12 poached tarts Recipes

sugar, water, red-hot candies, tart apples, peeled and cored

butter, sugar, salt, vanilla extract, eggs, egg yolks, pastry flour, sucrae recipe, almonds, slivered, toasted, pears , bosc, anjou, poached in white wine, halved, peeled, and cored, maytag blue cheese or 8 oz pont reyes blue cheese, heavy cream, sugar, eggs

zinfandel or other fruity dry red wine, water, sugar, fresh orange juice, fresh lemon juice, fresh figs, halved (about 3/4 lb), refrigerated pie dough (such as pillsbury ), part-skim ricotta cheese, honey, fresh mint sprigs (optional)

vegetable oil spray , such as canola, all-purpose flour, sugar, salt, unsalted butter, cut into pieces and chilled, egg yolk mixed with 4 tbsp of ice water, pears, water, semidry white wine , such as riesling, sugar, sage leaf, cinnamon stick, vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped, bosc pears-peeled, quartered and cored, unsalted butter, eggs, sugar, vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped, grated orange zest, salt, all-purpose flour

sweet tart pastry dough (sufficient for a 10-inch tart see mean chef s sweet tart dough), fresh gingerroot, flour, ground ginger, eggs, granulated sugar, vanilla bean, split and scraped, unsalted butter, pears, poached ,reserve 1 cup after poaching (preferably bosc or comice, slightly underripe), fresh gingerroot, peeled and sliced into 1/4 inch rounds, sugar syrup (1/2 sugar and 1/2 water boiled untril sugar is dissolved. cooled), water, vanilla beans, split and scraped, lemon juice

water, earl grey tea bags, sugar, firm but ripe bosc pears (about 12 oz), peeled , halved lengthwise, cored, dried apricot halves, dried tart cherries

hawaiian bread (can use any dense egg bread), fine-quality white chocolate, heavy cream, whole milk, eggs, egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, dry white wine (can use sweet wine but that will of course change the taste), water, sugar, dried tart cherry

brioche or challah, fine-quality white chocolate, heavy cream, milk, whole eggs, egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, dry white wine, water, sugar, dried tart cherries, cream

water, sugar, honey, vanilla bean , split in half lengthwise, dried calimyrna figs, stemmed , halved lengthwise, dried tart cherries (about 1 3/4 oz), plain nonfat yogurt (optional), chopped unsalted natural pistachios

chopped poached quinces (about 16 quince quarters), brown sugar, cornstarch, pitted tart cherries in water, drained, all-purpose flour (about 3 1/3 oz), oats, brown sugar, salt, chilled butter, cut into small pieces