Maple Syrup Pie (or tarte au sirop d'érable) is a favorite in Montreal but my first bite came in the boroughs of New York, namely the M.Wells Dinette here in Queens. Delicious, wherever made. Recently, I made one at work, adapting a walnut pie version recipe, just...
Waste not, want not, no? And thus man goes out from the desert to bake tarts filled with whatever man can find. In this case, the "man" was me. Inspired by memories of our interview with Jacques Pepin, where he reccounted his mother's frugal but...
French apple tart is a classic, it's one I first learned at culinary school.So changing gears from my usual standard, frangipane puff pastry individual or bande, I returned to "old school", literally.
Many years ago when I was a budding pastry cook, I had the task to make a pastry cart for lunch and dinner service. One of my favorite preperations were making tarts. From fresh berries with pastry cream, to baked apple tarts. So I recently made a tart combining some...
Plums remind me of summers in Switzerland under my sisters tree in her orchard in August. I still have a a week before I go and visit this year. So having a hankering for something reminiscent of her home made desserts. I decided to make my favorite tarte au...
It's likely when visiting my sister in Switzerland she will whip up some extraordinary traditional desserts, a quark kuchen, Baseler leckerli,Quarkkuchen mit shokolade striesel. One of my top favorites is wähe which is made with seasonal fruits,like apples or...
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