More Tuesdays with Dorie
In Baking Chez Moi, this recipe is for a Pink Grapefruit Tart with Campari included in the filling. That however was rather unappealing to bitter-hating K. To be honest, lemon and lime aside, she really does not care for citrus, so subbing lovely to look at blood orange seemed our best option.
This was a recipe of many steps, so we made the tart over several days. On day one, K made the crust. That out of the way, next up was the lemon almond cream, followed by my favorite part, a blood orange cremeux. None of the steps were particularly complicated, but they include significant chilling time, so I'd suggest not trying to make this one the day of a party.
The verdict: Blood oranges instead of pink grapefruit and no Campari meant that we ended up with a different tasting final product. That said, although I agree with K that if we make it again, we'd try lime, we both enjoyed this one. Plus, pretty never hurts.
Next up: Lemon Madeleines
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| Blood orange juice |
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| Cremeux |
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| A friend thought this looked like fancy little umbrellas. |
This was good, wasn't it. I used grapefruit even though I don't like them much, and loved this tart.
ReplyDeleteThe blood oranges are a great choice! They look beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOoh, blood oranges, what a great idea! I just skipped using Campari entirely, and the grapefruit actually tasted good, even though I never eat them. I'll have to try your idea next time!
ReplyDeleteLook at the gorgeous colour of the oranges and their juice! There were quite a few steps involved....I'm glad you enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great-tasting tart! I think I'll try using blood oranges next time.
ReplyDeleteOh how pretty the little umbrellas look, I am noting that in my book as it really is a fun and elegant presentation. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteI used blood oranges also, but my flavors were all wrong because I used orange
ReplyDeletejuice for the cremeux. Yours is very pretty with the slices on top.
I love your umbrella-covered tart-- so cute! I used blood oranges, too, and thought it was a good switch.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty with the blood oranges - I just love the color they bring to food.
ReplyDeleteI loved this one, but then I love grapefruit. I too left out the Campari and am glad I did after reading all the comments.
ReplyDeleteThat looks pretty spectacular. I'm hoping for my first crop of blood oranges next season. I may have to try this.
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