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Pflaumenkuchen - German Damson Plum Tart with Crumble Topping

Name: How to cook Pflaumenkuchen - German Damson Plum Tart with Crumble Topping - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Felice

Pflaumenkuchen - German Damson Plum Tart with Crumble Topping

My favorite German dessert made with fruit! This is not too sweet and let's you enjoy the flavor of the plums to the fullest. The bottom part is made with a sweet yeast dough and in this version, I topped the plums with a crisp strudel topping. Enjoy!

Ingredient

Food ration :

8 servings

Cooking time :

120 mins

600-700 g

Damson plums or Prunes, stoned and quartered

250 g

flour

3 g

instant yeast or 10 g fresh yeast

225 ml

lukewarm milk

1/2

beaten egg (25-30 g)

30 g

soft butter

25 g

vanilla sugar (or sugar + beans from 1/4 vanilla bean)

1/2 tsp

lemon zest

5 g

salt

60 g

Butter

60 g

Sugar

60 g

Flour

60 g

Ground almonds (or use 60 g more flour for nutless version)

1/4 tsp

cinnamon

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Mix all the ingredients for the dough until it's workable enough to knead. Knead for 5-10 minutes until fairly smooth. Form into a ball, cover and let rise for 1 hour.

* Step 2

Cut butter for topping into small cubes. Mix all other crumble toppings in a bowl, add butter and use fingertips to crumble everything together until you have little balls of buttery crumbles. Cover and put in refrigerator for at least 45 minutes or longer if making later.

* Step 3

Grease you baking sheet or round pan. Roll out the dough into a circle (or rectangle) to fit the size of your pan.

* Step 4

Lay the dough into the pan and cover with plastic. Let rest for 15 minutes.

* Step 5

Meanwhile preheat oven to 200C/400F (if using a fan or convection oven then 180C/350F)

* Step 6

Lay out the quartered pieces of plum on top of the dough.

* Step 7

Lastly, sprinkle the crumble topping on top.

* Step 8

Bake for 30 minutes. The first 10 minutes, bake at 200C/400F (for fan oven use 180C/350F). After the first 10 minutes reduce the heat to 180C/350F (for fan oven, 160C/320F). Bake until the crumbles are golden yellow and crisp, and crust is light brown. Adjust the baking time if needed.

* Step 9

Let cool for a few minutes before eating. Also nice with a little whipping cream or vanilla custard sauce :) This is also tasty when completely cooled.