Holiday Baking

Christmas time *was* here!! snow fell, presents were bought and wrapped, and i ate and ate and ate.....
I went home last week to be with my family and my creatures, all were well. Christmas eve is a favorite day in my household, with the anticipation of the morning often taking precedence over the actual morning. the house is warm no matter the weather outside, christmas movies play on the telly all day (this year it was Die Hard!)and wrapping paper covers the living room floor. Shmoops invited the family over for dinner before heading off to church. I made a boxing day specialty; Sweet Onion and Apple Tart, found in a new cookbook : Holiday Baking.
the recipe called for a half cup of bleu cheese, and that took over the entire dish. i used a different crust than it called for it, and it stuck to the pie dish so badly that i served it with a ladel. but! enough of the trash talking.
the sunny robot cooks! the bottom of the tart crust is layered with sauteed Granny Smith apples. that's two type of cheese you see before you! 1 cup and 2 tablespoons of cheddar, 1/2 cup of bleu.
sauteeing red onions, and sobbing over the oven.
fin.

So, in conclusion, I wish the apples had come out a bit more, and that the crust had been, well, edible.
can't win 'em all!
Merry (belated) Christmas and a fantastic New Year.

xo