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Very Easy Cornmeal and Rosemary Jam Tart

June 28, 2016 by Joy the Baker 21 Comments

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Easy Rosemary Cornmeal Jam Tart

I recently took a bread baking class in New Orleans and left with all sorts of lessons learned (and bread smells in my hair and dough under my fingernails).  I’m very often on the teaching end of a baking class.  Teaching something I know very well and can most likely accomplish in the dark with my eyes closed.  That’s not a humble brag, I’ve just made a lot of pies.  

Being a student in a realm you aren’t entirely comfortable in is full of feels and vulnerability.  Valuable really, vulnerability is a good space to learn from.  What I learned that afternoon in bread baking class was more of a remembering than a learning.  Remembering that it’s hard to walk into a new room full of strangers to learn something new.  Remembering it’s intimidating when the teacher walks by your work table while you’re awkwardly trying to fold very sticky dough.  Remembering that reluctance and fear in these situations are self-imposed and easy to overcome with a pep talk because putting yourself in situations where you’re learning new things is beautiful and brave, and dangit just do it. 

Easy Rosemary Cornmeal Jam Tart

I spent the weekend at King Arthur Flour teaching pie baking.  Teaching the tricks of cold butter, light kneading, proper rolling, major latticing.

I’m taking all of that knowledge and all of those rules and throwing them out the window for this recipe.  

We’re making a simple tart with an herby cornmeal crust that you press into a tart pan and pinch into coins to top.  The filling is jam-  the really good sort straight from the fridge straight from the jar.  

A take it easy summer tart.  Lets get the iced coffee going too.  

Very Easy Cornmeal and Rosemary Jam Tart

We’re doing that baking hack where we rub zest and herbs into granulated sugar to extract the most flavor.  

We’re old pros.  Let’s be casual about it. 

Very Easy Cornmeal and Rosemary Jam Tart

Softened butter is added to the fragrant sugar. 

It’s serious and it’s time to cream this business. 

Very Easy Cornmeal and Rosemary Jam Tart

Hand beaters get it done like a dream. 

Very Easy Cornmeal and Rosemary Jam Tart

Extra luxuriousness and lenience in this tart crust with egg yolks  The extra fat and protein will make the crust more pliable and press-in-able (technical term).  

Very Easy Cornmeal and Rosemary Jam Tart

Butter, sugar, eggs combined. 

Very Easy Cornmeal and Rosemary Jam Tart

Flour, salt, and baking powder are added to the wet mixture.  

Very Easy Cornmeal and Rosemary Jam Tart

The dough will certainly on the wet side of a tart dough.  

Certainly nothing to worry about.  Some time in the refrigerator to firm and chill will be just right. 

Very Easy Cornmeal and Rosemary Jam Tart

Wrapped and ready to chilllllll. 

Me too.  I’m ready to chill too.  

Very Easy Cornmeal and Rosemary Jam Tart

After the dough chills, we’ll take 2/3s of it and place it in a removable bottom tart pan.  

Very Easy Cornmeal and Rosemary Jam Tart

In with the jam.  You can even mix preserves because you’re an animal and we’re just using what we have in the fridge.  This is that.  

Very Easy Cornmeal and Rosemary Jam Tart

With the remaining 1/3 of dough, I pinch it into thin (kinda coin shaped) pieces of dough and place it atop the jam.  The most simple of tarts.  

Easy Rosemary Cornmeal Jam Tart

A good sprinkling of sugar and we’re off to the oven were things get warmed and browned.  

Easy Rosemary Cornmeal Jam Tart

I love this tart served room temperature or chilled, giving the crust and jam enough time to marry and solidify.  It’s durable and delicious-  simple with a bit of flare from fruit and herbs.  It’s proof that you can know the fancy rules on baking engagement, and set them aside occasionally with delicious success.  

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Very Easy Rosemary Cornmeal Jam Tart

  • Author: Joy the Baker
  • Prep Time: 45
  • Cook Time: 25
  • Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
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Ingredients

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  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons lemon zest
  • 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh rosemary
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup coarse stone-ground cornmeal
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 3/4 cups good-quality fruit preserves
  • turbinado sugar for topping

Instructions

  1. Place a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a small bowl work together lemon zest and chopped rosemary. Blend until the sugar is fragrant with citrus and herbs.
  3. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or in a large bowl with electric hand beaters), beat together butter and sugar until fluffy, about 3 to 5 minutes.
  4. Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract until smooth.
  5. In a separate medium bowl whisk together the flour, cornmeal, salt, and baking powder.
  6. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until the mixture just comes together.
  7. Wrap it in plastic wrap and chill it for 1 hour.
  8. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and separate 1/3 of the dough for the topping. With flour coated fingers, press 2/3 of the chilled dough into the bottom and sides of a 9 or 10-inch tart pan (the sort with a removable bottom).
  9. Spread the jam evenly over the dough.
  10. Pinch the last 1/3 of dough between your fingers, creating little coins to top the jam. Cover the top of the tart with dough coins and sprinkle generously with turbinado sugar.
  11. Bake until the pastry is golden brown and the jam is bubbling, about 25-30 minutes. Let cool to room temperature before serving or serve chilled.
  12. Tart lasts, well wrapped in the refrigerator, for up to 5 days.


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  1. plasterers bristol

    July 18, 2016 at 3:54 am

    Yum yum. Such a delicious recipe. Thanks for sharing this.

    Simon

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  2. gerry @ foodness gracious

    July 5, 2016 at 6:04 pm

    Fresh herbs in desserts are just the best! :)

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  3. Claudia

    July 4, 2016 at 1:06 pm

    Just made, used half cherry half orange preserve – yes I’m an animal, but that’s all my fridge offered – and…. simply awesome! If you wouldn’t suggest to mix it up I would have never dared :) maybe next time I will use less sugar, the dough was a little bit too sweet for me… but that’s only my personal taste!

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  4. Trang Do

    June 30, 2016 at 12:51 am

    Wow!! Looks delicious!! Thanks for sharing!
    Xoxo,
    Love from https://www.trangscorner.com {a lifestyle, fashion, beauty, and food blog}

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  5. Laurie Crouch

    June 29, 2016 at 8:43 pm

    Looks luscious! Of course my 1rst thought is a change. Shortbread crust, my fig preserves, with a Brie topper. I also happen to

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