STRAWBERRY TART

Once again I wasn't all that excited about this tart. And once again I was surprised. I've never seen creme fraiche around here so a couple of days before I was going to serve the tart I made some. The crust was very easy and Dorie's suggestion about baking it fully worked for me because I actually forgot it was still in the oven when I started to smell it and had to run through the house to take it out. But when I cut it, it didn't crumble at all. I sliced my strawberries, tossed in a little sugar, a quick turn of pepper, and a dash of kirsch. I found some jam in the pantry, assembled the little slices and served to the company I had over topped with a little creme fraiche and got rave reviews. My husband ate three pieces raving the whole time about the creme fraiche. He's a pretty big fan of all things cream and butter. Very delicious and easy.

French Brownies

I knew I should have left those raisins out. I was kind of thinking they might meld into the brownie. I don't really like raisins but am not seriously opposed, so I decided to give it a try. I didn't have any rum so I subbed Kahlua which of course doesn't have enough alcohol to ignite so I burned of the alcohol by briefly boiling the raisins, Kahlua, and water which is the reason for igniting the rum I think.
This was a really easy recipe. The batter was delicious but the raisins added a strange chew in the middle of a really GOOD brownie.-+And then there's the strawberry icecream. It's all I had and it's Tuesday afternoon.