There are always loads of recipes I'd like to try but lose them before I do. This is where I can record recipes I find interesting and keep notes on my experiments with them.

I have a system that I've adopted for working through recipes:

1 - New recipes are saved to the Experimental Mouffette and is labeled : Untested
2 - As I'm working out the changes I'd like to make (if any) it is labeled : Testing
3 - Once I think I've got the correct formula it is labeled : Test 1
4 - IF I am able to reproduce the effect a second time it is labeled : Test 2 - if I am not able to reproduce the effect, it remains Test 1
5 - The same process as step 4 is used to graduate it to Test 3
6 - Once I have been able to reproduce the effect successfully 3 times, it graduates to my main blog, La Mouffette Gourmande

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Saturday, August 20, 2016

Untested - Plum Tart

http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Plum-Tart


7 tbsp. chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1⁄2" cubes, plus more for pan
1 cup flour, plus more for baking dish
1⁄2 cup plus 2 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1⁄4 tsp. kosher salt
6 tbsp. milk
1⁄2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 egg
1 lb. Italian plums or other firm plums, pitted and cut into eighths
1⁄2 tsp. ground cinnamon

Heat oven to 400°. Grease an 8" x 8" baking dish with butter and dust with flour; set aside.
Whisk together flour, 2 tbsp. sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Add 4 tbsp. chilled butter and rub into flour mixture until pea-size pieces form. Mix together milk, vanilla, and egg in a small bowl; add to flour mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until just combined.
Transfer dough to prepared baking dish and spread over the bottom of dish; arrange plum slices in rows on top of dough. Combine remaining sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over plums. Melt remaining butter and drizzle over plums. Bake until browned and bubbly, about 30 minutes. Let cool slightly before slicing and serving.

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