Almond Tart

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 ounces frozen puff pastry
• 1/2 cup butter, slightly softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup self-raising flour
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup plum jam
• 2 ounces almond paste, grated (leave uncovered in the refrigerator a couple of hours for easier grating)

Recipe

• 1 take 2/3s of the puff pastry and roll out thinly to line a buttered 10 inch quiche dish or tart pan, allowing a 1 inch overhang all around.
• 2 roll out the remainder of the pastry slightly thicker and cut into strips that are ½ inch wide and set aside.
• 3 cream the butter with the sugar.
• 4 add 1 egg and beat well.
• 5 add 1 tblsp of the flour.
• 6 add second egg and beat well.
• 7 mix the almond extract with the milk and add it to the batter along with remaining flour.
• 8 preheat oven to 400 degrees f.
• 9 spread jam on the pastry in dish to within 1 inch of the rim.
• 10 sprinkle the grated almond paste on top.
• 11 cover with the batter using a spatula, being very careful not to disturb filling make a lattice with the pastry strips over the top and crimp the edges, turning in the overhang of pastry to form a rim.
• 12 crimp.
• 13 bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.
• 14 reduce oven temperature to 350f and bake 15 minutes longer.