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Chocolate Amaretti Torte

Our TWD selection this week is brought to you by Holly of Phe/MOM/enon. It’s the 15 Minute Magic: Chocolate Amaretti Torte! The “15 minute magic” part really only applies if you have a food processor. If you are food processor-less, and as temporally challenged as I am then this may take you quite a bit longer. That being said, this was relatively easy to make.   Click to continue…

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TWD ~ French Pear Tart

by Aimee on January 6, 2009

Wow, Tuesdays With Dorie is one year old. It seems like it’s been around for ages. Although that’s about how long I’ve been baking so go figure! Looks like the grand dame herself chose this week’s treat. The French Pear Tart is courtesy of Dorie Greenspan and it’s a fine, fine tart if I may say so. Actually it was absolutely di-vine when it first came out of the oven. It was one of those taste experiences that reminds you of why the store bought stuff is c-r-a-p and why you keep baking. But alas, as with life, the peak of this tart is too short but more on that later.

As you may be sick of hearing, I don’t have a food processor. Necessity is not only the mother of invention but also learning new techniques in the kitchen! Guess what I learned how to do…blanch almonds!   Click to continue…

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