Plum Tart With Creme Fraiche And Port Wine Glaze

How sweet all at once it was for me to be rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to lose and was now glad to reject! You drove them from me, You who are the true, the sovereign joy. You drove them from me and took their place, You who are sweeter than all pleasure, though not to flesh and blood, You who outshine all light yet are hidden deeper than any secret in our hearts, You who surpass all honor though not in the eyes of men who see all honor in themselves. At last my mind was free from the gnawing anxieties of ambition and gain, from wallowing in filth and scratching the itching sore of lust. I began to talk to you freely, O Lord my God, my Light, my Wealth, and my Salvation.

Augustine

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

10		Inch sweet pastry shell, up
		to 11
550	g	Plums, washed and cut into
		four
2	T	Caster sugar
125		Port wine
1		Vanilla pod cut down the
		centre
1/2	pt	Cream
1	oz	Flour
2	oz	Sugar
2		Egg yolks
2		Leaf gelatine, soaked

INSTRUCTIONS

Remove the stones from the plums and cut into four. Bake the sweet
pastry case blind and cool.  Make the creme pat by mixing egg and sugar
in a bowl over hot water.  Add a tablespoon of cream and gradually add
the flour. Add more cream  and put in a clean pan and re-warm. Place a
good layer of creme pat  on the base of the pastry case and smooth
level with a palette knife  or plastic scraper.  Arrange the plums on
the pastry and bake in the oven for 30-40  minutes.  Simmer the sugar
in the port wine and add the vanilla pod, reduce the  liquid slightly.
Add the leaf gelatine and cool slightly. Remove the  tart and cool,
pour over the port glaze and leave in the fridge to  set. Slice and
serve with creme fraiche.  DISCLAIMER(c) Copyright 1996 - SelecTV Cable
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 1504 Calories From Fat: 869 Total Fat: 98.7g Cholesterol: 686.3mg Sodium: 107.5mg Potassium: 1109.7mg Carbohydrates: 149g Fiber: 8.5g Sugar: 111.7g Protein: 16.9g