To make the filling, beat the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in the egg, followed by the almonds, flour and extract. Spread evenly in the cooled tart shell. Cut ...

The official (French) name of this dish is plum and frangipane tarte. Frangipane sounds very fancy but it’s actually just a word to describe an almond flavoured sweet cream which is used when ...

The taste of early autumn, baked into a simple tart When plums are in season, there’s no better way to use them than in a soft, golden tart that brings out their natural sweetness. This easy plum tart ...

Crumbs carry a reputation as crummy. But they can come in handy, breading chicken or bolstering meatball. Once, I watched a chef slip a layer of crumbs between fruit-tart pastry and fruit-tart fruit.

I can never decide what I like better about this Alsatian and southern-German tart: the quetsches (similar to Italian Blue Plums, which are available for a short time in the fall) or the butter crust ...

I’m a happy camper this time of year, and no, not because kids are going back to school. Mid-August is when Italian plums come to market. To find them piled high in wooden pint baskets at a local ...

To prepare the meringue plum tart, first, make the pastry. Place the cubed butter, sugar (1), and salt (2) in the bowl of a stand mixer. Mix everything with the paddle attachment (3), then add the egg ...

I'm a happy camper this time of year, and no, not because kids are going back to school. Mid-August is when Italian plums come to market. To find them piled high in wooden pint baskets at a local ...

This plum almond tart features sweet-tart plums and frangipane. With its tender short-crust, layers of sweet-tart plums and frangipane (the irresistible ground almond filling) this showstopper almost ...

Crumbs carry a reputation as crummy. But they can come in handy, breading chicken or bolstering meatball. Once, I watched a chef slip a layer of crumbs between fruit-tart pastry and fruit-tart fruit.