Scroll Down For A Printable Recipe Card At The Bottom Of The Page Prepare The Crust For The Tart The plums turn out juicy and incredibly delicious inside this yummy Italian Plum Shortbread Tart. NOTE: No tart pan? You can make this dessert using a 9″ deep dish pie pan. The shortbread crumble serves as both the crust AND the topping for this dessert, which is made using a tart pan with a removeable bottom. WOW! The results turned out amazing and delicious! Who knew that this humble looking plum could be the star in such a delicious fruit tart? The really cool part is that while the insides of this raw “oblong-shaped” fruit are GOLD in color, after baking they turn a brilliant shade of RED! WAIT… WHAT? All those ripe plums inspired me to tweak the recipe once again to make an Italian Plum Shortbread Tart! I decided to use the same crust and topping, but come up with my own Italian plum filling. Over the years I have modified it to make a boysenberry shortbread tart, and a peach shortbread tart. I received a recipe card for an apple shortbread tart many years ago from a dear friend. My inspiration for this recipe is one of my favorite recipes for fruit-filled shortbread tarts. After making the tart, I also made a jar of Italian plum jam with the remaining plums (yes… we STILL had more plums-go figure). I gave a bunch of them to one of our sons, but there were still too many for my husband and I to eat! What is a girl to do? I ended up creating this recipe to use most of them (recipe takes about 25 plums). That was the case last month when a friend of ours gave us a LOT of Italian plums from a friends tree. What To Do With A LOT of Italian Prune Plums? Looking for a fabulous dessert? You’ll love this Italian Plum Shortbread Tart, with juicy plums, buttery shortbread crust, and streusel top!
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