Eric's Tarts

I got a book on tarts from Eric Kayser. Previously I was making tarts from The Tart Bible, an excellent book from Rose Levy Beranbaum. And since I was ordered to make tarts for a friend's birthday, I decided to give Eric Kayser's recipes a try. Eventhough, everyone tells you that you should not prepare any food for the first time if you are catering. Always go for the tried and tested. But it was a time for daring do. So I risked it. I wanted to do 6 different tarts! LOL. And as you know, .... the best laid plans of men and mice .....often go awry. I ended up with 3 different tarts. A chocolate ganache tart with chocolate almond crumble, a blueberry tart with franginpane


and a mango tart with pastry cream. A few days later, I also made a franginpane tart studded with fresh cherries for a company event, also from Eric Kayser's recipe.


I must say that Monsieur Kayser really rocks. The tarts are delicious and I like the rustic look they have to them. And I love my tarts square, and apparently so does Eric :-)