Day Fifty

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
This week in school, we’re starting a new subject: TARTS!  I’m very, very excited.  I love baking pies and tarts.  You guys already know that, though. We’ve made three tart doughs so far: Pâte sablée, pâte sucrée, pate a foncer.

We also made this chocolate nougatine crisp, too.  It’s made with butter, sugar, glucose, pectin, cocoa powder and almonds, and baked until crisp. 

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We rolled out the pate a foncer and pressed the pie dough into the tart rings.  We made an almond cream (butter, egg, almond powder, powdered sugar, flour) and piped it into the shells.

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We topped the almond cream with sliced frozen figs, apricots, and cherries.

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Then a little more almonds cream went on top, along with some almonds and pearl sugar. 

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Ta da!  The finished tarts.  I love how these look!  I didn’t know the almond cream would puff up and be so pretty. 

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Oh man – this was so good.  I had no idea how delicious this was going to be.  The crust was so buttery and flaky!  I’m a big fan of pate a foncer. 

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3 comments on "Day Fifty"
  1. Yummm, those tarts look so good. I'm a sucker for anything with figs in it though!

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  2. I mail ordered from Cookie Bar awhile ago and thought it was okay. So many other bakeroes out there that are better. Yum, tarts!

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