Project: Plums

I was quite upset at myself for missing out on apricot season at the Farmers Market so I've decided to move my focus towards apple season. I want to make apple pie. The only time I made apple pie was when I took a baking course at George Brown. My sister loves apple pies, so I normally just eat the pies she bakes; although she hasn’t made it in awhile and she’s now out in Quebec City.

When I came across Aran’s blog, I realized I’ve been ignoring all the end of summer fruits at the market – plums! Since I couldn’t wait until Wednesday, I picked up my box of black plums from Costco…I know, I feel bad they’re from California and not Ontario. I’m hoping to go to the market on Wednesday to get a different assortment of plums to try out various recipes. Hopefully I didn’t miss the plum season as well. In the end, I couldn’t work with her recipe since the Muscovado sugar I bought had harden.


I ended up making the plum and almond tart from Alice Medrich’s Pure Dessert. I couldn’t locate my fluted tart tin so baked them up in 4” tart rings. They were delicious but I overbaked them by 5mins so they were very crispy when they came out of the oven. I had a tart this morning and it softened overnight.
I found my 9½: tart ring last night so I decided to bake another tart tonight. It puffed up nicer than the smaller tarts; next time I’ll have to use four instead of six rings. I still have a more plums and bookmarked a few more recipes to try as project plum continues.