Simple Plum Tarts

This is one of the easiest pastries that you’re ever going to make, because there is really not much baking involved, it’s really a matter of assembly. It requires nothing more than fresh stone fruit, puff pastry, and sugar. Yep, that’s pretty much it. I used plums because they are in season, and I love them, but next time, if I can get my hands on some delicious peaches, I’m going to use them. I’m sure that nectarines or apricots would work equally as well, and if I’m feeling dangerously inventive, I may give fresh cherries a go.
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Strawberry Custard Tarts

Farmers markets are always a wonderful source of inspiration, and a visit to my local farmers market on Sunday was no exception. We arrived home with a wonderful bounty of beautifully sweet unwaxed apples, a bunch of beetroot, potatoes, beans, roma tomatoes, purple carrots, asparagus, strawberries and the biggest bunch of basil I’ve ever seen.

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