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Sour Cream Tart with Santa Rosa Plum Compote

By Jeanne Thiel Kelley and Martin Kelley

Recipe information

  • Yield

    8 Servings

Ingredients

crust

3

/4 cup unbleached all purpose flour

3

/4 cup assorted nuts (such as walnuts, almonds, and hazelnuts), toasted, cooled

1

/4 cup sugar

3

/4 teaspoon salt

6

tablespoons (3/4 stick) chilled unsalted butter, diced

1

large egg yolk

Filling

2

teaspoons water

1

/4 teaspoon unflavored gelatin

3

large egg yolks

1

/4 cup sugar

1

1/2 tablespoons cornstarch

1

cup whole milk

1

/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise

1

/2 cup sour cream

Santa Rosa Plum Compote

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Preparation

  1. crust

    Step 1

    Butter bottom of 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom. Finely grind flour, nuts, sugar, and salt in processor. Add 6 tablespoons butter. Using on/off turns, blend until coarse meal forms. Add egg yolk; blend until moist clumps form. Press dough over bottom and up sides of pan. Pierce crust with fork. Freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.

    Step 2

    Preheat oven to 400°F. Bake crust until golden, 13 to 14 minutes. Cool completely.

  2. filling

    Step 3

    Place water in very small cup. Sprinkle gelatin over. Let stand until gelatin softens, about 10 minutes.

    Step 4

    Whisk egg yolks, sugar, and cornstarch in medium bowl to blend. Place milk in medium saucepan. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean. Bring milk to simmer. Gradually whisk hot milk mixture into yolk mixture. Return to same saucepan. Stir over medium-high heat until custard thickens and boils, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Scrape in gelatin mixture and stir to dissolve. Let stand 5 minutes.

    Step 5

    Transfer custard to metal bowl. Discard vanilla bean. Set bowl over another bowl filled with ice and water; stir until cool but not set, about 15 minutes. Fold in sour cream. Spread filling evenly in crust. Chill tart until filling sets, at least 2 hours and up to 6 hours.

    Step 6

    Cut tart into wedges. Spoon plum compote over and serve.

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