To make the cream and plum tart, start with the shortcrust: in a bowl, add the brown sugar, medium egg (1), butter, salt (2), and lemon zest (3). Quickly work the ingredients with your hands (4).

There is a time and a place for pumpkin pie and that’s Thanksgiving. I cannot think of an occasion where serving the pie outside of Turkey Day would be acceptable. It just feels wrong. This tart, on ...