Cool for 10 to 15 minutes before popping the tart out of the pan. You can serve with ice cream or freshly whipped cream , or on its own at room temperature. Enjoy!

Garten calls for Italian prune plums, but if you can’t find those, you can really use any plum you like. You could even use re-hydrated prunes if you want a deeper, jammier fruit flavor ...

Once the tart shell is ready, it is customarily filled with a puddinglike pastry cream. Thick and rich, with a pronounced vanilla flavor, properly made pastry cream is dreamy.

Mixed fruit tart ($47) A fruit tart, which will satisfy eight or nine people, has long been a popular stand-in for birthday cake at parties, the fruit glistening on top with its sugar glaze.