Sick day blahs..

A cough I seem to have picked up over the weekend has festered into a full blown cold.  I stayed home from work today in bed, eating ice cream paired with a delicious tart that I made on Sunday evening.  Icecream and pastries probably aren't on the list of foods to eat while sick, but I did anyway ;)

Rustic Berry Tart

This recipe is improvised from one I found in Fine Cooking magazine.  Because I made many improvisations I am posting it here.

Crust:

1 cup of all-purpose unbleached flour
1/2 cup of all wheat flour
  (If you don't have all wheat flour, just use 1 1/2 cups of regular flour)
2 tsp granulated sugar
1/2 tsp table salt
11 Tbs Butter (thaw to almost room temperature)
1 Large Egg Yolk
3 Tbs milk

Filling:

1 Package (~12 oz) of Frozen Mixed Berries thawed to room temperature
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 Tbs all-purpose flour

To Finish:
1 whole large egg, beaten
granulated sugar for sprinkling

Combine flour, sugar, and salt and lightly mix with a beater.  Cut butter into cubes and add to the flour mixture.  Mix on low speed for 2 mins until the lumps are under pea sized. 

In a small bowl, mix the milk and egg yolk.  Add this mixture to the flour and mix until dough is soft.  Remove dough from bowl, form into a flat disk by hand and place in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.  You can make this dough up to 3 days ahead of time and store in the fridge.

While this sits, preheat oven to 350 F.  
Remove berries from packaging, drain, and mix with sugar and flour in a bowl.  After 15 mins, bring the dough out and let sit for 5 mins at room temperature.  Flour a counter or surface to roll the dough on. Roll the dough out until its about 13 inches in diameter and transfer to a baking sheet or cookie sheet.  Add the berry mixture to the center and fold the dough over the berries, making a 2 inch rim

Brush the dough with the beaten egg and sprinkle sugar over the dough and fruit

Bake for 27 minutes or until dough is golden brown

This evening I have finally started to feel a little better and had a chance to list a pair of earrings on etsy.

These feature black and white rooster feathers hung in sterling silver ear hooks. 



Goodnight, everyone!  Back to bed for me!

xox