Pies or Tarts?

Wow, it's been so long since the last post! I had not stopped baking, in fact, I was baking almost every night last week! I was mainly baking tried and tested recipes -- Chocolate Chip Cookies, Banana Cake, and Gina's Cranberry Yogurt Cake (I used dried blueberries and it was so much better!)

Then I went on a pie/tart frenzy! Must be Happy Home Baker's Triple Almond Tart. For some reason, that made me want to make a lemon pie. So I set about looking for a suitable lemon pie recipe and remembered seeing one delicious recipe on Baking Bites, that's the Meyer Lemon Curd Tart. So I don't know what's a Meyer lemon, I used regular lemons instead. Also, according to the recipe, there's no need to use baking weights when baking the crust. Somehow, I would use weights of some sort in my next attempt. I'm quite into pies/tarts now I think.

Because I did not use any baking weights, the crust rose and I was afraid that it won't hold the lemon curd on top. I went to get another deeper pie pan (the earlier crust was baked in a disposable pie pan). Still, I didn't use any weights for the second try. Wrong again! But since the pan was deeper this time, I was able to pour the lemon curd in without much difficulty. Somehow, the curd did not set so well and I thought may be I should add some gelatin next time. Over the days that followed, I found MORE lemon pie recipes! Some didn't even need any eggs, like Aunty Yochana's Lemon Curd Cheese Tart.

As for the other crust, I used another Baking Bite recipe, her Chocolate Ganache Tart. As I had excess ripe bananas that day, I added bananas to the tart. Boy, was the chocolate thick or what? Everyone who tried the chocolate tart loved it! However, they could not detect the bananas. Next time, I shall coarsely chop the bananas and add it to the hot chocolate mixture. As for banana essence, that remains to be seen...