TWD – French Peach Tart
6 Jan
And here we are, the first TWD recipe for the New Year. How exciting for us – that Dorie herself chose this recipe!
I wondered how, or if, it was difficult for her to decide on a particular recipe. Let’s face it, we all have our favorites – so how do you choose? Especially since she wrote the book.
Anyways, back to the tart. I started with 2 mini tart shells, and then encountered the following:
Problem #1 – No one likes pears, but peaches were discovered during Operation Fridge/Freezer cleanout. Peaches will now make their way to the tart.
Problem #2 – No one can/will eat the almond filling, so they got tossed out of the game.
But for every problem, we have a solution, therefore:
Success #1 – Peaches were very tasty.
Solution #2 – After omitting almonds from filling, it was discovered that said filling was a bit runnier, but set up just fine.
I think this would be great during the summertime, with fresh fruit – the custard was surprisingly good, and next time I will just add a bit more flour/cornstarch to compensate for the missing nuts.
If you are interested in the recipe, you can go here to Dorie’s blog, where she is posting her tart today too!
I was surprised that the custard was so good too. I wasn’t so sure with the ground almonds. Your mini looks so cute!
Great job making the tart work with preferences and allergies- it looks wonderful!
Your mini is adorable. I can totally see this recipe with peaches. Or apples. Yum!
Nancy
Way to make it your own.
Good job modifying this to meet family preferences/requirements! This looks great with peaches — I definitely have to try it that way sometime!
Peaches! I will have to try this with peaches. I am not a big pear fan but the almond cream was so good I dipped canned pears in the unbaked cream. How embarrasing!
Very, very nice job, Megan! Ingenious idea to make it with peaches! BRAVO!
Peaches are a great idea, and I think apricots would work, too.
Looks awesome, Megan. I bet you’re right about it being great with fresh fruit, so maybe I will try it in the spring time. And if I’m not mistaken, you have a new look going on here. It looks great!
I love your new look!
Great mini tarts, just adorable! I think I will try peaches next time.
I love the peaches in this – very cheerful on a dreary winter day (here, anyway). And I’m glad to know you can omit the almonds in the almond cream (although I LOVED it as is, I have some nut-avoiders in the family, so now I can make this for them too). Nice work!
Wow. Your tart looks perfect and I’m glad you soldiered on past your roadblocks. Great job!
Great new look to your blog. Someday I’ll snaz mine up. Sigh!
Great looking tart, too. Way to make it edible for the whole family!
It’s wonderful the way you improvised! Your tarts are so pretty!
Hey, way to make it work for you! It looks and sounds delish!
Peaches always sound good to me. I prefer them to pears. Looks great.
Peaches. Great substitution. Looks really yummy!
Glad it all worked out in the end!