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    Mirabelle Plum Tart Recipe

    Oct 30, 2023 by Helene Dsouza

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    French Mirabelle Plum Tart Recipe with almond flour.
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 55 minutes minutes
    Prep Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes
    12 slices
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    mirabelle fruit

    The Mirabelle Plum is a delicate fruit, commonly grown in France.

    This is a Mirabelle tart with almond flour and a homemade shortcrust pastry.

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    When I take a bite of our homemade Mirabelle Tart, it is as though I end up in another world.

    Drifting away with its taste and aroma.

    Well, in fact it's not just any tart, it is a complete inspirational masterpiece of a baked tart.

    It is my family's recipe, and it isn't just another sophisticated french pastry.

    Mirabelle tart is something that everyone should experience!

    mirabelle plums fresh

    πŸ“• What is the mirabelle plum?

    The Mirabelle is a yellow and orange, round and small plum variety.

    The prune's fruit flesh is soft, plentiful, sweet, and juicy. The seed is not all that large.

    It's the most perfect little fruit!

    The fruit is always associated with France due to the fact that some varieties have received geographical protection, most notably the Mirabelle from Lorraine.

    In fact, they even organize Mirabelle feasts during harvest season where they crown a miss Mirabelle.

    The word Mirabelle (mirabilis) originates from Latin, meaning "wonderful" or even "beautiful to look at".

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    Mirabelle Plum Tart Recipe

    French Mirabelle Plum Tart Recipe with almond flour.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: French
    Prep Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 55 minutes minutes
    Servings: 12 slices
    Calories: 273kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    For the Shortcrust Base

    • 7 ounces All-purpose Flour
    • 3.5 ounces Butter
    • pinch Salt
    • Water luke warm

    For the Filling

    • 2 Eggs
    • 2 Tablespoon All-purpose Flour
    • 1.7 ounces Butter soft
    • 2.8 ounces Brown Sugar
    • 3.5 ounces Almond flour
    • 2.2 pounds Mirabelle Plums fresh or canned
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    Instructions

    For the shortcrust base

    • Mix all the ingredients to make the short crust pastry. Work the dough well out and smooth and let it stand for at least 1 hour in a cold room.
    • Take a Tarte form and place it on a baking paper. Draw around the form on the paper with a pencil and cut it out. This is your tart liner.
    • Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit/ 180 Celsius.
    • Butter the Tart form and dust it well with flour. That will prevent the dough to stick on the form while baking.
    • Take out your dough and roll it out to approximately Β½ cm thickness. Turn the baking form and place it on the dough. Calculate 2 cm more from the form and cut out all around. 2 cm more are required or your dough will be too short to fit into the baking form.
    • Place the cut out dough into the buttered form.
    • Poke with a fork a few fine wholes into it. Add the previously cut out baking paper on top with some weight such as a handful of beans or lentils. That will prevent the dough to blow up in the center and to stay even. Bake the dough by itself for 15 mins at 350 Fahrenheit/ 180 Celsius.

    For the Frangipane filling

    • In the meanwhile prepare the filling.
    • In a bowl mix Butter, sugar smooth.
    • Add the Almond flour, flour and Eggs. Mix it all well so that no lumps are left.

    Build the tart

    • Once the dough is finished baked, take it out and remove the baking paper with the beans/lentils. Fill into the short crust pastry the almond paste mix.
    • You can choose to use canned or fresh mirabelle plums. Arrange the preserved mirabelles on top.
    • Bake the Tart for about 1 hour at 350 Fahrenheit/ 180 Celsius.

    Notes

    We leave the core in the Mirabelle (kind of gives an extra flavor). Feel free to remove them if you prefer without!

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Mirabelle Plum Tart Recipe
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 273 Calories from Fat 135
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 15g23%
    Saturated Fat 7g35%
    Cholesterol 54mg18%
    Sodium 100mg4%
    Potassium 167mg5%
    Carbohydrates 31g10%
    Fiber 3g12%
    Sugar 15g17%
    Protein 5g10%
    Vitamin A 633IU13%
    Vitamin C 8mg10%
    Calcium 37mg4%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    1. Louisa says

      August 06, 2019 at 9:17 am

      I see you are taking the fruit from a jar, did you preserve them in some way that softens the stones? Thanks

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      • Helene Dsouza says

        August 06, 2019 at 10:15 am

        Yes, correct, the Mirabelle are homemade canned. You can use store-bought canned fruits too. This recipe is rather old so I will be fixing it soon to reflect the details better. You can also use fresh Mirabelle fruits in this recipe, however, canned fruits are softer and tend to be more flavorful, adding moisture to the tart as well.

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    2. Helene says

      July 27, 2012 at 2:02 pm

      Done!! One Mirabelle tart for Maureen, the next time you come over. πŸ˜‰

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    3. Liz says

      July 25, 2012 at 4:42 am

      What a marvelous dessert...I want to come to Austria and have a taste of a genuine Mirabelle tart! Beautiful post!!!

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      • Helene says

        July 25, 2012 at 6:22 pm

        Then Liz of course your invited to come, it would be a pleasure to enjoy your company over a freshly made mirabelle tart! πŸ˜‰

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