Emily from Beaver Dam, WI (2018 Week 3: Tarts)

Baker

Emily

Location

Beaver Dam, WI

Baking Challenge

Classic French Tarte Tatin

Give your tarts a name based on the flavors and decoration – and tell us about your recipe.

Thyme for Tomatoes Tarte – Caramelized sugar laced with pear balsamic lends a sweet note to this savory tarte. Cherry tomatoes backed by caramelized onion and a bit of fresh thyme are finished with rough puff pastry to complete this dish.

Now that you survived this challenge, what words of wisdom do you have to share?

Be careful of caramel – it gets really hot! (I had a little splatter as I placed tomatoes and got a small (but super painful) burn on my finger. And I knew better! I used a different recipe for the pastry and am not as happy with it as the one I used about 2 years ago, when I tried to recreate a restaurant meal my husband and I had.

Tell us about how you added a Wisconsin twist.

Fresh from my garden thyme is this week’s homegrown feature.

How did you do?

It’s not pretty, but it’s edible.