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Tarts Sweet & Savory

Seriously Simple Apple Tart with Hot Buttered Rum Raisin Sauce

by Laura 12 December 2011
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Oh my, this is good.  Our Honey Girl’s dear friend from college, Vickie, wrote to me to ask if I could suggest a recipe or two to use up apples that she had picked this fall at an orchard.  After a little dance of joy around the kitchen, and with a dorm kitchen and limited [...]

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Coffee Custard Tart

by Laura 18 April 2011
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I baked eight cakes yesterday, but I couldn’t resist making something for Food52’s coffee-themed contest last night, too.  I made a thin, crisp shortbread crust flavored with concentrated coffee, whole wheat pastry flour, and turbinado sugar and filled it with a barely sweet, egg-rich, coffee scented custard.  Since there are only two tablespoons of sugar [...]

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A Late Winter Tart: Candied Winter Citrus with Vanilla Custard, Dark Chocolate, & Flaked Salt in a Whole Wheat Almond Shortbread Crust

by Laura 9 March 2011
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This lovely late winter tart is a tarte composée, or composed tart. A buttery shortbread crust made with almond and whole wheat pastry flours and turbinado sugar for a little crunch is filled with a very thin layer of dark chocolate ganache, napped with vanilla custard, decorated with a kaleidoscope of candied winter fruits, and [...]

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