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sautumner frangipani; diverting all power to the pies

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freerk

sautumner frangipani; diverting all power to the pies

Even though summer just doesn't seem to happen this year in these parts of the world, there are some wonderful summer fruits to be enjoyed.

Being under a strict bread baking embargo right now due to an overfull freezer, it seemed best to take advantage of the local produce (and fix my weekend baking crave in one go).

Here they are: 1x full fledged "summer of your dreams" in the shape of an almond lemon torte with fresh strawberries;

And (yesterday), the dessert that's more in touch with the slightly worrying autumnal meteorological reality over here:

Almond frangipani with apples and lemon in a pain d'epices caramel sauce. The sauce, made with apple juice, brown sugar and Monin's "Pain d'Epices"-syrup, tweaked with a hint of ginger and chilipowder, was especially tasty.

It tasted pretty much like the summer of 2011: spiking bright yellow with sunny lemon and juicy almond meal, fading away to brown via the ginger and the pain d'epices, to come full circle in acidity in the apples.

Not summer anymore, but no fall yet. I call it sautumner frangipani!

Freerk

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PaddyL

I'm drooling!

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varda

and really beautifully presented on those lovely plates.   I am also wondering about the spiced marrow flan.   Whatever could that be?   And also, even though I watch Wallace and Grommit, I have no idea what a marrow is.  -Varda

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freerk

I hope we haven't heard the last of the marrow yet.

Somehow I think it's the squash, but then again (I never had the pleasure of tasting it) I díd find some recipes to make a bone marrow flan...

Somehow it's easier to picture Daisy having a spoon fight over the first (a squash) than over the latter, but then again, that is based on my presumption that Daisy is living in a greenhouse, with abundant roses in every possible color flowering around her head; a place where butterflies have the right of way at all times.

But that image might be wrong ;-) Maybe she turns out to be a growling carnivore (like me; I'm a butcher's son) after all !!!!

I know she will shed some light on this soon enough!

Freerk

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Janetcook

Freerk,

My kids would love it if I began producing delicacies such as you have pictured above in my kitchen....I stick mainly to breads and my 'to bake' list continues to grow exponentially despite the fact that I am baking more than ever....One new formula is replaced with at least 2 new formulas to try...I really have to stop checking out the baker's blog section here....a dangerous pass time...

I, too, love the plates the tortes are pictured on.  What a heavenly design and how well it complements what is sitting on it!

Janet

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freerk

I know what you are saying Janet! I just bookmarked another one that just needs to be made, tested and reworked :-)

The plates are by Iittala. Great stuff but it comes at a price!

Have a great week.

Freerk