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Happy Holidays! I told myself I’d keep things simple this season and make just one shortbread recipe for all my gifts, bake sales, cookie swaps and parties. I saw the gorgeous shortbread wreath on the December cover of Bon Appetit Magazine and I HAD to have/make it.
The August 2009 Gourmet Magazine cover featured a glorious stack of ice cream sandwiches. So many food magazines, so many covers but that one I remember the best. I’m still sad that the magazine shuttered. I have fond memories of walking through the Conde Nast building and up to the Gourmet floor where the scripted black logo sign hung at the entrance. I worked with their events team at one point and I’m grateful to have collaborated with such an iconic magazine when I had the chance. Okay, enough reminiscing, and onto the sandwiches! What’s a girl to do when she’s got leftover berries? Pavlovas with mascarpone whip cream and balsamic-roasted strawberries. I don’t do simple.
Earlier this month, I went on my annual berry picking trip. I love the perfectly ripe, super-sweet berries but they don’t hold up as long as ones bought from a store. Some were a shriveled and bruised so I roasted them in a bit of honey and balsamic vinegar. I got the idea from David Lebovitz, who recently posted a recipe for Roasted Strawberry-Miso Ice Cream. Doesn’t that sound delish? Voila, a Fourth of July flag tart!
When people learn that I’ve been to pastry school, they often ask “what do you like to make the most?” Nothing — is what I usually say. I’m inspired by what’s in season. (Talk about a snooze answer. Sorry, it’s the truth!) Recently though, I’ve been making a lot of tarts, so I’ve put together my tips for tart success, plus specific notes for the flag tart shown above. Shortly after the cronut frenzy began, Chef Dominique Ansel said that he wouldn’t let the commotion take away from his desire to continually push the envelope with what he can create. True to his word, he has been serving up one whimsical treat after another - Frozen S’more, Magic Souffle, and now the Cookie Shot. After my attempt at making cronuts I decided to try Chef Ansel’s recent creation, inspired by his first experience eating an Oreo. I have not been back to the bakery to try the cookie shot yet so I’ve based my attempt off of blog write-ups. |
Deliciously Noted is a food blog documenting my life in San Francisco - eating, baking, meeting artisans and chefs, and my getaways to New York and Paris. Enjoy and leave a comment or two!
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