Grilled Fig and Goat Cheese Sandwich
This grilled fig and goat cheese sandwich spreads a homemade fig cardamom jam on creamy goat cheese before getting toasty!
This grilled fig and goat cheese sandwich spreads a homemade fig cardamom jam on creamy goat cheese before getting toasty!
There is too much to do, not enough time, not enough hours, not enough arms, and what suffers is the food. However, rather than reaching for the closest fast food item, I tend toward the opposite: less is more, and things like warm yogurt and…
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.~ MLK.
Paris. I’m not sure what I can say that hasn’t already been said, but like everyone else, my heart aches. It aches not only for a city that has been beaten down, or for those who died or were injured, but because this has happened before. It still happens today in areas of the world not so lucky to have press coverage shine a light on them. It will happen again, but when or where we won’t know until it’s too late. And it makes me sad because I can’t imagine living in a world where events like these become part of a past long forgotten.
To offer a silver lining, it’s tragedies like Paris that make the world seems small, and the distance and differences between peoples evaporate. The solidarities shown by nations make it feel like there is still more good than bad, and when thinking of those who will never again say goodnight to their loved ones, it makes us make a concerted point to say it to ours. It makes us aware, and it makes us thankful.
And in that spirit, maybe as we inch towards Thanksgiving here in the U.S. day by day, we remember to keep the sentiment ever-present in this upcoming holiday season alive through December 25th and beyond.
Okay, there’s my dear diary for today, so let’s move on to more pleasant things like a dessert to round out a Middle Eastern Thanksgiving spread that has, to refresh, included:
While I’m already pretty full, I know that dessert has a separate compartment in my stomach, so there will be room for pie.
Well…a tart. If you need a refresh on pie vs. tart, check this. If you need a refresh on why I don’t like pie, specifically fruit pie, check this.
After you’re done refreshing, let’s make this. Today’s pumpkin orange tart is a twist on pumpkin pie and, like when making the stuffing, I tried hard to keep the essence of what everyone loves about this Thanksgiving favorite. I used the awesome almond-orange crust from the fig tart I made when I hit the Middle East the first go around, and the filling I adapted from Libby’s tried and true recipe, adding some orange and honey to make it jive with the theme.
Topped and finished with some lovely cinnamon vanilla whipped cream, it’s perfect, and will put up a pretty good fight against your standard pumpkin pie.
In fact, it will win.
Recipe notes:
Don’t have orange olive oil? Use regular olive oil, and add 2 tsp grated orange zest instead (and then go out and buy orange olive oil).
For the honey, get some good stuff. Leave Sue Bee for the pancakes (but really, even pancakes deserve better).
The dough will not roll, just press it into the pan. If you want to use a removable tart pan, go for it. Also, not that this crust won’t leave much to go up the sides of the pan. If you want it to do so, multiply the crust recipe by 1.5.
Written while drinking some cinnamon spiced coffee as I cheer, cheer for Old Notre Dame.
A twist on traditional pumpkin pie, this pumpkin orange tart has an almond crust and spiced flavors that will change your holiday dessert tradition.
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