This is a sauce to
go with deep fried leeks. It’s crème fraiche with olive oil, crushed capers,
onion, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
I have never
really liked capers, but one thing I love about my passion for the recipes of
Yotam Ottolenghi is that I try things that include flavours that normally don’t
interest me — like capers. I absolutely love this tart, taste accent for the
leeks.
Nota bene: The olive oil you see in the photo above cost
$45 (!) — and that is with the discount I got from the cooking school. I
save it for treats like this sauce.
And then … it was
on to the lemon Meringue Tart. As you can see in the photo below, the sun came
out in the afternoon making baking even more delightful.
I love trying new
recipes. I love taking (little) risks too, so I decided to try to make the tart
from the recipe in Butter, the
cookbook from the incredibly wonderful bakery nearby in Dunbar.
I blind-baked the
crust and that went well. I followed the recipe for the lemon curd carefully
and it worked perfectly … I think, judging by its texture, but it ain’t yellow.
When I filled the crust, there was a bit of curd left over so I tasted it and
it surprised me.
I am used to both
eating and making tartes au citron but this lemon curd is vastly different from
French tartes. It’s certainly lemony, but it has neither the lovely sharpness I
really appreciate nor is it particularly sweet. The meringue is certainly going
to sweeten it up, but I am not sure how I am going to like this tart compared
to my regulars (my recipe comes from l’Ecole du tourism et hoteliere de Nice).
The challenge was the meringue. I was nervous! It's supposed to be browned lightly with a torch (and I'd never used one). And I decided to pipe the meringue even though I had no idea if it would work. I didn't know what the nib would do and if I could get the meringue to point, but here’s my tart:
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