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You are here: Home / Food & Recipes / Food / A Late Evening Snack: Pear Tarte Tartin – In Pictures!

A Late Evening Snack: Pear Tarte Tartin – In Pictures!

by Adam L Silverman|  November 21, 20159:57 pm| 104 Comments

This post is in: Food

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I can’t take writing about the ongoing brouhahas tonight, so I though I’d share a bit of a late evening snack. I finally made the pear tarte tartin last night. Ingredients followed by pictures and instructions.

Ingredients:

2/3 cup of unsalted butter

1 cup of light brown sugar

1 tablespoon of lemon juice

2 lbs of cored, thinly sliced pears*

1 pie crust or puff pastry

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 425 Fahrenheit. Melt the butter, lemon juice, and sugar together on the stove top in an oven safe skillet**, simmering for five minutes until everything is combined. Stir while simmering, then set aside off the heat.

Step 2: Core and thinly slice 2 lbs of pears.

Step 3: Lay the pears out in the pan on top of the still warm caramel. See below:

pear tart 1

Step 4: Roll the pie crust or puff pastry out till it covers the skillet, lay it on top of the pears, and make a few slits for venting of steam. And yes, I went all Jack the Ripper on it…

 

pear tart 2

Step 5: Cook in the oven for 25 minutes or until the crust turns golden brown. Then remove and cool.

 

 

pear tart 3

Step 6: Turn out onto a plate.

 

pear tart 4

Step 7: Eat!!!!! You can eat it cold, room temperature, or warm.

* Traditionally this dish can also be done with apples, so if that’s your thing, just substitute 2 lbs of apples. I was also thinking that if you added rum to your caramel, you could use bananas and make a bananas foster tart tartin.

** My understanding is that traditionally one uses a cast iron skillet, though I’ve also seen references to a copper tarte tartin skillet. I used an oven safe non stick skillet.

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  1. 1.

    Gin & Tonic

    November 21, 2015 at 9:59 pm

    Post has no title.

  2. 2.

    sharl

    November 21, 2015 at 10:00 pm

    I don’t know if you forgot to title your post, or decided to be edgy by not doing so, but I’m OK with it either way. Just thought I’d bring it to your attention in case it was an oversight.

    ETA: G&T done got there first…

  3. 3.

    jeffreyw

    November 21, 2015 at 10:01 pm

    Adam, TaMara is gonna be banging on your door, wanting you to join up over at W4Dinner!

  4. 4.

    jeffreyw

    November 21, 2015 at 10:08 pm

    @efgoldman: Late evening snark is down the hall, on the left.

  5. 5.

    benw

    November 21, 2015 at 10:10 pm

    @jeffreyw: hey, if you’re coming over to the snark, bring the snack!

  6. 6.

    rikyrah

    November 21, 2015 at 10:12 pm

    DAMN, that dessert looks fabulous.

  7. 7.

    Baud

    November 21, 2015 at 10:12 pm

    @efgoldman: I read it that way too.

  8. 8.

    rikyrah

    November 21, 2015 at 10:13 pm

    Edwards has been declared the winner in Louisiana.

  9. 9.

    Baud

    November 21, 2015 at 10:15 pm

    @rikyrah: Unlike Kentucky’s election, this one has no national implications. /media

  10. 10.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 21, 2015 at 10:16 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Sorry, the site kept crashing when I would hit publish. It took four tries just to get the food category on there…

  11. 11.

    PurpleGirl

    November 21, 2015 at 10:22 pm

    Adam: That looks yummy. Thanks for the diversion from the craziness.

  12. 12.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 21, 2015 at 10:23 pm

    @rikyrah: Its very easy to make. Took about 20 minutes or so to prep. By the way, the caramel recipe, with the addition of a teaspoon of vanilla, is what I use when I make caramel apple pie. In that case: grease a pie pan, roll the pie crust out to the right size and place into the pie pan. Peel, core, and slice thin between 1 and 2 lbs of apples – enough to fill the pie pan. Make the caramel and set aside. Take a second pie crust, cut into strips and lattice it across the top of the pie. Pour the caramel sauce over the lattice and let it drip into the pie. Bake at 425 for fifteen minutes, then reduce to 350 and bake until the crust is golden brown and the caramel is set across the lattice. Cool and serve.

  13. 13.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 21, 2015 at 10:23 pm

    @PurpleGirl: with a slight update: I forgot the tablespoon of lemon juice. I’ve gone back and added it.

  14. 14.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    November 21, 2015 at 10:25 pm

    Have you tried caster sugar and adding a ttch of brandy to the lemon juice in lieu of the brown sugar?

  15. 15.

    jeffreyw

    November 21, 2015 at 10:25 pm

    @benw: Take the cannoli…

  16. 16.

    Gin & Tonic

    November 21, 2015 at 10:26 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: I’m sure it will be better after the site redesign. I hear that’s going to be great.

  17. 17.

    Tommy

    November 21, 2015 at 10:29 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: I am not a pear guy, going to buy some apples and try this.

  18. 18.

    schrodinger's cat

    November 21, 2015 at 10:33 pm

    @efgoldman: Snark is on tap on Balloon Juice 24/7.

  19. 19.

    Corner Stone

    November 21, 2015 at 10:33 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: I am standing up and clapping here.
    Then going to make beef stroganoff shortly, if anyone cares.

  20. 20.

    raven

    November 21, 2015 at 10:34 pm

    I posted the Pompano I grilled tonight already so here is last night’s Redfish.

  21. 21.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 21, 2015 at 10:38 pm

    @Tommy: Please do. I only did pears because I made this for my Mom and she asked for pears. More specifically she, apparently, bought about a dozen pears, only ate six or seven, and the rest were starting to get over ripe and she asked if there was something I could do with them desert wise. So…

  22. 22.

    jeffreyw

    November 21, 2015 at 10:43 pm

    @raven: Cornbread and butterbeans!

  23. 23.

    raven

    November 21, 2015 at 10:44 pm

    @jeffreyw:
    Down where they say you all…

  24. 24.

    raven

    November 21, 2015 at 10:47 pm

    State Rep. John Bel Edwards, a relatively unknown Democrat from a rural Amite, will be the state’s next governor after toppling Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., in one of the biggest political upsets in the state’s history.

  25. 25.

    gf120581

    November 21, 2015 at 11:00 pm

    @raven: Vitter also is apparently not running for reelection to the Senate next year. So kudos, he and Jindal essentially are gone in one fell swoop.

  26. 26.

    raven

    November 21, 2015 at 11:02 pm

    @gf120581: ca ching!

  27. 27.

    JPL

    November 21, 2015 at 11:03 pm

    The local news is covering the possible threat on Philips Arena tomorrow. ugh

  28. 28.

    Steeplejack

    November 21, 2015 at 11:06 pm

    Just saw where Agent Carter is coming back in January. I’m down with that.

  29. 29.

    Thoughtful Today

    November 21, 2015 at 11:06 pm

    You had me at “butter”.

  30. 30.

    Mary G

    November 21, 2015 at 11:07 pm

    Good to see a Democrat take a Southern governorship again. I credit the “Patriots not Prostitutes” commercial. That was something. Bobby Jindal’s performance may have soured Louisiana on the red party, too.

  31. 31.

    Satby

    November 21, 2015 at 11:08 pm

    @gf120581: two down.

  32. 32.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 21, 2015 at 11:13 pm

    @JPL: The FBI already came out and said that they can’t substantiate the threat. WWE has already announced that their event will go on as scheduled.

  33. 33.

    lamh36

    November 21, 2015 at 11:13 pm

    If John Bel Edwards, does what Jindal did not, expands Medicaid, then his election is a win for a large number of Louisianians…regardless of his NRA rating or pro-life rating.

    So maybe Louisiana won’t be Kentucky!

    ‏kylewilsontharp 30m30 minutes ago Philadelphia, PA
    Big win for obamacare tonight too, Edwards expanding Medicaid for 250,000 Louisianians on day one in office

    KaiserFamFound 6m6 minutes ago
    Who could get coverage if #Louisiana expands #Medicaid?#Medicaidexpansion #lagov

  34. 34.

    Mike J

    November 21, 2015 at 11:14 pm

    I’ve made this! The main diff with the trad apple is pears give up a lot more water. Easy and delicious though.

  35. 35.

    JPL

    November 21, 2015 at 11:15 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: I saw your previous comment. The ugh was because the news media is going to use it for the ratings.

  36. 36.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 21, 2015 at 11:17 pm

    @JPL: Gotcha. No worries.

  37. 37.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 21, 2015 at 11:21 pm

    @efgoldman: And that’s the bottom line, because…

  38. 38.

    redshirt

    November 21, 2015 at 11:21 pm

    @Steeplejack: Same. Loved the first season. You watching Agents of Shield? It’s gotten so much better.

  39. 39.

    debbie

    November 21, 2015 at 11:26 pm

    I’ve made a pear crisp with toasted hazelnuts and cardamom. The hardest part is getting a bunch of pears that are all the same degree of ripeness.

  40. 40.

    PurpleGirl

    November 21, 2015 at 11:26 pm

    For Doc Martin fans: check if your local PBS station will be playing Season 6 on Thanksgiving afternoon. I was watching some British detective shows this evening and heard the commercial about Doc Martin being on Thanksgiving afternoon. In the NYC/Long Island area it will be on WLIW.

  41. 41.

    redshirt

    November 21, 2015 at 11:28 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    Post has no title.

    I have no mouth but must scream.

  42. 42.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 21, 2015 at 11:30 pm

    @redshirt: I believe that was the title of a Savage She-Hulk comic from the 80s. I’d go check, but all of mine are in storage.

  43. 43.

    Mike J

    November 21, 2015 at 11:32 pm

    @debbie: We’re late in the season, but I like to go down to the fruit loop (Hood River et al) in Oregon end of August or so and get more pears than I can eat.

  44. 44.

    Boudica

    November 21, 2015 at 11:34 pm

    French major says correct name is tarte Tatin.

  45. 45.

    Satby

    November 21, 2015 at 11:37 pm

    Am I missing what you do with the lemon juice? Otherwise, looks amazing.

  46. 46.

    PurpleGirl

    November 21, 2015 at 11:38 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Try a novel or short story collection by Harlan Ellison. Actual title is I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream.

  47. 47.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 21, 2015 at 11:38 pm

    @Boudica: French major is correct.

  48. 48.

    redshirt

    November 21, 2015 at 11:39 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: LOL. Did you really collect She-Hulks? She’s quite hip these days, I hear: She-Hulk – single green female lawyer.

    I had the number 1 of Dazzler. And Alpha Flight. And ROM.

  49. 49.

    Steeplejack

    November 21, 2015 at 11:40 pm

    @redshirt:

    I was just getting caught up on Agents of SHIELD last night. Seems to be going in a good direction. The end of last season was getting to be a soap opera. Still not sure they’ve pulled it out of the crash trajectory, but I keep watching.

  50. 50.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 21, 2015 at 11:40 pm

    @Satby: Put it over the fruit. If I understand correctly, it prevents discoloration.

  51. 51.

    Satby

    November 21, 2015 at 11:42 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: thanks, I did sort of guess that, but wasn’t sure.

  52. 52.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 21, 2015 at 11:44 pm

    @Satby: I’ve watched pies being made lots of times. Not something I feel confident about doing myself, but I seen it done by some of the best.

  53. 53.

    Amir Khalid

    November 21, 2015 at 11:45 pm

    @PurpleGirl:
    Harlan Ellison has a famous short story by that title. It won the 1968 Hugo.

  54. 54.

    Satby

    November 21, 2015 at 11:47 pm

    The snow ended here about an hour ago, around 5-6 inches total. Not bad for my two young ladies’ first snow ever.
    Snowball fights, a foot tall snowman, and a million pictures were taken: great day for all.

  55. 55.

    Mike J

    November 21, 2015 at 11:48 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Palm oil is the fourth largest export of Malaysia, therefore you are wrong.

  56. 56.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 21, 2015 at 11:48 pm

    @Boudica: I’m lucky I even got the title onto it…

  57. 57.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 21, 2015 at 11:49 pm

    @PurpleGirl: I’ve read them. The She-Hulk title for that month was a homage.

  58. 58.

    Satby

    November 21, 2015 at 11:50 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I can manage a one crust pie like a quiche, but not very adept at two crust ones, which are most fruit pies. But the above looks very much like something I could handle. Plus carmel! Num!

  59. 59.

    redshirt

    November 21, 2015 at 11:52 pm

    @Satby: Where are you getting snow? I am counting my blessings that I haven’t gotten any snow yet here in the mountains of western Maine. At this time last year Winter was already well and truly on.

  60. 60.

    Satby

    November 21, 2015 at 11:54 pm

    @efgoldman: she is adorable! You’re gonna have fun.

  61. 61.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 21, 2015 at 11:54 pm

    @redshirt: I did. 6’6, green, muscle chick wearing a ripped up blouse? What could possibly be wrong with that…

    I have some oldies. I’ve got an Uncanny X-Men #10, the original Shazam/Captain Marvel number 5. First printing Dark Knight Returns. I’m a big Justice Society fan. I stopped reading the Marvel stuff back in the 90s. At the point that I had to try to keep up with over 10 X-Men/mutant titles, I simply gave up. These days I basically just get the omnibus editions of story arcs. I wait till they package them together and read them all the way through.

  62. 62.

    Satby

    November 21, 2015 at 11:56 pm

    @redshirt: Southwestern Michigan, Chicago got it too.

  63. 63.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 21, 2015 at 11:56 pm

    @Satby: Add the lemon juice to the butter and sugar. I’ll go fix it. I had to make six attempts, with the site going up and down, to just get the post in. We just have to make the best of it till Tommy and Alain get finished.

  64. 64.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 21, 2015 at 11:56 pm

    @redshirt: We got snow in Madison, WI last night through this morning – about four inches.

  65. 65.

    debbie

    November 21, 2015 at 11:57 pm

    @efgoldman:

    What a cutie! “Put down the camera and hug me!”

  66. 66.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 21, 2015 at 11:58 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Just follow the recipe and you’ll be fine. Its not difficult, you just have to follow the steps. Cooking is like jazz, you can riff a recipe like you would the music in a number of different ways. Baking is like bomb making: follow the recipe unless you want a traumatic result! I’ll post my chocolate pecan pie recipe on Monday or Tuesday in advance of Thanksgiving.

  67. 67.

    redshirt

    November 22, 2015 at 12:01 am

    @Adam L Silverman: Kudos.

    I had an amazing collection of late 70’s through mid 80’s Marvel comics (Marvel only, fuck DC), but at the age of 13, having thoroughly consulted the buyer guides I figured I could get rich. So I invited the flea market comic book guy to peruse my collection. He came to my house and without my parents present (why?!?!) he proceeded to take the best 100 or so comics out and offer me $300 cash for them – he waved the cash. Now, I almost fainted because that was the most money I’d ever seen or had possible access too. But at the same time I knew the buyer guides said those same issues were worth closer to $2000. I said as much, and he told me No, that’s dealer prices. You’re not a dealer, are you? Nope. OK. Transaction complete.

    So I got robbed, but lived pretty high for a while with my $300. A few weeks later our crazy cat decided to use my comic book collection box as a urinal, ruining all the rest. They still smell like cat piss some 30 years later.

    Excelsior!

  68. 68.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 22, 2015 at 12:04 am

    @Satby: Two crusts are easy. For a solid top just roll the top crust out a little larger than the top of the pie. Lay it on top of the pie, then crimp the top crust to the bottom crust around the top edge of the pie pan. Then pinch a little hole in the center and make three or four slits about an inch or so from the center towards the edge. Finally, scramble an egg yolk and brush it onto the crust. If you really want to get fancy you can then sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top of the egg wash.

    For a lattice pie just roll the top crust out slightly larger than the top of the pie. Using a pizza cutter, slice 1/2 inch (or if you prefer 1/4 inch or 1/3 inch) strips of the dough for the top crust. Take the largest strip and lay it on top of the pie, then cross it with the next largest strip. Repeat going North-South and East-West with the remaining strips. Then crimp the ends of the strips to the bottom dough/crust along the edge of the pie. Brush the strips with the egg yolk wash. And bake as directed.

  69. 69.

    Amir Khalid

    November 22, 2015 at 12:05 am

    @Mike J:
    I am looking at the Petronas Towers from my window, therefore I am right, so there.

  70. 70.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 22, 2015 at 12:06 am

    @Adam L Silverman: Two things. One, in the kitchen, I am a natural jazzman. I have to improvise. Two, one of my grandmothers was the best non-pro baker I have ever seen. I know I will never come near what she could do. I don’t want to let the side down, so I don’t play.

  71. 71.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 22, 2015 at 12:07 am

    @redshirt: Ouch and ugh! I’ve got mine in storage. I’ve been schlepping them around the country for decades. Another year or so and I’ll probably offer them to my nephews contingent on them taking care of them and not getting rid of them. So if they get tired of them they come back to me. I’ve got all the Legion of Superheroes – loved those stories.

  72. 72.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 22, 2015 at 12:09 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: My Dad’s mom was like that too. She’d come and visit from Denver and bring boxes full of baked goods with her on the plane. This was back in the 70s when you could still do such things. I like to thing I’ve done her proud.

  73. 73.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 22, 2015 at 12:09 am

    @Amir Khalid: Slavery.

  74. 74.

    Mike J

    November 22, 2015 at 12:10 am

    @Amir Khalid: I was under the impression that all I had to do was name a random fact about Malaysia and I automatically won. Like the fact that Malaysia is ranked 19th in the world for the quality of its roads.

    Check and mate, you anti-Bernie bastard.

  75. 75.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 22, 2015 at 12:11 am

    @Boudica: I have fixed it. I was worried, thought the site was going to go belly up on me again.

  76. 76.

    jl

    November 22, 2015 at 12:13 am

    @Boudica: @Adam L Silverman:

    ” French major says correct name is tarte Tatin. ”

    So, I guess I am hopeless rube. tarte Tatin kind of means upside down pie?
    Pineapple upside down cake, and pear upside down pie?

  77. 77.

    Amir Khalid

    November 22, 2015 at 12:14 am

    @Mike J:
    Oh my god, the entire Juicitariat is turning into Thoughtful Today.

  78. 78.

    redshirt

    November 22, 2015 at 12:16 am

    @Amir Khalid: Have you considered Bernie as your personal Savior?

    Feel the Bern! Praise Nader.

  79. 79.

    ruemara

    November 22, 2015 at 12:19 am

    I lost my Dazzler collection and all my X-men in the great demon purging of 198(?). I had to rip them up to reject the devil and do nearly 4 weeks of demon chasing counseling at church. I can’t tell if that’s better or worse than letting them be peed on by a cat. At least mine were lost due to (mom’s) religious fervour.

  80. 80.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 22, 2015 at 12:20 am

    @Amir Khalid: No, it isn’t. You got direct responses to what you said.

  81. 81.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 22, 2015 at 12:29 am

    @jl: yep!

  82. 82.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 22, 2015 at 12:30 am

    @ruemara: Also ouch and ugh…

  83. 83.

    redshirt

    November 22, 2015 at 12:34 am

    @ruemara: Yours is worse. I forgave the cat.

  84. 84.

    Steeplejack

    November 22, 2015 at 12:34 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    With actual reply links!

  85. 85.

    redshirt

    November 22, 2015 at 12:41 am

    Dazzler had pretty cool powers. I bet her origin story would make an awesome movie.

  86. 86.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 22, 2015 at 12:47 am

    God, this place is going nerdcore tonight.

  87. 87.

    redshirt

    November 22, 2015 at 12:50 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: The Dark Phoenix saga defined my sense of morality.

  88. 88.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 22, 2015 at 12:51 am

    @redshirt: I am lost.

  89. 89.

    redshirt

    November 22, 2015 at 1:05 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Too bad. It was heady myth – and you’re seeing it play out in movies for the last 15 years. It’s redefined cinema. It’s brought these comic heroes into the light of the general population – Iron Man was always cool but a rather low first tier/high second tier character. But then the movies and Boom! Big new hero.

    Look to kid’s costumes as to what the current popular mythology truly is. Right now it’s Frozen and Batman and Captain America and the rest of the comic book characters. Our new gods. Our new stories, like Jason and the Argonauts of old.

  90. 90.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 22, 2015 at 1:11 am

    @redshirt: It’s not my thing. You have fun with it.

  91. 91.

    ruemara

    November 22, 2015 at 1:12 am

    @redshirt: have to agree. I’ve always loved Dazzler. Plus she could skate!

    Loved the Dark Phoenix saga, but for a moral plotline, God Loves Man Kills, struck me through the heart.

  92. 92.

    redshirt

    November 22, 2015 at 1:17 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Have you been watching all these Marvel movies like Iron Man or Captain America or The Avengers?

  93. 93.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 22, 2015 at 1:23 am

    @redshirt: Of course not. When I see “Avengers” I see Steele and Peel.

  94. 94.

    Thoughtful Today

    November 22, 2015 at 1:25 am

    lol

    Amir: “Oh my god, the entire Juicitariat is turning into Thoughtful Today.”

    Huckabee just can’t help himself.

    Do you seriously not realize that’s just asking for … a debate?

  95. 95.

    redshirt

    November 22, 2015 at 1:31 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Wow. You’re a hipster. But you do recognize that they are some of the highest grossing movies ever, yes? The two Avenger movies are like 4th and 6th all time.

  96. 96.

    Thoughtful Today

    November 22, 2015 at 1:34 am

    redshirt says: “Have you considered Bernie as your personal Savior?”

    Ah, the Good Old Days of … 2008, when Hillary supporters kept sneering at Obama supporters in exactly the same way.

  97. 97.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 22, 2015 at 1:35 am

    I do not deny that. You guys have fun. If comic books make you happy, have at it.

  98. 98.

    Brachiator

    November 22, 2015 at 1:43 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    When I see “Avengers” I see Steele and Peel.

    I thought it was Key and Peele.

  99. 99.

    redshirt

    November 22, 2015 at 1:55 am

    @Brachiator: Crosby and Stills.

  100. 100.

    Steeplejack

    November 22, 2015 at 1:57 am

    @Brachiator:

    Did you catch Jamaica Inn Friday morning?

  101. 101.

    Brachiator

    November 22, 2015 at 2:25 am

    @Steeplejack:

    Did you catch Jamaica Inn Friday morning?

    Sadly, no. Friday was a busy work day for me. I was going to rent it from Amazon, but then saw that I could download Hitchcock’s “Secret Agent” for free as part of my Prime membership. Then I see that the new episodes of “The Man in the High Castle” is available for binge streaming. So, now I have a lost of stuff cued up, and a small window in which to watch them.

    But “Jamaica Inn” is still on the list!

  102. 102.

    opiejeanne

    November 22, 2015 at 2:59 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: I asked my mother for her recipe for apple pie and she just laughed at me. She said there was no recipe for pies, so I learned to make pies from a cookbook, and it wasn’t bad at all, for a beginner. I dropped Crisco from my crust recipe and substituted butter, and it produced a much better product.
    Then I got a Cuisinart and it came with a little pamphlet of recipes, including Pate Brisee. That’s a lovely pie crust and easy to work with. I let it rest in the fridge sometimes if I think the gluten has been a bit overworked, then I roll it out. I make really good apple pies and berry pies.
    I do understand having a relative who was the grand champion of bakers: Mom made the best cherry pie and she died in 2003 but she had stopped baking several years before because of her dementia; I thought I’d never have cherry pie again; no one else’s was as good, and I didn’t even want to try. Three years ago we planted some cherry trees and one of them is a Montmorency; we only planted it as a pollinator for the sweet cherries but it is a very generous tree. I made my first cherry pie last year and it was as good as Mom’s.

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    Betty Cracker

    November 22, 2015 at 4:39 am

    Damn, that looks wonderful! Will try that soon.

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    Pete Downunder

    November 22, 2015 at 5:00 am

    Tarte Tatin was invented, allegedly by accident, by sisters Stéphanie and Caroline Tatin in France in the 1880s. Still good today.

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