Category Archives: tart
Sugar Plum Crostata
Google sugar plums and you will get all kinds of confectionary recipes. When I think of sugar plums I get an Ani DiFranco song in my head and a yearning for those last weeks of summer where I can feel the season slipping away and endeavour to enjoy it’s bounty to the max. Sugar Plums [...]
Asparagus and Ricotta Tart
I know, I know. Another asparagus recipe. Another idea for a vegetable which hardly requires more than a quick blanch. The best though, is enjoying them straight from the plant, with no adulteration at all. So why so so many recipes? Well, the asparagus that we buy here is too old and tough to eat [...]
Mushroom, Eggplant, Ricotta and Thyme Tarts
Success! I would like to take this opportunity to extend an apology to those who politely forced down my partly cooked tart offering last night. I am terribly sorry. I was so embarrassed by the tart disaster that I went shopping this morning for more flour and eggs. I needed to try again. I felt [...]
