Very Good Recipes of Tarts from Out of the Ordinary
There are 39 Tarts recipes on the blog Out of the Ordinary. (597 on all the blogs)
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Pistachio and tarragon tart with castelvetrano olives and asparagus
By Out of the Ordinary
05/22/13 20:49
If The Ordinary was a TV program, (and it’s only a matter of time, really, when you think about it) this would be the moment when we’d saunter, smiling and chatting, over to a book so large it’s printed in … Continue reading →
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Spinach and goat’s cheese tart with roasted peppers and tomatoes
By Out of the Ordinary
05/14/13 20:00
I have this strange feeling lately, from time-to-time, that I can’t complete a sentence. The words will get stuck somewhere between my brain and my tongue. I’ll wait patiently and powerlessly for somebody to hit me on the side of … Continue reading →
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Arugula and balsamic tart with a walnut crust
By Out of the Ordinary
05/07/13 19:57
If you’re following along at home, you’ll remember that yesterday I very nearly told you the secrets of the universe. I very nearly had it all figured out. But then housework got in the way. It’s hard to ponder the … Continue reading →
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Ricotta chard tart with roasted peppers, olives, and a yeasted cornmeal crust
By Out of the Ordinary
05/02/13 19:59
There’s a particular pleasure to watching Temporada de Patos that’s hard to define. As I was thinking about it this morning, it came to me…it’s like making a friend, or maybe even falling in love. Which is fitting because friendship … Continue reading →...
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Strawberry chocolate hazelnut tart -or- failed macaron tart
By Out of the Ordinary
04/26/13 20:27
Andre Bazin once suggested that critics should only write about films they like, and I agree with him. I feel as though I wasted some time earlier in the week talking about aspects of films that I don’t enjoy, and, … Continue reading →
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Strawberry frangipane tart with balsamic caramel glaze
By Out of the Ordinary
04/15/13 21:55
One of the great pleasures of doing the same thing every day is watching for the small changes. This is never more true than in springtime, when the small changes are so glowing and growing and hopeful. We’ve been taking … Continue reading →
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Asparagus and macadamia tart with a lemon-pepper crust
By Out of the Ordinary
04/01/13 20:45
I’ve been in a little bit of a blue funk lately, and I couldn’t start to tell you why. It’s inexplicable! The other morning I was lying in bed, trying to think of a good reason to get out of … Continue reading →
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Ricotta rosemary tart with two toppings: smoked gouda, pear and pecan or brie, castelvetrano olive and pine nut
By Out of the Ordinary
03/28/13 17:31
Yesterday, in a characteristically glib and off-handed fashion, I started a discussion about fate and choices, and how they shape our lives and our history. My friend Tony responded with some thoughtful comments, which I thought about as we drove … Continue...
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Parsnip and juniper berry tart with a walnut crust
By Out of the Ordinary
03/05/13 20:19
In mid-February, a meteor streaked across the sky in Russia’s Ural mountains, which is news to absolutely nobody at this point. It’s one of those events that is almost too big to worry about – it’s so completely out of … Continue reading →
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Crepes with spinach, pecans, tart cherries and gjetost cheese
By Out of the Ordinary
02/14/13 18:00
Happy valentine’s day, everybody. Here’s a love story for you. Once there was a person named Claire. She was skinny and odd-looking with wispy blond hair, and she dressed like an old blues musician. An old male blues musician. She … Continue reading →
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Festive chard, roasted pepper and olive tart
By Out of the Ordinary
12/15/12 17:40
In the wake of yesterday’s sad news, there really are no words. So I’m going to take a cue from Jaques Tati, and just not say anything. We’ve been watching lots of Tati, lately, we all love it, even the … Continue reading →
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Tomato and artichoke tart with walnut custard
By Out of the Ordinary
10/24/12 22:06
Here at The Ordinary’s institute of culinary studies, we have an entire division devoted to the study of nut custards. It is completely staffed by squirrels, who are frantically busy this time of year. They are, in fact, so occupied … Continue reading →...
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Roasted beet, arugula and goat cheese tart
By Out of the Ordinary
10/23/12 23:08
Our little garden is so wild and tangled at the moment. We didn’t grow much, just herbs and a few peppers and two pretty bull’s blood beets. The herbs have all gone to seed, and curl around each other in … Continue reading →
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Greens, olives & pecan tart
By Out of the Ordinary
10/18/12 18:40
Malcolm and Isaac did some free writing in school. Isaac said that he wrote about Clio, our puppy. He wrote that she was mostly housebroken. It’s sweet that he loves her, and he’s “writing what he knows,” which is the … Continue reading →
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Roasted butternut & portobello tart with a pecan crust
By Out of the Ordinary
10/04/12 21:48
I talked to a woman the other day who told me that her son had lost everything in the horrible foreclosure nightmare. They’d lost their home, and they sold all of their possessions. They have nothing, she said, and… you … Continue reading →
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Every kind of tomato tart, with a semolina crust
By Out of the Ordinary
09/10/12 20:21
Is there any anxiety in life more pleasant than that of having too many tomatoes? I think not! I look forward to this moment all year long. I went to the CSA last week and picked the beautiful little golden … Continue reading →
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French lentil, roasted mushroom tart with savory almond topping
By Out of the Ordinary
09/05/12 22:30
I feel strangely excited, and of course I’m going to tell you why. It has to do with the election. Wait! Wait! Don’t tune out! I’m not going to tell you about my humble beginnings and how I love America … Continue reading →
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Chard and artichoke tart with a crispy eggplant crust
By Out of the Ordinary
08/24/12 22:44
Here’s what I’ve been thinking about, in a very confused fashion, for the last half a day (and night!) We all know the myth of Icarus – his father, Daedalus, fashioned him a pair of wings made of wax and … Continue reading →
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Eggplant & olive tart with a rosemary-cornmeal crust
By Out of the Ordinary
08/15/12 18:42
I had a muddled quote in my head last week. I couldn’t remember the whole thing, and google wasn’t helping. Turns out it was Roland Barthes, from his essay “Upon leaving a movie theater.” The quote goes thusly…“The film spectator … Continue reading →
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Spicy smoky zucchini & tomato tart
By Out of the Ordinary
08/07/12 16:46
Here at The Ordinary, we have acquired our first real food processor. It didn’t come with instructions, but we are performing exhaustive experiments in our extensive underground kitchen-laboratories to determine its function and capabilities. We have puréed...
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