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- From uuneo!sugar!taronga!arielle Tue Aug 31 02:07:42 CDT 1993
- Article: 5740 of rec.food.recipes
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Path: uuneo!sugar!taronga!arielle
- From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
- Subject: Almond-Plum Tart
- Message-ID: <QK2U686@taronga.com>
- Followup-To: rec.food.cooking
- Organization: Taronga Park BBS
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1993 10:12:53 GMT
- Approved: arielle@taronga.com
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- Almond-Plum Tart
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- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 3 to 4 tablespoons cold water
- 8 to 10 plums
- 1 cup finely ground almonds
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/3 cup currant jelly, melted
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- For pastry, stir together the flour, the 2 teaspoons sugar, and salt. Cut
- in shortening till pieces are the size of small peas. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon
- of the water over part of the mixture; gently toss with a fork. Push to
- side of bowl; repeat till all is moistened. Form dough into a ball.
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- On a lightly floured surface roll dough into a 12 inch circle. Transfer to
- a 9 inch quiche dish. Trim edges of dough even with rim of pan.
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- Halve and pit plums. In a mixer bowl, combine almonds, the 1/2 cup sugar,
- egg, lemon peel, connamon, and almond extract. Beat with electric mixer on
- low speed till combined. Spread almond mixture evenly in pastry shell.
- Place plums, cut side down, atop almond mixture. Dot with butter.
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- Bake in a 375F oven 50 minutes or until crust is brown and juice from plums
- is nearly evaporated. Cool on wire rack. Brush top with melted jelly.
- Makes 6 to 8 servings.
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