts, Mary. :-) This one is so lovely - the streusel topping is simply divine. :-) Hope you have a beautiful weekend!
I'm loving all the plum recipes that are appearing on blogs this month. Will need to keep this recipe in mind, that picture looks good enough to eat!
Now that looks scrumptious! You sure know how to make the best desserts Mary.
Beautiful streusel topping to go with the tart. Looks so juicy and delicious. Thanks very much for sharing.
This looks fantastic, Mary! I am always happy to see new cake recipes which do not contain chocolate (I love my chocolate, but am trying not to eat too much of it;)).
That looks stunning, we are trying to incorporate more plums into our diet!
Gorgeous, as always! I bet the streusel topping adds such a nice bit of flavor and texture to this dessert!
Ooooh, this looks so good. I see a lot of varieties of tarts in the food blogging world. I have yet to make one. But one of these days I should really try it out!
Gorgeous tart and anything with a streusel topping gets extra "yum points" in my book. ;-)
You had me with the name of the dish. What a gorgeous dessert it is. I am drooling all over.
Looks wonderful- plums are so good this time of year!
I so love the plums this time of year. Streusel is just a Fall dessert to me!
Oh Mary, this is a killer! I'm drooling. Hmmm.... Thank you for sharing and enjoy your day.
Cheers, kristy
They ate my plums :((((
Too bad I just cooked all my plums into a sauce and don't have any left for the wonderful tart. I've made something similar from an Ina Garten recipe.
I have a box of freshly picked plums on my counter waiting for an assignment. I know that some will be jam before the Monday is over, but a dessert will be called for tomorrow. Your tart or buckle both sound wonderful, how will I choose?
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