Prune tart like grandma’s: the easy recipe

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A creamy, moist, and delicious prune tart. Best served with a cup of tea or a good coffee.

Yields6 Servings
Prep Time15 minsCook Time35 minsTotal Time50 mins
Shortcrust pastry
 250 Flour
 125 Butter
 1 pinch Fine salt
 5 Milk or water
Garnish
 500 Prune
 50 Very hot plain tea (Ceylon or Darjeeling)
 2 Whole egg
 450 Smooth fresh cheese
 70 Fine sugar
 1 Liquid vanilla extract
 1 Flour
 Icing sugar for dusting.
Directions
1

Soak the prunes in very hot tea for about two hours.

2

Prepare the dough: place the flour, a pinch of salt, and the butter cut into small pieces in a bowl, and work with your fingertips. Gradually pour in the liquid, then knead the dough and form a ball. Let it rest in the refrigerator for one hour.

3

Drain the prunes and pit them. Preheat the oven to 180°C (gas mark 6).

4

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface. Press it into a tart pan lined with parchment paper. Prick the bottom with a fork and then distribute the prunes.

5

In a bowl, whisk the whole eggs with the sugar, add the spoonful of flour, the cottage cheese, and the vanilla extract. Pour the mixture over the prunes.

6

To finish, slide the tart into a medium oven for about 35 minutes. Serve the tart cold, dusted with powdered sugar.

Ingredients

Shortcrust pastry
 250 Flour
 125 Butter
 1 pinch Fine salt
 5 Milk or water
Garnish
 500 Prune
 50 Very hot plain tea (Ceylon or Darjeeling)
 2 Whole egg
 450 Smooth fresh cheese
 70 Fine sugar
 1 Liquid vanilla extract
 1 Flour
 Icing sugar for dusting.

Directions

Directions
1

Soak the prunes in very hot tea for about two hours.

2

Prepare the dough: place the flour, a pinch of salt, and the butter cut into small pieces in a bowl, and work with your fingertips. Gradually pour in the liquid, then knead the dough and form a ball. Let it rest in the refrigerator for one hour.

3

Drain the prunes and pit them. Preheat the oven to 180°C (gas mark 6).

4

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface. Press it into a tart pan lined with parchment paper. Prick the bottom with a fork and then distribute the prunes.

5

In a bowl, whisk the whole eggs with the sugar, add the spoonful of flour, the cottage cheese, and the vanilla extract. Pour the mixture over the prunes.

6

To finish, slide the tart into a medium oven for about 35 minutes. Serve the tart cold, dusted with powdered sugar.

Notes

Prune tart like grandma’s: the easy recipe
  • Danielleธันวาคม 29, 2018
    Sweet dessert The combination of soft cheese and prunes is good, but something is missing to enhance the overall flavor, which is almost too sweet.
  • Fragola1ธันวาคม 29, 2018
    Sure! Please provide the text you'd like me to translate.
  • Doudouธันวาคม 29, 2018
    Very well, I will make the recipe.

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Nutrition Facts

6 servings

Serving size

6

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