PLUM TART • CHAPTER 3 • TARTS fter years of making pastry at the highest level my answer to the question “What is your favorite dessert” is still a nice warm tart It goes back to my childhood We had wonderful fruit in Alsace, and whenever anybody made a dinner for family or friends a fruit tart would be the standard dessert In the summer we would spend many afternoons A picking blueberries in the forest or mirabelles from my grandmother’s trees, and the fruit would inevitably end up baked inside a flaky pastry shell, needing little more than a bit of sugar to showcase its superb flavor I like a good mousse cake just as much as the next person, but I am very interested in textures in desserts, and those I appreciate most are the crusty and crunchy textures you find in many tarts, such as the Apple Nougat Tart or the Rhubarb Tart with Hazelnut Crumble in this chapter I also love the fact that you can enjoy tarts warm We love warm pastries because our taste buds can perceive their ... appreciate most are the crusty and crunchy textures you find in many tarts, such as the Apple Nougat Tart or the Rhubarb Tart with Hazelnut Crumble in this chapter I also love the fact that you can enjoy tarts... friends a fruit tart would be the standard dessert In the summer we would spend many afternoons A picking blueberries in the forest or mirabelles from my grandmother’s trees, and the fruit would...• CHAPTER 3 • TARTS fter years of making pastry at the highest level my answer to the question “What is your favorite dessert” is still a nice warm tart It goes back to my childhood