Peach-Plum Shortbread Tart
Peach-Plum Shortbread Tart
Serves
8
Type
Dessert
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 cup non-hydrogenated lard
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup coconut (toasted for 5 minutes in a 350°F oven)
- ½ tsp salt
Filling
- ½ cup local honey
- 2 cups peach (or plum) jam, preferably homemade
- 7 or 8 firm Ontario peaches, thinly sliced
- 2 or 3 firm red Ontario plums, thinly sliced
- Lavender flowers for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix lard and brown sugar until creamy.
- Add vanilla, flour, coconut and salt, and mix until crumbly.
- Pour mixture into a 12-inch tart pan.
- Press firmly onto bottom and sides to make a crust.
- Bake for 15 minutes until just cooked through.
- Remove from oven and set aside.
- Heat jam and honey in a frying pan on medium heat.
- Carefully add the peach slices.
- Cook gently for 5 to 7 minutes until fruit is tender but not mushy.
- Pour peaches into tart shell.
- Arrange plum slices on top.
- Sprinkle with lavender.
- Return to oven and bake for 30 minutes more or until crust is brown.
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