Comments on: List-maker, tart-baker

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:21:27 +0000

So, Molly, I downloaded this recipe from Orangette waaaaay back when you first posted it, but I finally made it for the first time yesterday for Christmas dinner. It took allllll day. I wasn't sure it would be worth it. But then I made a feast - in addition to the tart, beef tenderloin, roasted cauliflower, asparagus with lemon and pecorino romano, gruyere popovers, sweet potato casserole . . . you get the drift. And my thirteen guests were unanimous that the tart was the best dish of all.

I won't make this often, because it was darn labor intensive, and, to be honest, I don't think that a holiday meal is the right context for it, both because its amazingness should stand on its own and because you just don't have time to make something with this many steps when you're cooking a million other treats for a big crowd. But I will make it, oh yes I will.

I have hidden away the two slices that are left from the three tarts I made. I'm going to eat them for my lunch with the five stalks of asparagus that also survived the onslaught. And no one else can have any.

Merry Christmas!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:21:27 +0000

By: HadleyEG

HadleyEG — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:51:03 +0000

My Dad is a fiendish list-maker, and my parent's house is littered with his indecipherable scribbles. For the past two years, for Christmas, my mother has called a local paper store and had them make her up a foot-tall stack of plain, white notepads, which she wraps and gives to him. Last year, I believe they game them to her for free. Listmakers know--a life without a notepad is hard to keep track of.

I am so excited to buy the creme fraiche I've been eyeing at the farmers market for the past two weeks, wondering what I could use it for....

By: emiglia

emiglia — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:40:00 +0000

I get mocked for my lists, my color coded post its, but especially, my recipe list, which is fifteen single-spaced typed pages and counting (yes, that’s just titles) of things I want to try to make. This tart just made it on my list. Which if I stop reading blogs and browsing epicurious, should be achieved by approximately 2015.

By: Megan

Megan — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:51:00 +0000

Update: made it this again (the other half of the crust wasn't long for my freezer), and the result was another sunny pie to rally around. I was in a hurry (um, even with this recipe?) and needed it to be spot on, so I didn't try the pre-peeling trick but will certainly let you know if I do. 16 lbs of the season's finest local tomatoes perched on my kitchen table almost ensure it. Thanks, Molly.

By: Molly

Molly — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:27:00 +0000

Oh Megan, I’m so glad you made it! I just love this thing. But as for the tomatoes, you know, I have no idea. I can’t imagine, though, that you could go wrong by peeling them first. I say give it a go! Will you let me know if you do?

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:07:00 +0000

Made it last night! Labor-intensive – yes! Worth it? Yes! The tomatoes are gorgeous. Was a little too rich for me and would make it next time with some kind of less-rich crust. Question about the tomatoes: could you pre-peel the tomatoes whole, using the boiling water trick, then roast them, rather than stopping in the middle to peel?

By: Magpie

Magpie — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:36:00 +0000

Damn, that sounds good. And I’m with you on the lists, and with the pile of clippings and assorted mail that my mother collects for me…

By: Planethalder

Planethalder — Wed, 02 May 2007 06:33:00 +0000

Every Sunday morning my husband and I talk through our meals for the work week ahead, before we go shopping for provisions. We drool over cookbooks and saved recipes of meals gone by. The week’s meal list is then stuck on our fridge door so we’re always aware of what’s for dinner!

By: anna

anna — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:05:00 +0000

i don’t know about you, Molly, but there’s nothing that makes me smile inside like my loved one gently teasing me. i didn’t even realize how much so until reading your blog entry. laughing is an important part of what keeps relationships alive, so long live your bowl scraping! oh, and this tart will be added to my recipe list, because this girl simply cannot resist an oven-baked tomato dish.