Ingredients

90g butter

90g ground almonds

90g sugar

2 large eggs

1/2 tsp almond essence

Sweet pastry

Plums - halved and stoned

2 Tbs assonade sugar (demerera)

Preparation

To make the ‘frangipani’ - cream butter and sugar. Mix in almonds and eggs and essence.

Blind bake pastry in a 24cm pie dish.

Pour in frangipani. Arrange plums cut side down. Sprinkle with cassonade sugar.

Bake for 30 minutes at 200 celsius.