We celebrated the first of the year very quietly, around roast lamb and a season's vegetable tarte tatin drawn from Mimi Thorisson's beautifully inspiring blog, Manger. After all the holiday drinks, dinners and desserts, simple celebration was fundamental. But don't think simplicity equates abstemiousness, and that my New Year's resolutions were scheduled to debut promptly on the first of the year. In fact I managed to annihilate three slices of spinach, olive and cheese pizza at a co-worker's open house a mere few hours before the family dinner mentioned above. Along with a few coconut chocolate chip cookie bars. And at least half a bottle of wine. Now about those resolutions...
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| Patiently peeling sunchokes. |
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| Winter goodness: chestnuts and sunchokes. |
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| Carefully assembling the layers so that the tarte looks beautiful when flipped and demolded. |
I wouldn't be my mother's daughter if I didn't bring a few modifications to even the most well-balanced, carefully-crafted recipes. So because we weren't well-stocked in the endive department I added a few leeks, and used garlic instead of shallots. The potatoes were also left out. I used complete deference with the real stars of the dish though, the chestnuts and sunchokes. Their rustic earthiness and inherent richness is just not to be messed with.
Warning: For the next few weeks, please expect a slew of soup and salad recipes.
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