Apricot Coconut Thyme Butter Tarte

Tart. Torte.Tarte. TOE-MAY-TOE 🍅 TOE-MAH-TOE PO-TAY-TOE 🥔 PO-TAH-TOEBoth. Torte is a rich, multilayered cake filled with buttercreams, whipped creams, jams, mousses, fruits, or sweet icing. On the other hand, a tart is a savory or sweet pie with a bottom crust and shallow sides, and an open top that is not covered with pastry. Thus,…

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Loaded Baked Potato Bacon Puff Pastry Tart

Comfort food.Savory pie.Flaky, buttery puff pastry.Crisp bacon.Cheese.Sour cream.Loaded baked potato.ALL of those things – baked into one.Does it get any better than that? I suppose it could, but not today, baby – NOT today. Enjoy every.single.bite! Loaded Baked Potato Bacon Puff Pastry Tart Loaded Baked Potato Bacon Puff Pastry Tart 1 sheet frozen puff pastry,…

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Rosemary Dill Gorgonzola Potato Cracker Crust Short Pie

The aromatics alone from this herbed cracker crust savory pie are worth the effort.Fresh rosemary and dill, coupled with sautéed potatoes, chicken, and bell pepper, atop a creamy layer, and then sprinkled with the earthy tang of gorgonzola highlight the true wonder of this homemade gluten-free cracker crust “short pie.” Rosemary Dill Gorgonzola Potato Cracker…

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Preserved Lemon Olive Alouette Tart

“Alouette” (pronounced [alwɛt]) is a popular French-speaking Canadian children’s song, commonly thought to be about plucking the feathers from a lark, in retribution for being woken up by its song. Although it is in French, it is well-known among speakers of other languages; in this respect it is similar to “Frère Jacques”. Many US Marines and other Allied soldiers…

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Lemon Leek Mushroom Galette

It’s time to begin baking again. Right, now that the the busy holiday season is over, we can focus on super wintery, warming, savory dishes. Leave behind the pumpkin-apple-cinnamon, and bring back the lemon, right? Your senses will go crazy for this one. Although there’s really nothing “Italian” about this savory baked goodness (other than…

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Rustic Olive Tart

Sometimes you just have to go for broke, put in everything you’ve got, and hope for the best. And after one of those days, a decent and decadent reward of some of your favorite things naturally ensues. Rich, buttery, chocolatey oil-cured olives, preserved lemons, a bit of fresh rosemary, the creamy resilience of soft cheese,…

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