There is just something about a tart…exemplifying the flavors of the season, homey, a delight to behold. And they are even better when you have it all to yourself, to savor or to share, to nibble or to hog. A diminutive bite, savory with vine-ripened tomatoes and sweet with yellow corn, made a sublime, hand-held lunch to enjoy on a warm summer’s day.
By far the hardest part of making this tart is producing the dough, and that was really not so difficult. A few weeks ago, I made a peach pie; the pie turned out wonderfully, but getting there was almost a disaster. The dough was so short, so impossible to roll out, it had me crying in exasperation over my sliced peaches. So this time around, for my corn and tomato tartlettes, I scrapped the new recipes and went back to a tried and true one, a dough that [...]
