This weekend, Bertie and I enjoyed a particularly comforting treat, thanks to my mother's cooking and my father's kindness in driving us to their house. We began our quiet Sunday with a delicious meal of my mother's homemade potato-leak soup (topped with freshly grated cheddar and jack cheese and sour cream); panini of rosemary ham monterrey jack, cheddar and thinly sliced pear on dark rye bread; and a cooling salad of julienned carrots, raisins and match-sticked cucumbers. Yum!
The plums have been carefully sliced and arranged in alternating rows—leaving the skins on, a technique which makes them all the more gem-like. The flavors of the meat of the fruit and the skin blend perfectly, combined with the other ingredients, to create a beautiful symphony of taste. Glazed with currant jam, the whole tart shimmers.
My mother served this rustic tart with fresh, stiffly whipped cream into which she infused some creme de cassis—giving it a subtle berry taste. In fact, you could say, it was plum perfect.
13 comments:
Beautiful! Like an ad in a magazine!
I love dinners like this!
Oh, wow! Heaven!
Grilled American cheese and tomato soup from a can is what I get. If I want matchsticked anything it's not cucumbers I get, it's fire-starters. I like your mother's version better.
I would so love some of that soup and one of those sandwiches! Save me a piece of pie!
Beautiful and yummyyumsy! Just delicious- looking!
Mam that looks gooooood! Want some!
Good, wholesome, healthy food. The kind of food everyone should have every day. And, what fancy improvements on standards. Very good.
Looks grand!
Some of my favorite things there.
Perfect meal! Gorgeous dessert!!
Getting out the pannani press for tonight. Thank your mom for the inspiration.
Perfect! Salad is beautiful!
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