I was introduced to melktert (which means "milk tart" in Afrikaans) on Jamie Oliver's Instagram. He described the melktert as "naughty" which made me smile and made the idea stick in my head (the photo of his totally gorgeous rendition probably helped with this). That cracked caramel brûlée top! Swoon. ANYWAY. I got to thinking whether a paleo melktert might be possible. The tradition[...]
This is how I do "seasonal cooking". I should be posting a crisp spring salad or even a leek pie... but nothing inspired me to preheat the oven like the thought of a rhubarb tart. That's life, sometimes! 'Tis the season for rhubarb, and I've been waiting to try making this tart for months! It came out as well as I hoped: the strips of rhubarb turn jammy, with the sourness&nbs[...]
I'm 1/4 Greek, you know. My great-grandfather immigrated to the United States in 1909 and my great-grandmother arrived in 1923, both passing through Ellis Island. I credit my Greek heritage with my love of bold flavors, especially in olives of all kinds. So I created this pie as a cold appetizer in which Greek Kalamata olives are the stars of the show. I added citrus to the crust and as a garni[...]
This is no ordinary chocolate tart. Its chipotle-spattered topping gives you the first clue: this dessert is muy caliente. Beginning with an ancho chile crust, it features a filling of rich date paste studded with Brazil nuts (and spiced with more ancho chiles and cayenne pepper). The finish is a topping of chipotle ganache. Ta-da! I call this Montezuma's Spicy Chocolate Tart because it[...]
Things are just cuter when they're smaller, aren't they? That's certainly the case with the combination of strawberries in a coconut custard with a cocoa crust: great in a full-size tart, but somehow better in a mini version. This strawberry tartlet is a pleasure to bake and a pleasure to eat, and crossed my mind when I saw the gluten-free Rhubarb Coconut Honey Tart over on the theKitchn, whic[...]