Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Saratoga (Parisian) Apple Tart and Peonies


This week's TWD Parisian Apple Tart is a keeper and will be a regular dessert feature for future dinner parties. The recipe was selected by Jessica of My Baking Heart and the recipe is available on her blog. Because of this week's TWD, I now have puff pastry sheets to last a long time. To try to get a better quality puff pastry dough, I visited Adventure in Food, a specialty food wholesaler in Albany, NY, where I purchased a "small" box of frozen puff pastry -- made by Pennant from France. The small box isn't really that small and as a result I now have 20 (- 1/2 sheet) 12 oz pastry sheets resting in my freezer. I like them already because they're packaged flat rather than folded like the Pepperidge Farm puff pastry. I always hated rolling across the fold. Anyway, I'm seeing a summer of beautiful tomato tarts with the beautiful San Marzano tomatos that I anticipate harvesting from my garden.

Speaking of gardens -- my first peony is now blooming. The flowers are easily 6 inches across and they smell delightful. I took some pictures to share as well as my newly remodelled veggie garden.


9 comments:

  1. Thanks for baking with me this week - love the photo! :)

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  2. Could you order that puff pastry on line?

    I'd love to know where.

    Your tartlets look wonderful

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  3. Your tartlet looks beautiful and your peonies do too! I just love peonies when they start blooming!

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  4. Oh my word, that peony is absolutely gorgeous!! Your tart looks marvelous too. Glad you liked it!

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  5. Great job! Your tartlets and peonies look gorgeous!

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  6. beautiful tartlet!

    enjoy your garden this summer ... if that peony is an indication of things to come, your garden will be AMAZING!

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  7. Wow, your Parisian (Saratoga) Apple Tartlet looks amazing! I can see the butter/sugar glaze all melted between the apples - delish!
    I love your beautiful peony too! So lucky to have a green thumb! Bess looks soo cute in the photo too! =)

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  8. Your tart look lovely and delicious! And your garden looks great!

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