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I made this tart in Spain where I was working for a family and it was very summery and delicious, also looks very pretty. You can use any other kind of fruits to suit the season too. Sweet pastry I use the Ottolenghi recipe, same as post below Almond paste 250g Butter 250g Sugar 250g Ground Almonds 5 egg 45g Flour 3/4 tbsp of booze, cognac, rum etc Cream the butter with an electric whisk, when light and creamy whisk in sugar, then almonds, eggs then flour until all mixed well. For the plums use about 15-20, cut them in half and then cut the halves into 3 wedges. Put in a bowl with a  good sprinkling of caster sugar and leave for 10 mins. Spoon the almond paste into the tart case and then push the plums in making a pretty pattern. Bake in the oven for about 30-40 mins so that the mixture is golden, set and not wobbly. Leave to cool or serve warm, it looks amazing finished with a glaze so heat up a few tbsps of jam until runny and lightly paint over the tart with a pastry brush. Serve wi

If you haven't tried salted caramel before then you really need to! I never quite understood how good salt with chocolate could be until I went to Pizza East on Portabello, where the pizzas are just amazing and if you have room at the end their salted caramel and chocolate tart will quite literally rock your world. I found a Rachel Allen recipe and blindly tried it out for a dinner party. A little worried at winging a new recipe I tried a bite before sending it out to the masses and wow it was insanely good, even think I could be giving Pizza East a run for their money! You must try this recipe and invite all your friends over because they will think you are some sort of baking rockstar. For the pastry use whatever sweet pastry recipe you like, I personally love the Ottolenghi recipe: 330g plain flour 100g icing sugar ¼ teaspoon salt 180g cold unsalted butter, cut into small cubes 1 egg yolk 2 tbsp cold water Put the flour, icing sugar, and salt into a bowl and add the cold butter.