Immerse yourself in a culinary journey of flavors and textures with our exploration of the delectable "Fresh Plum Flan." This delightful dessert showcases the vibrant flavors of fresh plums, harmoniously blended with a creamy custard filling, all cradled in a golden-brown pastry crust. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting your culinary adventure, this comprehensive guide will provide you with the essential steps, tips, and variations to create an exceptional "Fresh Plum Flan" that will tantalize your taste buds and leave you craving more.
Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!
PLUM TART
Provided by Ina Garten
Categories dessert
Time 1h5m
Yield 1 (9 1/2-inch) tart
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Combine the flour, walnuts, and sugar in a large bowl. Add the butter and the egg yolk. Mix, either by hand or with an electric mixer, until crumbly.
- Press 1 1/2 cups of the crumb mixture in an even layer into the bottom of a 9 1/2-inch springform or tart pan. Arrange the plums in the pan, skin side down, to form a flower pattern; begin at the outside and work your way in.
- Sprinkle the rest of the crumb mixture evenly over the plums. Bake the tart for 40 to 50 minutes, or until it's lightly browned and the plum juices are bubbling. Remove from the oven and cool for 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and transfer the tart to a flat plate. Serve warm or at room temperature.
RUSTIC PLUM TART
This luscious free-form tart can be filled with any seasonal fruit.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Pie & Tarts Recipes
Time 2h20m
Number Of Ingredients 9
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.
ORIGINAL PLUM TORTE
The Times published Marian Burros's recipe for Plum Torte every September from 1983 until 1989, when the editors determined that enough was enough. The recipe was to be printed for the last time that year. "To counter anticipated protests," Ms. Burros wrote a few years later, "the recipe was printed in larger type than usual with a broken-line border around it to encourage clipping." It didn't help. The paper was flooded with angry letters. "The appearance of the recipe, like the torte itself, is bittersweet," wrote a reader in Tarrytown, N.Y. "Summer is leaving, fall is coming. That's what your annual recipe is all about. Don't be grumpy about it." We are not! And we pledge that every year, as summer gives way to fall, we will make sure that the recipe is easily available to one and all. The original 1983 recipe called for 1 cup sugar; the 1989 version reduced that to 3/4 cup. We give both options below. Here are five ways to adapt the torte.
Provided by Marian Burros
Categories breakfast, brunch, easy, weekday, times classics, dessert
Time 1h15m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream the sugar and butter in a bowl. Add the flour, baking powder, salt and eggs and beat well.
- Spoon the batter into a springform pan of 8, 9 or 10 inches. Place the plum halves skin side up on top of the batter. Sprinkle lightly with sugar and lemon juice, depending on the sweetness of the fruit. Sprinkle with about 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, depending on how much you like cinnamon.
- Bake 1 hour, approximately. Remove and cool; refrigerate or freeze if desired. Or cool to lukewarm and serve plain or with whipped cream. (To serve a torte that was frozen, defrost and reheat it briefly at 300 degrees.)
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 350, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 57 grams, Fat 13 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 8 grams, Sodium 63 milligrams, Sugar 42 grams, TransFat 0 grams
EASY PLUM FLAN
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350' F and lightly butter a 9" heavy pie plate. (I use a Pyrex glass pie plate)
- In blender add eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and salt and blend well for 30-60 seconds.
- Add flour and blend again until smooth, 60 seconds, then pour into greased pie plate.
- Arrange the sliced plums over the top and bake in oven 25-30 min. Clafoutis will be lightly browned and should still have a slight jiggle in the middle.
- Let cool slightly and serve warm, sprinkled with confectioners sugar.If serving later, rewarm slightly before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Carbohydrate 33 g, Protein 7 g, Fat 4 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 128 mg, Sodium 156 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 24 g, Calories 200 kcal, UnsaturatedFat 3 g, ServingSize 1 serving
FRESH PLUM FLAN
I make this often, especially in the fall as you can use any fruit you like - apples peaches pears! I have also used canned plums (2 - 14oz cans, must drain thoroughly) Recipe taken from Anne Lindsay's Light Kitchen cookbook.
Provided by Elly in Canada
Categories Dessert
Time 1h10m
Yield 1 cake, 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Cream together sugar, butter.
- Beat in eggs, beat well.
- Combine flour, baking powder and rind.
- Beat into egg mixture alternately with milk, making 3 additions of flour and 2 of milk.
- Put batter into greased 10 inch springform pan or a 9 inch square baking dish.
- Arrange plums, cut side down, in circles on top, gently press into batter.
- Combine topping- sugar and cinnamon, sprinkle over fruit.
- Bake in 350 degree (180 C) oven 45-55 minutes.
FRESH PLUM TART
This recipe is based upon one in a cookbook called "The Joy of Cooking" by Susie Weisenthal. This is one of the best tarts that I have ever tasted. Please use USA grown, California, ripe, plums in season. The black Santa Rosa plums work great for this. I use the kitchenaid for this.
Provided by petlover
Categories Tarts
Time 1h30m
Yield 1 tart, 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- 1.Preheat Oven to 375°F.
- 2. Cream the butter in an electric mixer until fluffy.
- 3. Slowly add the sugar and mix until fluffy.
- 4.Add the almond paste and mix until the mixture is light and fluffy.
- 5. Add the flour and eggs and mix just until the dough gathers together.
- 6. Pat the dough into the bottom and up th sides of a 9" tart pan. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
- 7. Bake for 20-25 minutes : the shell should be a light golden.
- 8. Transfer the shell to a rack to coll.
- 9. Mix the plums, sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch together.
- 10.Place the fruit mix into the prepared shell.
- 11.Cover the edges of the tart with foil to prevent the edges from browning to quickly.
- 12. Place the tart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake at 375 F for 20-30 minutes or until the fruit is tender.
- 13. Transfer to rack to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 400.1, Fat 15.7, SaturatedFat 8.1, Cholesterol 92.5, Sodium 26.8, Carbohydrate 61.6, Fiber 2.8, Sugar 40.9, Protein 6
FRESH PLUM TART WITH SOUR CREAM TOPPING
Categories Fruit Dessert Bake Plum Summer Sour Cream Bon Appétit
Yield Serves 6
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 400°F. Line heavy large rimless baking sheet with foil. Roll out puff pastry on lightly floured work surface to 14-inch square. Cut off 1-inch-wide strips from each side of square. Brush strips with beaten egg. Place strips atop edges of pastry square, egg side down, pressing to adhere. Trim ends to fit. Transfer pastry square to prepared baking sheet. Combine almonds, 2 tablespoons sugar and flour in small bowl. Sprinkle evenly over bottom of pastry. (Can be made 3 hours ahead. Chill.)
- Place plums in large bowl. Add 4 tablespoons sugar; toss to coat. Arrange plums decoratively over almond mixture.
- Bake tart until pastry is golden brown and puffed and plums are tender, about 30 minutes. Transfer pan to rack. Using metal spatula, loosen tart from baking sheet, leaving tart on sheet.
- Stir preserves and water in heavy small saucepan over low heat until preserves melt. Brush over warm plums.
- Beat cream, sour cream and 1 tablespoon sugar in medium bowl until soft peaks form. Serve tart warm or at room temperature with sour cream topping.
FRESH PLUM CRUMB DESSERT
My old-fashioned dessert has the perfect sweet-tart balance with its fresh-plum tang and sweet, crispy topping. Imagine it warm from the oven, served with a scoop of ice cream...yum! -Janet Fahrenbruck-Lynch, Cincinnati, Ohio
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h5m
Yield 8 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large bowl, combine the plums, brown sugar, 3 tablespoons flour and cinnamon. Spoon into a greased 2-qt. baking dish. , In a small bowl, combine the sugar, baking powder, salt, mace and remaining flour. Add egg; stir with a fork until crumbly. Sprinkle over plum mixture. Drizzle with butter. , Bake at 375° for 40-45 minutes or until plums are tender and top is golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes before serving. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 358 calories, Fat 13g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 57mg cholesterol, Sodium 253mg sodium, Carbohydrate 60g carbohydrate (44g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 3g protein.
FRESH PLUM FRANGIPANE TART
Categories Food Processor Fruit Nut Dessert Bake Plum Almond Brandy Summer Bon Appétit
Yield Makes 8 Servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Roll out crust dough on lightly floured surface to 13-inch round. Transfer dough to 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Gently press dough into tart pan; trim excess. Freeze crust 15 minutes.
- Place tart pan on baking sheet. Bake crust 10 minutes; pierce with toothpick if crust bubbles. Continue to bake until crust is pale golden, about 12 minutes. Cool crust on baking sheet 15 minutes. Maintain oven temperature.
- For filling:
- Blend all ingredients except plums in processor until almonds are finely ground. Spread frangipane filling in prepared crust.
- Place plum halves, skin side up, on work surface. Cut 1 plum half into thin parallel slices, keeping plum intact (do not cut through end). Press gently to fan slices. Repeat with remaining plum halves. Place fanned plums, skin side up, atop frangipane; press gently to anchor.
- Bake tart on baking sheet until frangipane is puffed and golden and plums are tender, about 30 minutes. Remove tart from baking sheet; transfer to rack.
- For glaze:
- Stir apricot jam and brandy in heavy small saucepan over medium heat until mixture boils. Strain glaze into small bowl. Brush glaze generously over plums. Cool tart completely. (Tart can be prepared 8 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.)
- Push pan bottom up to free tart from pan. Cut tart into wedges and serve.
Tips:
- Choose ripe, sweet plums: This will ensure that your flan has the best flavor.
- Pit the plums before cooking them: This will make it easier to eat the flan.
- Use a food processor to puree the plums: This will create a smooth, even filling.
- Add a little bit of lemon juice to the plum puree: This will help to brighten the flavor of the flan.
- Use a well-greased baking dish: This will prevent the flan from sticking.
- Bake the flan in a water bath: This will help to prevent the flan from cracking.
- Let the flan cool completely before serving: This will allow the flavors to develop and the flan to set.
Conclusion:
Fresh plum flan is a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its creamy, custard-like filling and sweet, tart plum topping, this flan is sure to be a hit with everyone. So next time you're looking for a special dessert, give fresh plum flan a try.
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