Tuesday, September 8, 2009

More tarts!

Continuing with the theme of tarts, today we made a pear tart, an almond tart, and a mirabelle tart. All three tarts were lined with a base layer of frangipane, which is a cream filling made out of butter, sugar, almond meal, eggs, flour, rum and vanilla.

The pear tart:


Pear tart prior to baking:


The almond tart:


Almond tart prior to baking:


Mirabelles are a type of plum that are the specialty of the Lorraine region in France. They're small and super sweet.



Mirabelle tart prior to baking:



Whats in store for tomorrow? More tarts! I'm starting to get tart-ed out.

5 comments:

mughound said...

Hi Diana, How did Chef Didier score you on your tarts?

I also have a question for you. Concerning recommendation letters, is there any formal guideline with them? Like having them sealed and signed across the seal type stuff like they require at universities here in the US? The Ferrandi guidelines are pretty spare.

I'm planning on sending my app out as soon as next week when my transcripts finally arrive.

D said...

He didn't score them individually, but generally told us what was wrong.. why some crusts fell, why the almond cream overflowed, etc.

For the letters of rec., there's no need to have them sealed. I just handed in a packet of letters/papers when I applied.

Anonymous said...

The pear tart looks fantastic. Actually, all of the them look delicious. Just out of curiosity, where do all the class "projects" end up going? Are they given to food banks, taken by the students, handed out to random passers-by, sold in a school store? Thanks.

MikeB

Justin said...

wow, i'm impressed with these

D said...

Thanks!

Actually I've been giving the goodies to anyone who wants one! Friends... family... banker... landlady.. you name it!