Name: Plum Tart
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons milk; ⅓ cup plum preserves; 1 pound fresh plums; 1 egg yolk; ¼ pound (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces; 2 tablespoons brandy or bourbon; ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar; 1½ cups all-purpose flour

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hoppin' John's Charleston, Beaufort & Savannah

By John Martin Taylor

Published 1997

About

This simple tart of fresh plums is a light finish to this classic Charleston midday dinner. You can make this dish early in the day and allow it to sit at room temperature.

Ingredients

1½ cups all-purpose flour
¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar<

Method

Place 1¼ cups of the flour, ¼ cup of the sugar, the butter, the egg yolk, and the milk in the work bowl of a food processor and process until the dough forms a ball. If the dough is too wet and sticks to the b

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