Recipes posted on September 27, 2011 16:36
2 cups flour 1 teasp baking powder 3 Tablsp sour cream
1/2 cup plus 3 Tablsp unsalted butter 1/2 cup plus 3 Tablsp powdered sugar
1 egg yolk 1 teasp vanilla fresh grated peel of 1 lemon
1 1/2 lbs fresh ripe plums, halved lengthwise, pitted, tossed with lemon juice
Combine flour, and baking powder, add the butter and sour cream, 1/2 cup
powder sugar, egg yolk, vanilla and peel. Work the mixture with your hands into
a medium soft dough. Press dough into a ball, cover and chill for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 430 degrees, butter a 10" springform pan, slice the dough and place
in the pan, presing evenly. Arrange the plums, cut sides up on the bottom layer of
the dough. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Remove from the oven sprinkle with powdered
sugar that remains. Let cool completely.