5 and prune tartlets Recipes

pitted prunes (2 oz; sometimes called dried plums), armagnac, sweet pastry dough for a single-crust pie, mascarpone (from an 8 3/4-oz container), egg yolks, sugar, grated fresh lemon zest, vanilla, salt

pitted prunes, golden brown sugar, water, unsalted butter, calvados, ground cinnamon, ground cardamom, butter, sugar, granny smith apples (about 2 lb), peeled, quartered, cored, sheet (preferably all-butter ) frozen puff pastry (half of 17.3-oz package), thawed, egg yolks, sugar, calvados, chilled whipping cream

all-purpose flour, cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes, confectioners sugar, egg yolks, damson plums or prune plums, sugar, white wine, turkish or 1/2 california bay leaf, heavy cream, vanilla bean , split lengthwise, sugar, grated lemon zest

all-purpose flour, salt, cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes, cold vegetable shortening (preferably trans-fat-free), ice water, firm-ripe prune plums (9 or 10), quartered lengthwise and pitted, sugar, divided, whole almonds with skinsv, all-purpose flour, salt, unsalted butter, softened, egg, amaretto (optional), confectioners sugar for dusting