Pie for Dessert: Strawberry Tart with an Oat Flour Crust
Let's cling to contentment in the form of a rustic strawberry tart with a heaping scoop of vanilla.
Let's cling to contentment in the form of a rustic strawberry tart with a heaping scoop of vanilla.
On the shores of Presque Isle State Park, my dear friend and I had witchy moments with smoke offerings, flower essences and tarot cards. We swam, we laughed, we cried, and we laughed again at old jokes that have aged well. And of course, we picnicked.
As the nights grow cooler, the sun sets earlier, and a new season teases its approach, I want to remember the intention I felt this spring. I want to savor the current and coming season, to appreciate the beautiful, incremental, wild moments. The epic changes, both within and outside me.
Cutting corners is the heart of this puff pastry tart. There are times when a day spent laboring over a pie crust is worthwhile, creative, and renewing. There are other days when a loose "recipe," grilled vegetables, and more time spent with friends is the more meaningful choice.
Perfect for picnics and summertime adventures, you'll want to eat these Everything Bagel Tomato Tarts morning, noon and night!
The effort of this homemade pop tart makes the popularity of the processed, commercial version very understandable. However, the light sweetness, the wholesome ingredients, and the extra flaky, buckwheat and brown-rice flour crust is worth every step!
Perhaps you’ve sworn off pie making forever (I get it). Having recently returned to this pastry and found a new peace, I come bearing good news: there is a better way! The steps may seem overwhelming at first, but the method I describe – fraisage – has restored my love of pie-making, so I'm celebrating with pie all day.
There is a lot of momentum for action and change now, but the road to racial equality is long. There are many insightful resources being circulated and shared as a reaction to the protests. I didn't want to get lost in these lists, or simply repost them and move on with my life. Black people are confronted and threatened by these issues daily. They do not have the option to move on with their lives, especially when their lives are in constant danger. The fact that I will never truly understand the trauma of being black is why I need to step up my actions.