Summer Dessert

[firstfrost]

I've made these strawberry brown butter bettys twice now, once for brilit's barbecue and once for Comet last night, and whee, they're fun.

First, they're chock full of browned butter, which is one of my favorite flavors (salt, fat, toastedness - what could be better?). (Speaking of which, does anyone know a source for mizithra cheese that isn't California? I suppose I'll be there soon, and I can stock up. I always feel so silly shopping for groceries 2000 miles away...). Second, I think the crust trick - roll out white bread with a rolling pin and then slather with melted butter - is both Ridiculously Cheating and Very Effective. The step of taking the little tartlets out of the muffin tin spaces is very very easy, because bread is structural in a way that pastry and shortbread and things just aren't - so you can lift the whole thing out without it falling to bits on you.

Comments

[tirinian.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they're yummy.
But they're not as good as disgusting orange chicken. :-)

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

Hee. I suppose I could make disgusting orange chicken for next Comet. :)

[mjperson.livejournal.com]

Oooh, yum. I love Disgusting Orange Chicken!

[desireearmfeldt]

You people are crazy. :)

[tirinian.livejournal.com]

Do you not like Disgusting Orange Chicken, or do you just not approve of the name? :-)

[desireearmfeldt]

I have not actually tried it. I'm just amused at its cult status.

[desireearmfeldt]

Mm...strawberries & butter. :)

I'm still fond of your strawberry toasted-bread-pudding thingy.

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Oh my. Those do sound good.

[merastra.livejournal.com]

Woah. Cool. I see you're now on the SmittenKitchen bandwagon too. :-) Good point about the bread being nice and structural. Taking stuff out of the pan is one of the tricky parts of baking that I don't look forward too.

[jaedian.livejournal.com]

I thought they were great. Juliette didn't agree, but that was a plus cause I actually got to eat a whole one. I suspect Sara would like them though, though she missed the BBQ. Perhaps I will try making them sometime.

[hr-macgirl.livejournal.com]

they don't carry mizithra cheese at Whole Foods? Call & ask.

Yummy

[baronet.livejournal.com]

Those were very yummy. Thank you for making them.