Plum Tart

Pastry
½ cup butter (100g) 1/3 cup sugar	In a medium bowl, cream butter and sugar until blended
1 egg 1 tsp vanilla	Add to above and blend
1 ¼ cups of flour	Stir into above and mix with hands until it becomes a smooth ball Place a sheet of oven paper in the tart pan, then place rolled pastry in pan on top of paper Trim edges and prick pastry all over with a fork and bake for 20 minutes and set aside After approx. 5 minutes, check pastry. If it has swelled up in the middle, gently pat it down.

Filling
2 tbsp. of butter ½ cup of sugar 2 tbsp of dry sherry (Jerés) ¼ cup of cornstarch 1 kg quetsche plums	Melt butter in medium pot Add sugar and mix until blended Add sherry and cornstarch and stir until blended Add plums and simmer, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes Pour in baked tart pan and bake for 30 minutes Take out of oven and place on rack to cool Slide pie onto serving dish and remove oven paper Dust with icing sugar once cooled