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Ingredients
Tart base
- 125 g unsalted butter, plus extra to grease
- 250 g self-raising flour
- 60 g caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
- 8 plums, cut into eighths, stones removed
Custard filling
- 1 orange, zest only, no white pith
- 40 g caster sugar
- 220 g pouring (whipping) cream
- 2 eggs
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
Serving
- caster sugar, to sprinkle (optional)
- cream or ice cream, to serve
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 1256 kJ / 299 kcal
- Protein
- 4.7 g
- Carbohydrates
- 29.1 g
- Fat
- 18 g
- Saturated Fat
- 11.1 g
- Fibre
- 1.6 g
- Sodium
- 181.7 mg
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