Baking Therapy

Last night, Big Bird and I made Tarte Tatin.   She basically sat on her “tree” while I made the tarte, and she kept me entertained by talking and attacking stuffed hamsters.

The Tatin was awesome.   It was awesome even though I totally screwed up the caramel part by cooking it too fast in the cast iron skillet.   It was a hard lump of glass-like caramel.    Fortunately, I was able to take it out and start fresh with the caramel (without even measuring, I might add), and it came out quite nice.

Then it was off to the oven to cook.  When it came out, I laid a serving plate ontop of it and flipped it over.  It was perfect, if I do say so myself.

What I love about Julia Child’s recipe is that it says something to the affect of, “If it doesn’t display perfectly, and it sometimes won’t, just rearrange the apples.”

In other words, even a wonderful, well-known, genius cook will have mishaps in the kitchen.

What happens in the kitchen, stays in the kitchen.