We had several friends visit over the long weekend. My friend Henry brought a cook book as a gift, he received it as a gift and it has become his favorite cook book.
Dolce Italiano, Desserts From The Babbo Kitchen by Gina DePalma.
We had a get together to go to on Sunday and we needed to bring some dessert. I was intrigued by a couple of the tarts namely a Cranberry tart with a polenta crust and a Cherry custard tart, so naturally we broke in the new cook book.
The Cranberry tart with the polenta crust was great. The crust was amazing. It was a mix of polenta and flour and it called for instant polenta. The texture was really nice. The polenta dough was difficult to work with (for me), next time I make it I think that I will roll it out on plastic wrap and I might even roll it out on an upside down sheet pan so that I can put it back in the freezer if it starts to get too warm.
Here is a picture of the tart before baking. I cooked the extra dough on the sheet pan along with the tart so that we could have some snacks!
The Cherry custard tart was really good. Imagine fresh cherries in a creme brulee. Next time I make this I may try doubling the recipe and baking it as a pie instead of a tart.
You pour the custard over the cherries.
I don't have any pictures of the tarts after they were baked. Trust me they looked good and they tasted better then they looked. Both recipes were very easy to make.
Dolce Italiano, Desserts From The Babbo Kitchen by Gina DePalma.
We had a get together to go to on Sunday and we needed to bring some dessert. I was intrigued by a couple of the tarts namely a Cranberry tart with a polenta crust and a Cherry custard tart, so naturally we broke in the new cook book.
The Cranberry tart with the polenta crust was great. The crust was amazing. It was a mix of polenta and flour and it called for instant polenta. The texture was really nice. The polenta dough was difficult to work with (for me), next time I make it I think that I will roll it out on plastic wrap and I might even roll it out on an upside down sheet pan so that I can put it back in the freezer if it starts to get too warm.
Here is a picture of the tart before baking. I cooked the extra dough on the sheet pan along with the tart so that we could have some snacks!
The Cherry custard tart was really good. Imagine fresh cherries in a creme brulee. Next time I make this I may try doubling the recipe and baking it as a pie instead of a tart.
You pour the custard over the cherries.
I don't have any pictures of the tarts after they were baked. Trust me they looked good and they tasted better then they looked. Both recipes were very easy to make.
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