Plum and Frangipane Tart Recipe: A Seasonal Dessert

Right before leaving for Paris we made a few fall recipes to share, including this plum and frangipane tart recipe: a seasonal dessert. But for now I’m about to meet Mary Ann who will be arriving from Beaune. We will be spending three days talking about everything from blogs to Instagram and of course Paris!

You can see where we are staying and meeting in this post. Now, let’s talk about that plum tart!

Frangipane is a nut-based creamy custard that is quite easy to make. But don’t let the ease of it fool you, as the flavors are complex and it tastes like you spent hours laboring over it. Add some plums or seasonal fruit and you have the ideal fall dessert for lunch, brunch, or dinner. 

Ingredients

For the crust:

• 1 package of thawed puff pastry tart shell

For the fruit:

• Approximately 1 pound of fresh, ripe plums halved and thinly sliced (you may have some slices left over)

For the frangipane:

• Almond flour (or the nut flower of your choice)
• Soft, unsalted butter (room temperature because cold butter won’t mix well)
• Light or dark brown sugar
• Eggs
• Salt
• Granulated sugar
• Ground cardamom

Equipment needed for plum frangipane tart

• Large mixing bowl
• Rolling pin
• Tart tin (I used a rectangle tart shape but you could also use a round tin. You’ll just have to roll the pastry dough to fit your selected tin.)
• Wire whisk
• Wooden spoon

Instructions for making the plum tart

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Thaw the puff pastry dough. If using a rectangle tart tin, on a lightly floured work surface, roll out the dough to fit the length of your rectangular tart pan. 
2. Place the dough in your tart tin, press on the bottom and up the edges of the pastry pan. Using a rolling pin, roll it along the top edges of the tart pan and remove the little excess pastry dough. With a fork, pock the puff pastry dough all over the bottom and bake in the oven for about 24 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Remove from the oven and increase the heat to 400 degrees.
3. While the puff pastry tart bakes, in a large bowl, whisk the eggs until combined. Add the almond flour, brown sugar, butter, and salt and mix with a wooden spoon (or a stand mixer if preferred) until smooth and well combined. 
4. In a small mixing bowl, combine the sugar and ground cardamom.
5. When the pastry is done baking, gently press the dough in the bottom of the pan. Spread a layer of frangipane over the bottom of the pastry and up the sides.
6. Arrange the plum slices over the top of the filling and sprinkle the cardamom sugar over the top. 
7. Return the pan to the oven and bake the frangipane until it is set and golden brown in spots, about 30 to 35 minutes. If the edges begin brown before the frangipane is set, cover the edges loosely with foil.
8. Remove from the oven and transfer to a cutting board until slightly cooled. Serve the frangipane tarts warm or at room temperature (and it’s still good the next day).

More Sunday Favorites

Things I’m seeing people wear in France

Soft baggy jeans. GAP has a $79 version of this more expensive pair from Rag & Bone. I love that GAP offers regular, tall, petite, and several different washes. I noticed mainly the light indigo, but probably that’s because I had light denim on my mind.

365 High Rise Pleated Trousers—I never imagined pleated trousers with a full break would come back, but here we are. I saw them worn with a striped shirt, as a suit, and with a sleeveless sweater. For shoes, everything from a loafer to a Birkenstock Bostin clog to sneakers. 

Birkenstock Boston Clogs—I saw people all over New York wearing Birkenstock Boston Clogs. I even saw several people wearing them on the hottest day at the US Open, where people are dressed to impress and drink their Honey Deuce, the official drink of the US Open. 

Birkenstock clogs were popular at the beach and in Paris. They were mostly worn with ankle socks by men and women of all ages. Will you get a pair this year, or do you already have them?

Speaking of socks, ankle socks over no-shows, like these, and these from Anthropologie and these Merci socks from KULE.

That’s it for me this Sunday in Paris! I’ll be meeting Mary Ann in a few hours! Let’s see what Cindy and Mary Ann found this week!

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