I recently made a tarte tatin (recipe via Julia Childs) for a couple of birthdays (you ladies know who you are). It was very exciting and decadent and easier than I expected it to be.
Because of a transporation mishap, I HAD to make another the next day, except I made it with peaches instead of apples.
Here’s a look at carmelizing, peachy goodness in the pan:
And out of the pan:
On Monday I was making dinner (trying out a new mushroom sauce for pasta) when I heard a low wailing noise. I had both air conditioners turned up so the sound outside it was muted. When I came out of the kitchen, I didn’t hear it anymore. It sounded like the tornado warning so I consulted the computer and saw a tornado warning for my county. I trotted into the kitchen and shut off the gas.
After that I got Boo! ready to go and filled a tote with things I thought I might need: a blanket to protect Boo! and me from flying broken glass, a knitting project I wasn’t going to finish in an hour (the length of the warning), water bottles, a bowl for Boo! a flashlight, and a bottle of moisturizer (why I’m not sure). I was about to write a note for Scott when he walked in the door. We turned on the TV to look at the radar (big red blotch over Oak Park!) and then headed straight to the basement where one of our neighbors was already waiting with both his cats (in a luxury portable cat house). We were joined by a family of six after an awesome roll of thunder and some brilliant lightning. I’m really surprised more people didn’t join us.
From the basement windows the lightning was spectacular, turning the sky silver every few seconds. I’ve never seen so much lightning ever during a storm. The thunder was terrifying. I knit. Scott held Boo! Thankfully Boo! doesn’t react to thunderstorms unless the thunder is really loud. He was more interested in playing with the neighbors (We were well away from the cats).
We waited until the worst of the storm had passed before going upstairs where I finally could finish my pasta sauce. It was quite nummy. (Recipe below the cut.) As for the rest of the storm it kept going at a lower, but still impressive intensity for hours.