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Honey and Sugar Plum Spice Pie

This honey pie is filled with spiced and sugared plums! Not only is seasonal plum fruit delicious, it really stands out in the baked pastry dish. Included in instructions is a recipe for an easy, sweet pie crust, with almost no cleanup necessary! Make this fruit pie seasoned with ginger and cardamom and serve at your next holiday gathering. And who said sugar plums are only for the holiday season?
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Autumn
Servings 8 People
Calories 357 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Plastic Wrap 1 16 inch sheet
  • 1 Rolling Pin
  • 1 9 inch Pie Pan

Ingredients
  

Tart Crust

  • 1 Cup All Purpose Flour Divided
  • 3 Tbsp Ice Water
  • 1 Tsp Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 2 Tbsp Powdered Sugar
  • ¼ Tsp Salt
  • ¼ Cup Vegetable Shortening
  • Cooking Spray I used olive oil

Custard Filling

  • 1 ⅓ Cups Granulated Sugar
  • 2 Tbsp Yellow Cornmeal use the finest ground you can find
  • ¼ Tsp Salt
  • ⅓ Cup Whole Milk
  • 2 Tbsp Honey
  • 1 Tbsp Unsalted Butter melted
  • ½ Tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 4 Large Eggs lightly beaten

Sugared and Spiced Plums

  • 5 Ripe Plums, medium size
  • 2 Tbsp Light Brown Sugar
  • ¼ Tsp Ground Cardamom
  • ¼ Tsp Ground Ginger

Instructions
 

Crust

  • Preheat oven to 325℉
  • For crust: combine ¼ cup flour with ice water and lemon juice in a small bowl. Whisk until combined, then set aside.
  • Next combine ¾ cup flour, powdered sugar and salt in medium bowl, cut shortening in using a pastry cutter or large fork until the mixture resembles course meal.
  • Add flour mixture from small bowl and mix with fork until blended together. Form into a rough ball.
  • Lay pastry dough ball onto plastic wrap in center, fold plastic over. Press dough into a flattened circle. Plastic wrap should have extra room on either side.
  • Roll dough into 12 inch circle.
  • Place dough in freezer for 10 minutes.
  • While dough hardens, mix up custard filling. See instructions below.
  • Remove pie crust from freezer, remove plastic wrap on one side and press unwrapped pastry crust into Cooking Oil Coated pie pan. One you have pressed the crust into the pan, remove the plastic wrap completely and discard. Place back into freezer for 10 more minutes.

Custard Filling

  • For filling combine granulated sugar, cornmeal, vanilla and salt in medium bowl.
  • In a large bowl combine milk and remaining 4 ingredients, mixing with a whisk.
  • Add dry cornmeal mixture to large bowl and whisk together.

Sugared Plums

  • Slice plums into ⅛'s. You should get 8 pieces from each plum.
  • In a medium bowl add and combine lite brown sugar, ground ginger and ground cardamom. Gently toss sliced plum s into sugar mixture and coat.

Assemble Honeyed Spiced Plum Tart

  • Remove crust from freezer and pour custard filling in.
  • Arrange sliced and sugared plums into custard, they will sink into the batter, that is fine!

Bake Plum Tart

  • Bake plum tart in oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes. This custard tart is best served hot with whipped cream on the side.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 SliceCalories: 357kcalCarbohydrates: 62gProtein: 5gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 87mgSodium: 183mgPotassium: 146mgFiber: 1gSugar: 47gVitamin A: 322IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 34mgIron: 1mg
Keyword custard pie, custard tart, honey pie, plum
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