I’m tired of gray. It’s that time of the year — though March will be worse — that Mother Nature has decided that the predominant color outside is gray and white. OK, maybe shades of gray. Spring is right around the corner but February and March in New England are pretty drab. So I decided to make these crazy colorful — those perfect shades of yellow and orange — Olive Oil Meyer Lemon Bars with Candied Kumquat. Candied kumquats are certainly very unique but they are a combination of sweet and tart, a little bitter. They add a nice contrast to the creamy meyer lemon curd. Definitely keep them chilled as they get a little runny if left at room temperature.
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It’s an extra day off here in the U.S. (it’s a bank holiday, President’s Day) so without anything planned for the day, I decided to 1. clean out the freezer and 2. bake something. The freezer has been needing some organization anyway, and I have a whole pile of frozen blueberries headed my way, so I decided to take the last of the ones already in my freezer and bake a mini-pie. Did you know that I have almost 20 *different* blueberry pie recipes on this here CSPS website? And this one is new too. Instead of any sugar whatsoever, I replaced it with maple syrup. Tastes a little like blueberry pancakes. Nom nom nom.
It’s Valentine’s Day. Or, well, it will be soon. As I say every year, I am not really into the whole Hallmark “manufactured” holiday, but it is always a good excuse to make some sweet thing. This yea, I mad these Winter Bliss Chocolates. I just made up the name … there is nothing particularly wintry about them. They do have orange and pistachios, which give them a lovely nuance. They are very very dark chocolate, my favorite. Delicious!
Back to trying out one of my rather unusual flavor combinations, this time in the form of finely chopped apricots, the herb taragon (which has a rather licoricey flavor) and olive oil. They are really very good, despite my weird pairings. Would go equally nice with a cup of coffee or tea, or on a cheese plate with some fig jam. Really quite delightful, especially if you aren’t into the overly sweet type of cookie.
