The first weekend of November was a very appropriate time to get our first “cool snap”--it was the weekend when we set back the clocks bringing on shorter, darker days, AND it was the weekend I started rolling out the holiday recipes. There are so many wonderful things to cook and bake during the much-too-short holiday season, so I spread it out over a bunch of little feasts. Since we are going to spend Thanksgiving with the O’Hara side of Mike’s family in Connecticut (a fabulously fun T-Day tradition), I took this weekend to make some Thanksgiving favorites in my own kitchen, and try out a few new recipes from my many food magazines.
I almost never follow a recipe exactly, so when I do, it had better be perfect. Okay, I made a couple hardly-worth-mentioning tweaks to this Cranberry Crostata from November’s Gourmet and still it was flawless. Really just a cross between a pie and a tart, this dessert has incredibly vibrant flavor from the fresh cranberry filling and richness from the almond pastry, but none of it is too sweet or flabby to enjoy after a big holiday meal. I highly recommend it for a Thanksgiving dessert or an anytime holiday treat--it kind of reminds me of a big Linzer cookie now that I think about it!
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6 comments:
I live in Tallahassee, and it's finally getting cold here, too. Of course, it will go between 60 degrees and 85 degrees for the next few weeks before the weather actually becomes permanently wintery, but now I can make soup and heat up pieces of pie in the miscrowave!
That's a beautiful tart, Julie!
Hello Julie - thank you for visiting my foodblog.
I can see that you and your fellow foodbloggers have been putting cranberries to good use! The tart looks delicious.
I too love 'How to Eat' by Nigella Lawson.
Please don't tell anyone here in the UK that you have had 80 degrees of heat. We haven't had much of a summer here and now it's really cold. Our weather this year has been topsy turvy!
Hi Avocado: Thanks for stopping by my blog. I wish it would get wintry here, but it's just not gonna happen--our little chill is about all we've got! Enjoy your soups and pies!
Ivonne: Thanks--it's always nice when they look good AND taste amazing:)
Margaret: You blog is great! I'm sorry you haven't had much summer weather--London is so great when it's warm and sunny.
Julie
Oh I would love the 80 degree beach weather any time of year, but especially now. It is starting to get too cold for my taste!
This pie looks incredible!
This looks great! I like the sugar idea.
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