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Red Plum Tart with Vanilla Bean

September 12, 2017 By Jere Cassidy 8 Comments

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Plums are such beautiful fruit.  I love all their colors from yellow to deep dark purple and the silvery-white bloom covering the plum makes them distinct.  Red plums are my favorite; it’s the sweet and tart flavor I love, and these plums are perfect for baking.  Today’s One Hot Oven treat is a Red Plum Tart with Vanilla Bean.  Sounds good, doesn’t it?

Lately, the bins and tables at the farmer’s markets and grocery stores here in Sacramento are full of plums. I ended up with a whole bag of plums after my Sunday visit to the Sacramento Farmer’s Market with instructions to keep the plums in the fridge and they will last for a good week.

My beautiful red plums!!!

Red plums

When you bake plums it deepens their flavor and caramelizes the juices which makes them gloriously delicious. Today’s recipe for the plum tart is quick to make because it uses just four ingredients, red plums, puff pastry, sugar and a vanilla bean.

Let’s make a tart, are you ready?

Your first step is to roll out the thawed puff pastry and then sprinkle the dough with vanilla sugar.

vanilla sugar

Since my tart pan is a rectangle and 14 inches long I rolled both pieces of the puff pastry together so it will fit in the pan.
Rolled pastry dough

Layer in the sliced plums.

Layering plums in tart

Here’s the trick for making this tart, make sure you pack in the plum slices since they shrink and a lot of fruit keeps the crust from collapsing and losing its shape. Hey, ya want it to look as pretty as it tastes.

Sprinkle the remaining vanilla sugar over the top of the plums.  That’s it, now let’s bake a tart!

Unbaked plum tart

In 20 minutes you can have this tasty dessert on your table that will make everyone ooh and ahh over this luscious tart.

Baked plum tart

I know you are thinking, hey I’ve got a ton of peaches sitting here in my fruit bowl and no plums are in sight.  Well, this recipe is really adaptable to all kinds of stone fruits so use those peaches,  apricots or nectarines and this tart will be just as good.

sliced tart
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Red Plum Tart with Vanilla Bean

This is a luscious plum tart with flakey pastry and a sweet vanilla glaze.
Course Dessert
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 1 tart
Author Jere @OneHotOven.com

Ingredients

  • 1 17.25 oz. package of puff pastry thawed I used Pepperidge Farm
  • 3-4 fresh plums I used red plums
  • 1 vanilla bean cut in half
  • 1/3 cup sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • On a floured surface roll the thawed puff pastry big enough to fit the tart pan.
  • Lay the pastry into the pan and trim edges.
  • Put the sugar in a bowl and split the vanilla bean and scrape the seeds into the sugar. Mix to combine.
  • Sprinkle the desired amount of the vanilla sugar into the bottom of the tart.
  • Slice the plums into thin slices. Arrange the slices cut side down so they are overlapping.
  • Sprinkle the rest of the vanilla sugar over the plums.
  • Bake for approximately 20 minutes until the pastry is golden and the plums are baked through.

The beauty of this tart is its simplicity of flavor. The vanilla bean and sugar bring out the sweetness of the plums and the flaky puff pastry adds a yummy buttery flavor.

Red plum tart with vanilla bean

Thanks to all my baking friends for looking today.

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  1. Ann

    September 19, 2017 at 10:27 pm

    I love tarts! This looks good and mouth watery!

    Reply
  2. emma me and b make tea

    September 19, 2017 at 3:37 pm

    4 stars
    this sounds absolutely delicious! and super simple to make!

    Reply
    • OneHotOven

      September 20, 2017 at 2:45 am

      That the beauty of fruit tarts, they are easy to make.

      Reply
  3. Sarah

    September 19, 2017 at 3:32 pm

    This looks amazing! I’m pinning this for later. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  4. Sylvia

    September 13, 2017 at 5:50 pm

    4 stars
    Oh my!! I love plum, i’ll pin this ASAP. This looks awesome, quick and simple. I can’t wait to try it.

    Reply
  5. Carolyn | The Organic Gypsy

    September 13, 2017 at 5:49 pm

    5 stars
    I never know what to do with plums. I am not a huge fan. But this recipe looks wonderful and will def have to try. Beautiful photos! Was literally drooling over here. 🙂

    Reply
    • OneHotOven

      September 14, 2017 at 11:40 pm

      Thanks for the nice comments. This is a delicious tart.

      Reply
  6. Laura

    September 13, 2017 at 2:54 pm

    I love a tart, sounds delicious!

    Reply

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