49 down tart Recipes

firm-ripe bosc pears (3 to 5), unsalted butter, sugar, cinnamon, pastry dough, sweetened whipped cream or vanilla ice cream

all-purpose flour, salt, cold butter, cut into chunks, vegetable shortening, gold or red beets (or use some of both colors; see notes), baby or baby-cut carrots (each 3 to 4 in . long and no thicker than 3/4 in.), turnips, cipollini onions (each 1 1/2 in. wide) or red or white boiling onions, garlic (each 3/4 in. wide ), olive oil, vegetable or fat-skimmed chicken broth, white or dark balsamic vinegar, chopped fresh rosemary and sage leaves, or 1/2 tsp each dried rosemary and sage, sugar, pepper, fresh rosemary or sage sprigs, rinsed, or chopped fresh herbs (optional), sour cream or creme fraiche

sugar, golden delicious apples, cold unsalted butter, gingersnap cookies, half a 17 1/4-oz package (1 sheet ) frozen puff pastry, thawed, lightly sweetened whipped cream or ice cream

cooking apples, lemon juice, sugar, butter, frozen pie shell, slightly thawed or, packaged puff pastry, thawed, ice cream , whipped cream or cheese (optional)

golden raisins, irish whiskey, cake flour, baking powder, granulated sugar, cold butter divided, buttermilk, superfine sugar, ground cardamom, granny smith apples cored and sliced horizontally

sheet of ready rolled puff pastry, bananas, ripe and sliced in half lengthways (or a can of apple or peach or pear halves, mixed berries etc, discard juice), butter, sugar, brandy (or can use other complimentary liqueur instead), toasted sliced almonds (optional)

hard anjou or bosc pears, peeled, cored and quartered, freshly grated nutmeg, juice from 1 lemon (2 to 3 tbsp), unsalted butter, salt, granulated sugar, pure vanilla extract1/2 cup dried cranberries, chopped crystalized ginger, all-purpose flour , for dusting, pie crust, recipe follows, or 2 refrigerated store-bought crusts , rolled together, creme fraiche , for serving, optional, all-purpose flour, sugar, salt, cold butter, cut into 1/2-inch chunks, ice water