French apple tart :

French Apple Tart with Crème Pâtissière

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This past weekend I made my first 'fall-ish' dessert. Not that apple pies and tarts can't be made any time of the year but, for some reason, they taste better when the weather starts to cool and apples are at their freshest.   Since we[...]

French Apple Tart with Crème Pâtissière

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This past weekend I made my first 'fall-ish' dessert. Not that apple pies and tarts can't be made any time of the year but, for some reason, they taste better when the weather starts to cool and apples are at their freshest.   Since we were[...]

French Apple Tart with Chai Ice Cream

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I can't seem to find any recipe that pairs the two together so I thought I'll do it. After all, why not? There is something very magical about cinnamon and Chai and they'll bring you to heaven when eaten together. This French Apple Tart, I[...]

Tart Recipe - Apple and Almond Frangipane Tart

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A tart recipe that I have always been tempted to try is a Frangipane Tart. I believe it is the name that I  am fascinated with...it had to be fragrant and delicious, because I have a Frangipane Tree in my garden that has an absolutely[...]

Gorgonzola Apple Quiche + Tart Dough

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Quiche. Strikingy elegant (nothing says class like pastry dough) and yet amazingly humble. Quiches are ubiquitous now on lunch menus both in the States and in England. They can be served warm or cold, alone or with a salad, and, really, (in my[...]

You Want Pies With That ? - Flower Apple Tart

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I have discovered a few interesting websites that focus on certain themes....most of them separated by days (sugar high Fridays comes to my mind now, as an example)....but this one I decided to subscribe to is " You want pies with[...]

Leek and Prosciutto Tart with Warm Apple Cider for Fall Brunch

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Yay! I made it! You wondering what? Well, I have been planning this brunch for the past three weekends and something or other just kept pushing it on to the back burner. This weekend, I finally decided to tell my Google calender whoz boss! I put[...]

A French Classic, Tarte Tartin

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Stephanie Tatin was the chef in the family-run ‘Hotel Tatin’ and is known for first creating this dessert in 1889, and it became a French classic. I remember the first time I ate it in a restaurant overlooking the ocean in the South of[...]

Tarte Tatin

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Well winter has hit Toronto.  I knew it was too good to be true, almost half way through the month and not a trace of snow, well until this morning. Once we get the first snowfall the summer days of just a couple of months ago are nothing but[...]

French apple tart

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1 (9-in) pre-cooked tart shell 2 lb Apples -preferably Golden Delicious 1/2 Lemon, juiced 2 tb Sugar (or more if needed) 3/4 c Apricot jam 1/4 c Calvados -=OR=- Dark Rum or Cognac 2 tb Butter PEEL, QUARTER and core the apples. Slice 3[...]