I love Valentine's Day and hearts. Jack and I were married on Valentine's Day, quite a few years ago. It's this time of year when I make heart-shaped foods and foods made red with: cherries, dried cranberries, tomatoes or any other way I can get the color red into a meal. I recently ran across this Italian Almond Tart recipe just before the holidays and have made it a couple of times since then. The "red" in this tart is in form of cherry jam. Buy the reddest o...
Tags: refrigerated pie crusts, Valentine Dessert, tarts, Italian Almond Tart, almond paste, cherry jam, almonds
After planning a mid-week dinner for friends, I needed to come up with a quick dessert. My goal was to have everything made-ahead and ready to serve when I got home since my guests were scheduled to arrive at our house shortly after I got home from work. Here is the dessert I made. Can you help me figure out a name for it besides Easy Strawberry Dessert? 1. (I did this step the night before my dinner party.) Remove two refrigerated pie crusts from a package; place each on parchment ...
Tags: fresh mint leaves, refrigerated pie crusts, strawberry dessert