Weight Watchers Recipe Of The Week: Filo Plum Tart

Fancy a little treat that won’t blow your ProPoints budget? Why not try this delicious filo plum tart? If you love pastry filo is a great choice, not only does it taste the exact same but its also lower in fat than puff pastry.

This tart is gorgeous with 50g of ready to eat, low fat custard (for an extra ProPoint value per serving) or a 60g scoop of low fat ice cream (for an extra 2 ProPoints value per serving).

• 18 ProPoints values per recipe
• 3 ProPoints values per serving
• 45 minutes in total
• Vegetarian

Ingredients:

Calorie controlled cooking spray

3 x 45g large sheets of filo pastry

2 tablespoons ground almonds

12 small, firm plums, halved and stoned

A quarter teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 tablespoons caster sugar

1 teaspoon icing sugar (for dusting)

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 6/200C/180C fan oven. Spray a small swiss roll tin with a little of the cooking spray and line it with a sheet of filo pastry. Trim the pastry to fit with a pair of scissors.

2. Place the pastry trimming on top, then cover with the next layer of pastry, putting the trimmings between the whole sheets and spraying as you go. You’ll end up with a whole sheet of filo.

3. Scatter the filo with the ground almonds then arrange the plums on top. Mix the cinnamon into the sugar and sprinkle over the plums. Bake for 25-30minutes until the pastry is golden and the plums are tender. Leave to cool before slicing and serving with the icing sugar dusted over the top using a small sieve.

Cook’s Tip: If you slice the plums into quarters, you can bake the tart for less time. After 20 minutes, the quartered plums will be tender and ready to eat.