After years of attraction to, but avoidance of, tarte Tatin recipes, I finally gave in the other day so as to use my latest free food—old-fashioned, gritty pears from my neighbors’ tree.
Angela & Michael have a prolific pear tree that had been heavy with fruit but was nearing the end of its production. I snagged [...]
Recipe mashup (and mixup) yields individual tartes Tatin
October 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Food preparation, local food, recipes
Tags:free food·fruit desserts·pears
Roasted pears make simple work of local dessert
September 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments · local food, potlucks, recipes
Lucky me. I found myself in possession of a selection of succulent local pears. Even though these are quite lovely eaten raw, I decided to use nearly all of them as the basis for my local-food contribution to yesterday’s local wine-local food dinner.
At first, I thought I’d make a pear tart of some kind, perhaps [...]