for 12 pieces

Dough

200 g	brown flour
100 g	sugar
1 pinch	salt
100 g	butter, cut into pieces, cold
1	egg, beaten
50 g	unsalted, shelled pistachios, coarsely chopped

Filling

400 g	mirabelle plums, halved, pitted
250 g	half-fat quark
80 g	sugar
1	egg
½ tsp	ground cardamom

How it's done

Dough

Mix the flour, sugar and salt in a bowl. Add the butter and rub together using your hands to form an even, crumbly mixture. Add the egg, mix quickly to create a soft dough – do not knead. Mix ⅓ of the dough with the pistachios, chill for 30 mins. Flatten the remainder of the dough, cover and chill for approx. 30 mins.

Base

Roll the flattened dough into a circle (approx. 30 cm in diameter) on a lightly floured surface or between 2 sheets of baking paper. Place the dough in the prepared tin, pressing gently around the edges. Prick the base firmly with a fork.

Filling

Spread the plums over the base. Combine the quark, sugar, egg and cardamom, spread on top of the plums. Tear apart the pistachio dough by hand, spread on top of the filling as a crumble.

To bake

Approx. 1 hr. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 180°C. Remove, allow to cool slightly. Remove the cake from the tin, leave to cool completely on a rack.

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