Vive la Tarte!
This past Wednesday morning on the Today Show, I demonstrated a variety of tart recipes from the Vive La Tarte story in the June issue of Martha Stewart Living on newsstands Monday, May 17th. This mouth-watering story teaches the basics of what you need to know to create a French-style tart with relative simplicity. By filling a single flaky crust with plump berries, juicy fruits, or earthy nuts at the peak of ripeness, you can enjoy a most glorious dessert. And be sure to check out the graceful “plates” that frame our tarts in the magazine. They were created by Miyuki Sakai, using a straight-stitch sewing machine and a palette of 200-plus shades of thread. Amazing!
1 The June issue of Martha Stewart Living, on stands May 17th, is full of terrific summer entertaining ideas, including the Vive La Tarte story.
2 Here I am with Meredith Vieira and Ann Curry right before airtime.
3 Ingredients for the Apricot-Cherry Puff Pastry Tart - The dough is simply placed on a baking sheet, loaded with fruit, sprinkled with a mixture of walnuts and brown sugar and baked.
4 I'm explaining to Meredith that you can find really good pre-made puff pastry in your market.
5 The device on the left is an amazing cherry pitter. I have never found a pitter that works quite as well as this one. It's a Leifheit High-Volume Cherry Pitter from Sur la Table.
6 I am demonstrating how to score the edges of the puff pastry so that they will form a nice raised border.
7 How delectable this looks! So puffy and delicious! And notice that nice raised edge?
8 Tart pans come in so many shapes and sizes, making it really fun to bake tarts.
9 These are the ingredients for Roasted-Apple Tartlets. A mandolin creates perfect thinly sliced apples.
10 By roasting the apple filling and then glazing the top with apricot jam, you add an unexpected twist to ordinary apple pie.
11 Milk Chocolate-Pistachio Tart - You'll find pistachios everywhere in this dessert - embedded in the crust, in a paste layered beneath the milk-chocolate filling, and in a dusted coating on top.
12 Berries and Cream Tartlets - In these classic tartlets, colorful berries are married with mellow, sweet pastry cream in a crisp, sweet crust.
13 Another look
14 Beyond the berry tartlets is the Sour Cherry Clafoutis, one of my personal favorites - sour cherries are dotted throughout a pudding-like filling, giving these tarts a juicy bite.
15 Another cooking segment, well-done!
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Sinceramente me fascino el vive la tarde
Posted by: Francees | May 13th, 2010 at 12:58 am
Loved loved the show, your recipes are so simple and delicious. Can't wait to get the May Living Issue. Thank you for always being an inspiration.
Posted by: Rowaida Flayhan | May 13th, 2010 at 4:36 am
Wow! so looking forward to seeing the new issue. I love everything Martha! Thankyou for sharing you wealth of knowledge.
thanks,
Krisha, xx
From Canberra, Australia.
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Posted by: Tanya | May 13th, 2010 at 9:44 am
Hi Martha,
It made me hungry just to see the cover of the June issue - I can't wait until it comes in my mail box. I plan to do the little tarts, one with apples and maybe another with blueberries. I watched that segment on Today and it seems a tiny section at the end is missing here. Maybe one day they'll let you do a whole segment with just Al Roker. That would be a good thing!
~
Have a great time in Pittsburgh tomorrow! Trish
Posted by: Trish | May 13th, 2010 at 10:32 am
It is hard to believe that summer is coming! The morning temperatures in Philadelphia have been very cool. But I am sure that it will come soon..and the magazine looks great. Those Today show segments are helpful!
Posted by: Teresa Touey | May 13th, 2010 at 11:51 am
Hi Martha, This was one of your best segments on the Today Show ever! I absolutely love the delicious looking tarts you made and I think Meredith and Anne did, too. Can't wait to get the June issue of MSL Magazine to try these great recipes! Watched your Monday TV Show last night online and feel that you are one fantastic butcher! Loved watching Daniel and Eli help you make those delicious looking frozen fruit bars. As usual, great TV Shows again and again! Love, Jan
Posted by: Jan Erickson | May 13th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
I think this is one of the best issues yet!! I have almost all of them including #1..... everything is exquisite. the colors are out of this world in fact I am plannig an embroidery based on the colors!! brava!!! martha!!
Posted by: miss holly | May 13th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Oooh, that cover is tickling my taste-buds!
I so wished we could get your magazines here in France!!
Love,
Bird
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