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So I have a local chat board that I like to hang out on. The other day someone had a dinner party and we were passing around the recipe for the dessert, a bittersweet tart found on Epicurious.com. One of the girls wanted me to make the tart and put it up on the blog so she could see photos of it. I totally understood this. I like to see pictures of food too. Don't get me wrong I have several cookbooks that have no photos what so ever and I love them, but I really think I would love them more with pictures. So off I went to make this simple tart. The original recipe called for jasmine whipped cream, which I don't like Jasmine(and neither does my husband....the one who will be eating the tart) so I omitted that. I also didn't make the candied orange peel because it is one of my least favorite garnishes. It is a nice elegant tart that I could definitely see serving at a dinner party. My one gripe is that it gets "sweaty" when it is defrosting which of course makes for a less appeasing … [Read more...]

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