Plum Tartlets with Vanilla Pastry Cream

Name: Plum Tartlets with Vanilla Pastry Cream
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: Pinch salt; 10 ripe plums, thin-skinned variety, cut into sixths; 3 tablespoons sugar; 2 cups Vanilla Pastry Cream; ½ teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice; Six 4-inch prebaked tart shells

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Stars Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

About

Use straight-sided tart shells for these. You can make shallow ½-inch tartlets or “deep dish” tartlets, in which case use more pastry cream. The vanilla in the cream works perfectly with the flavor of the plums.

Ingredients

10 ripe plums, thin-skinned variety, cut into sixths
3 tablespoons sugar
Pinch salt

Dessert
Pastry
Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Put the plums in a large sauté pan with the sugar, salt, and lemon juice. Cook them over medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes, until they are soft and give off some juice but still retain their shape. As the plums cook, stir them gently so as not to break them up.