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Eggnog crème légère, layered with rum dipped amaretti cookies, a grating of nutmeg.

@FeChefwould you consider giving a hair dryer a try?

Smoked salmon for lunch today with the usual accompaniments…cream cheese, capers, dill and pickled red onions..

I make a paste with baking soda and use that as the cleaning agent, works pretty well for me. You could also try spraying with alcohol if it still feels greasy after cleaning.

Pear tart again, this time with caramel sauce and chopped walnuts. Obligatory serving of vanilla ice cream on the side.

Pear, chestnut spread and hazelnut tart. The spread had some rum added to it prior to spreading on the frozen crust which was a very positive addition to the spread! A Comice pear was sliced over the filling and sprinkled generously with crushed hazelnuts, baked for about 25 minutes until the chestnut spread started to bubble up. We really enjoyed this combination of flavors!

And then you can do this…

@TdeV https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/french-almond-pear-gratin-gluten-free/ I reduced this in size to a 6 x6” cake pan, parchment paper , or in this case I use air fryer papers to line the cake mold. if you wish to reduce the volume of the cake recipe for a 6x6” pan, multiple everything by 60%. I baked at 335* convection bake, rotating every 10 minutes. This took just under 30 minutes in a heavy weight aluminum pan. I did not sprinkle any sugar on top of the cake prior to baking as suggested in the recipe…your choice! https://natashaskitchen.com/pecan-pie-bars/ Bonus recipe 😁 I know you were interested in a pecan pie bar recipe. My daughter made this and it was absolutely delicious, I can highly recommend it.

Pear almond redux, a favorite of ours. A light cake, although it’s made with only almond flour, the combination with pears is particularly pleasing. In addition to being gluten free, it’s low in sugar and therefore , makes a nice breakfast cake. Comice pears from H&D byway of TJ, this was adapted from Pardon your French, pear gratin

@TdeV https://www.savingdessert.com/almond-tea-cakes/https://thecafesucrefarine.com/ridiculously-easy-scandinavian-raspberry-jam-tarts/ The tarts i made are from the second linked post which was an adaption from the first post. It wasn’t quite as “almondy” as I expected/wanted, it was a little more crumbly than I anticipated. i plan on making the original posting in the next week or so.

I used a homemade crust for the four inch tarts. I make them ahead and freeze them, I used the crust directly from the freezer. I had a nano second thought of putting a swipe of raspberry jam on the pastry prior to the custard, but decided for a first try, to make it as written. I will get the links for the jam tarts together for you.

@TdeV Which of the sweets are you interested in…or both? I’m in the midst of tweaking the jam tart recipe but would be happy to provide links. The custard tart is a mini version of “ Tot’s Egg Custard Pie “ from the bittenword.com, it’s a family recipe from one of the authors of the blog. I made 1/3 for two four inch tarts. I was skeptical that the bottom crust would cook properly as the custard is poured into an unbaked crust, but it did, I cooked on a preheated stone.

A couple of lunches, spinach tart repurposed from a spinach casserole. An egg, ricotta, prosciutto and parm were added to the casserole., baked until the spinach, etc. puffed up and tested done. And orrechietti with sautéed onion, garlic, cauliflower, blk olives and capers. Pasta was cooked in chicken broth with the veggies. Topped with crispy prosciutto, basil and pecorino.

Bite sized jam tarts, plum, apricot, blk cherry and Clementine jam. Nutmeg scented egg custard tart.

Fuji apple tarts with caramel, one simply sliced , the other diced and sprinkled with a little walnut streusel.

Tart for two, blackberries, raspberries and a sprinkling of raw pistachios on top.

Lunch today was sliced chicken sandwiches on Oatmeal Irish Soda bread, loose leaf lettuce from the FM , pickles made in casa. Bread was made in a loaf pan rather than the usual freeform for ease of slicing for sandwiches, also makes excellent toasts.

Oatmeal Irish Soda bread with a little whole wheat as well. Usually made freeform, this was made in a loaf mold as I wanted some consistency to be able to use for sandwiches. This also makes excellent toast. Adapted from The View from Great Island.

Pear cranberry almond, mostly almond flour with a little AP. This has been a favorite of ours, it’s very adaptable to most any fruit, from apricots to a mix of summer fruits, it can also be successfully made with all almond flour. Adapted from Donna Hay.

Chocolate banana muffins, just four, using up the last banana. An amalgamation of several different chocolate banana breads, these are small, just a few bites each of chocolate goodness…and now I wish I wrote down what I did !

Asian style meat sauce, lamb,garlic, ginger, onion. Gochjang, soy, brown sugar, tomato paste added to browned meat and aromatics. Served over squiggly noodles with sesame seeds, peanuts. And a slice of apple walnut streusel tart was welcome after the slightly spicy noodle dish.

Apple walnut streusel tart, the minis were so good I made an 8” version. Pink lady apples, a dash of cinnamon and extra walnuts. This will probably be a favorite apple tart, the streusel stays nice and crisp on day two.

@rotus Aldi carries a very similar loaf but thinner and not quite as squishy, also French.

@rotuts The brioche loaf was the French Brioche loaf with which I usually make French toast 😆 , but I was using it up and tried it with the truffled MJ. I did not press the grilled cheese as I normally do, but just gave it a very thin coating of mayo and slow grilled it, melted nicely. Since it’s a soft, squishy bread I think it would probably compact greatly in a panini press but certainly worth a try if you happen to have some. i was trying out the Pink Ladies to see if they held their shape, (as most ladies would like to do) and they baked up very nicely besides being pleasant in the salad.