{"id":2758,"date":"2011-08-16T21:50:19","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T04:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2012-04-15T17:21:45","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T00:21:45","slug":"la-times-gravenstein-thin-crusted-apple-tart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/la-times-gravenstein-thin-crusted-apple-tart\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Times Gravenstein Thin-Crusted Apple Tart"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Gravenstein<\/a><\/p>\n

When you have really nice apples you don’t need anything else. Well, except for some butter and flour to make a tart. When I saw the article in the August 11 edition of the Los Angeles Times<\/a> about the endangered Gravenstein apple and the accompanying recipe, I just had to give it try. I had forgotten about Gravensteins. They were one of my mother’s favorites for baking, along with Jonathans. The Gravenstein apple, once a large crop in California is now in danger of disappearing. There are several reasons, foremost among them, the apples are difficult to harvest, perishable and quite simply, farmers can make more money growing other crops. However the Gravenstein is not without friends. Thanks to the efforts of the Sebastopol Slow Food Presidium<\/a>, the apple is now listed on the US Ark of Taste<\/a>, a collection of over 200 foods in danger of extinction. You may recall my post about another Ark of Taste food, the Red Fig Tomato.<\/p>\n

\"Gravenstein<\/a>The Times article included a recipe for a Thin-crusted Apple Tart (click here<\/a> to view the recipe.) Getting sort of nostalgic about the Gravenstein, I decided to make it. And am I ever glad I did. It is a simple tart – no filling, just apples on a bed of very buttery pastry.\u00a0 I could go on about this tart, but that would just delay your trip to the market for the Gravenstein apples. You’re gonna love this tart. And by the way, when you are at the market, pick up some vanilla ice cream. What a match.
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\nAnd about the Gravensteins, for most of us planting a tree is not an option, but be sure to ask your greengrocer to carry them. And then buy them and enjoy them. What ever you do, please don’t let them disappear from this earth.<\/p>\n

\"Gravenstein<\/a><\/p>\n

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