Ok, so those of you from the TWD group are probably saying, “Wait, Peach Tart?  What?”  I kind of broke the rules a little this week.  I needed to make a dessert for my office’s barbeque that would feed a bunch of people, and the little Parisian Apple Tarts just didn’t seem like they were going to work too well for the occasion.  So I picked my own recipe.  I know–shame. =(

Anyway though, I baked something from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking, from My Home to Yours, and it’s Tuesday, so I figured I would post about it anyway!  The recipe is technically called something like “creamy and crunchy peach tart” but I don’t have the book in front of me, so I’m not sure of the exact title.  I do know that it is good though!

I made the crust the night before and partially baked it.  Then, probably the longest part of the prep time, I peeled and sliced up all these peaches and artfully laid them out in the shell.  I was very proud of my artistry here.  And good thing I took a picture, because you couldn’t see the peaches at all after the tart was done–they just became a layer of yummy squishy peach stuff at the bottom of the tart.

The peaches are topped with a layer of custard, and then when the tart is mostly baked, a layer of struesel topping.  I think I still need to work on my struesel topping, because isn’t it supposed to stay more, like, chunky than that?

My biggest worry in baking the tart was whether the custard was properly set.  I ended up leaving it in the oven for a bit longer than was called for.  And up until the point I cut into it, I was scared that it was going to be a hot gooey mess.

No worries though, it came out perfectly, and everyone loved it!  It went super fast.

I really enjoy these fruit and custard recipes from Dorie’s cookbook–the other one I’ve made is the summer fruit galette, which I’ve already made twice, and plan to make again this week because it’s just so incredibly yummy.  I highly recommend them!

In knitting news, I recently finished some socks out of my handspun yarn.  Aren’t they pretty?  I love them, but unfortunately I made the tops too big and they keep falling down.  I’m either going to re-knit the ribbing with twisted stitches, or sew in some elastic thread.  Possibly both.  Must save them though, because I love them!  I’m still wearing them at night anyway, just hitching them up every now and then as needed.

In between all the gift knitting I’ve been doing, I decided to cast on another sweater for myself.  I’ve been working with tiny-ass lace and fingering-weight yarn far too much lately, so it was nice to work on a worsted weight sweater!  The color is gorgeous, and the MadelineTosh worsted is so nice and soft to work with.  Very excited about this one!

And on a slightly related note, it has now been a week and several days since I last bought any yarn or roving.  I am making a serious attempt to exercise some self control.  It’s really hard though!