Cinnamon-Pear Rustic Tart from Taste of Home magazine, made with pears from my backyard tree! Pie crusts are my nemesis so I prefer to make easy and forgiving free-form pastries like this. Pears are cooked with cinnamon, apple juice, and brown sugar then spooned onto the pastry. The edges were folded up and sprinkled with sugar and baked to perfection. Delicious! Links: Cinnamon-Pear Rustic Tart recipe
Caipirinha from page 127 of How to Cocktail by America's Test Kitchen for the 52 Weeks of Cocktails challenge. This week's theme is Caipirinhas. Caipirinhas are a traditional Brazilian cocktail made with Cachaça, muddled limes, and simple syrup. This is the first time I have tried Cachaça. It is similar to rum but is made exclusively in Brazil from Brazilian-grown sugarcane. According to my research, it has a, grassy, vegetal, funky, earthy taste but I found it to be sweet, tasting almost like baked goods. This drink was very refreshing on a warm summer evening. It seemed much stronger than most cocktails I make requiring it to be slowly sipped. Links: 52 Week of Cocktails Challenge How to Cocktail