Black Plum Tarts with Brown Butter and Sea Salt.
OMG I’m on a tart bender and I cannot stop. I know. It’s bad.
Has pregnancy made me boring? Like boring-er than usual?
I promise this is the last one. No really. The last, last one.
I’ve shoved tarts in your face for weeks what with this heirloom tomato and feta tart and these beet and goat cheese tarts and now these plum tarts and I might have even made another tart that I don’t remember. Oh! This ginger peach galette which is kinda like… a giant tart. Sort of.
I’m about thirty seconds away from making a chocolate fudge and pistachio tart but I won’t do that to you. I might do it to me. But not to you.
Anyhoo, I solemnly swear that this is the LAST ONE. Again. (but I might have gone a little buck wild with plums lately so you may see more of those. Oops.)
I just love these SO much. I got the idea in last month’s issue of Bon Appetit and was sold 1. because I love puff pastry so much that I could bake a sheet and eat it plain but really 2. because these are embarrassingly simple. Um. Puff pastry. Plums. Brown butter. Maybe a little sugar if you want. Some sea salt.
I’m actually not sure of another dessert that is so easy but seems slightly complicated. I guess you could make your own puff pastry. If you’re into that sort of thing. It’s almost like eating fruit for dessert but it’s SO MUCH BETTER than that. Because we know that plain fruit is not dessert. Never ever. At least not legit dessert. It’s fruit. It’s not dessert. It’s quite frankly just an extension of your meal.
So yep, this is the last slightly boring but really easy and fantastic dessert I will give you for a while. From here on out everything might be intensely chocolate covered and bacon wrapped (hint hint) because I’m in that mode. But! Let’s just say that this little treat would be perfect for Labor Day parties, because you can make a gigantic pan and watch while everybody goes to town. Or you can choose something from THIS LIST. Yeeeaaassss. Do it.
Wait a minute. Since when do I like pastry things? Life is so weird right now.
Black Plum Tarts with Brown Butter and Sea Salt
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Place the puff pastry sheet on a nonstick baking sheet. Brush the pastry with the egg wash.
- Slice the plums into even slices and place them in a bowl. Sprinkle the sugar over top and stir. Let sit for 5 minutes. Place the plums in clusters of 3 or 4 on the tars – you want to do them in a tic-tac-toe shape on the pastry so it’s easy to cut once baked. Drizzle a bit of the brown butter over top.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the pastry is puffed and golden. Once finishing, drizzle the remaining brown butter over top and sprinkle the plums with sea salt. Slice into squares and serve immediately.
Notes
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60 Comments on “Black Plum Tarts with Brown Butter and Sea Salt.”
And the Small Italian plums are in season! Yum!
I haven’t had ONE plum this year…what the what?
I have also never had ONE plum with brow butter in my whole life. I don’t even know how I survived. These sound amazing!
And that fudge pistachio tart? DO IT. Pinned!
I am not tired of your tart posts. A chocolate pistachio tart sounds amazing!! I made a mocha pistachio ice cream recently that was so good…I don’t know where pistachios have been all my life because I never ate them until a couple months ago, and now I can’t stop. Why don’t they sell chocolate covered pistachios the way they sell chocolate covered almonds?? Off to give that a whirl…
These are so so cute! I love how the plums are mushed in there… I seriously need to step up my plum game before they’re not in season any more!
I’m with Taylor and haven’t had a plum this year. I just haven’t had a taste for one. I think making these would warrant me to have one. By the way, these tarts look awesome! Happy Friday!! :)
These tarts look amazing. I keep seeing recipes with puff pastry involved…why!? It must be fabulous. I’ve never made a dessert like this. I will have to give it a go!
Ahhh, those look amazing! So cute too! Love the addition of sea salt, that’s just perfect :)
Yay tart bender!! These look awesome. Super simple and so yummy.
I went through a phase where I bought tons of puff pastry dough. And every night we would just stick new things in and on it and bake it. It wasn’t a very proud time for me. But I have no regrets. Most delicious week of my life.
You’ve given us three tarts… entree, main and now dessert – hello, perfect combination…
ANY DAY is meant for brown butter :) And I love it…tart bender. LOL Honestly I wouldn’t have noticed any sort of pattern at all if you never said it. And boring? You are hands down the most creative cook, day in and day out, in the blogosphere!
Your pregnancy has not made you boring, Jessica! This tart looks delicious. Bring on the tart recipes for Fall! Some thoughts….apple pear? Apple cranberry? Apple pear cranberry? Yes, please!
LOVING the brown butter + sea salt component to these!!!!!
These look amazing! And if you do make it, can you please post the chocolate fudge and pistachio tart?! It sounds so good!
I am loving your tart bender – they are all amazing! I have a puff pastry in my freezer and there are so many possible opportunities…
I love the sea salt in these!! What a fantastic idea!
These are so cute and look insanely delicious! Plums are underrated in my opinion and I’m sure they are fantastic as part of a tart!
Bring the tarts on! I’m also loving plums right now and have oodles to use up. This is my kind of tart- I can get behind puff pastry!
OMG. These look fantastic. I love plums and this looks like the perfect recipe!
Omg please share a fudge and pistachio tart!! There are few flavor combinations I love more… but why, oh WHY are those damn puff pastry sheets so expensive?? Gah.
Your tarts are awesome, this one is amazing sounding!
I make a very similar tart, only before I add the fruit, I put down a layer of mascarpone, goat cheese or almond paste and then brush the top of the fruit with apricot preserves. It is suuuuuuuper easy, and people love it. It is perfect to make when you get last-minute dinner guests.
“1 egg + 1 teaspoon, beaten” .. one teaspoon OF WHAT?!?! I must know!!
haha omg, i’m so sorry, my recipes have been a mess lately. it’s 1 teaspoon water! just a simple egg wash. thank you, i fixed it!! :)
These look AMAZING! These will be happening at my house this weekend! My husband, at 32, tried his first plum last week and can not stop eating them. He lived such a sad food life before me!
P.S. on the chocolate fudge pistachio tart… Yes, please!
Ooooh I would love to see the recipe for the chocolate pistachio tart!
I love puff pastry, too – and wouldn’t say not to this OR a chocolate and pistachio version :)
chocolate + pistachio tart, oh yum. do it, doooo ittttt! (and share it…peer pressure is a-ok when it involves chocolate)
Oh, but a chocolate fudge and pistachio tart would be PERFECT! Doooo it.
I don’t know why I don’t gravitate towards plums more. I really should. I neglect that fruit and I’ll make a point not to. I feel like brown butter + plums would be a serious power team. This sounds really great. Thank you for sharing it!
Oh yes please make a chocolate fudge and pistachio tart. Sounds amazing! And I love the tarts. Keep ’em coming!
ohmygosh – i could totally eat puff pastry plain too!!! but this looks even better! ♡♡♡
these look deeeeelicious. and i don’t even really like tarts. but i could go for some of these.
Oh my! My husband makes a tart similar to this. It was his German mother’s recipe from Germany. The base is not puff pastry though, but her recipe instead. So good! I love the idea of using brown butter and sea salt! I am going to run it past him and see if he will try one or both of those next time.
Bring on the tarts! And bring on the brown butter! Those are two things I could never tire of. Especially the brown butter, the liberal use of it can’t be good for my health.
I am all about that chocolate pistachio tart life.
This would be great for high tea (: will try it this weekend
You never have to apologize for making too many tarts. Ever ;)
So simple! So perfect!
I could go for a chocolate fudge & pistachio tart… ;)
I love tarts and I love how simple this recipe is! So keep ’em coming!
Yum! What a simple and delcious dessert!
Wahhhh! I don’t have an oven and can’t make these…for now. I will be bookmarking them and trying them later though…with a dollop of goats cheese melted on top I think.
These are just gorgeous, and look delicious. I love plums.
I do have a question about browning butter. I’ve been intimidated to try it, although it’s everywhere and used in everything these days. My question is, can you brown butter using a dark saucepan? I don’t have any light shiny pans, so I’ve never even tried it out of worry that I wouldn’t be able to see the brown flecks forming. Is it doable?
I don’t have plums, but I wonder if I could sub peaches? I’m so excited to get the cookbook…it should be here Tuesday!
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Plum tart? Amazing, they look gorgeous!
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