Caramel Apple Tart

When I was a kid I loved the carmel apples you could get around Halloween; with that in mind I came up with this Caramel Apple Tart.

The crust is a classic short pastry crust rolled thin.  It's topped with Granny-Smith apples that were cooked in butter and brown sugar until soft.  The pastry and apples are baked until the crust is golden and the apples are warm.

Once cooled the tart is topped with homemade caramel sauce.

No Knead Bread

No Knead Bread baked in a Dutch Oven.

Simple bread dough of flour, water, yeast and salt.  The dough is flavored with thyme and rosemary.  Once the dough does it's 18 hours process of rising and re-rising it's put into the pre-heated dutch oven to bake.

Fire Roasted Vegetable Bruschetta

Fire Roasted Vegetable Bruschetta:

Oven Roasted Tomato combined with Roasted Corn,  Roasted Pablono Pepper, Roasted Red Pepper and Smoked Paprika.  Just combine, chill and then place spoonfuls atop toasted baguette slices.

Tomato Soup

Quick and easy tomato soup.

Saute 1 onion with a bay leaf.  Add 2 cans of whole tomatoes (good quality).  Cook for a minute and then remove from heat and mash-up.

Next add three slices of white bread (crust removed); cook for 5 minutes and then blend mixture.  Add olive oil, chicken broth and sherry (amounts to your taste).  Garnish with fresh basil.

This recipe was adapted from Jacques Pepin and takes less than 10 minutes to make.  Resist the urge to buy the Campbell's stuff and give this a try, it's worth the few minutes.