One of Tartlet 1′s favorite jokes is: When is a chef cruel?
A: When she beats the eggs and whips the cream!
My Christmas baking still hasn’t progressed very far as we’ve been wrapping up school work and we’ve had a lot of things on our ‘to-do lists’. So this didn’t involve beating any eggs, just whipping a bit of cream!
Tuesday, as we were anticipating the arrival of The In-Laws the next day, The Husband called to ask if I could provide a dessert for a party on Thursday he had forgotten about. Although my initial sarcastic response was ‘Sure, honey, I’m not really doing anything this week’, I started thinking of something easy I could make that would still not let him down. The In-Laws weren’t able to arrive after all, but I still went with something simple — a repeat Turtle Truffle Tart. But this is a dessert that stands repeating, and I don’t think I’ve made one for this group before. It looks far more complicated than it is. The base is my standard Shortbread Crust, topped with pecans and caramel and a layer of chocolate melted with heavy cream, all staple ingredients in my kitchen and easy to whip up. *evil laugh*
It was quite tasty. I brought a Brazilian friend and he loved it as well. I believe his response was something like “Wow” after the first bite.
that sounds so perfect for news years eve! YUMMMMY
Must tasted very delicious. You can’t go wrong with pecan and chocolate.
Cheers,
Elra