- How to Make Savory Tart Dough for a Rustic Tart / Galette / CrostataMay 9, 2018This savory tart dough makes a delicious bed for allllllll of the things, from asparagus + leek + ricotta + buratta to chard + corn + taleggio. TipMost of the trick to making successful tart dough is simply in the bravery. But cold butter, ice water, and a light touch don't hurt.The proof is in the produceLook, I’ve been...
- A Savory Tart Recipe for Spring: Asparagus Ricotta Burrata CrostataMay 9, 2018Every culture that has both dairy and vegetables seems to work its way around eventually to the idea of a savory tart. Americans lean about equally on the Italian crostata and the French galette as excuses for our own tartlike behavior. I couldn't be happier about that. And this heavily rhyming asparagus ricotta burrata crostata...
- Chard Crostata (Galette) with Corn, Taleggio and OlivesAugust 22, 2016As I’ve been saying a lot around here lately, I don’t turn on the oven, or even the stove, in the heat of summer without a solid reason. It’s been HOT, people. Why mess with that? Well. One reason to mess with that is a crostata, also called a galette or even a rustic tart....
- The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Garlic Scape and Lemon Thyme TartJuly 5, 2011My undying love for garlic scape pesto means that I rarely consider eating garlic scapes any other way. But I think I’ve finally come up with a worthy alternative — a ricotta tart perfumed with gently cooked garlic scapes and lemon thyme in a hearty yet delicate teff crust. This is the way to use your...
- What To Do with Too Much Kale: Big-Deal Kale and Pancetta QuicheAugust 25, 2009This week in the crisper on Serious Eats, a “Big-Deal” Kale and Pancetta quiche that is purported to be the world’s best. The recipe, adapted from Michael Ruhlman’s Ratio, is below. You can read the whole article here, though — fair warning — it looks a little like this: “A surprising downside of Big Deal Syndrome...
