Strawberry Blueberry Crumble

Yum! This is a delicious and easy summer dessert. We used strawberries and blueberries, but it would be great with any mix of fruit. The crumble topping is delicious and it's so easy because you don't have to make crust - the whole thing takes about an hour start to finish. The baking soda in the crumble is from Smitten Kitchen. It really makes it puff up and get nice and crunchy. Will definitely make this again, maybe in individual ramekins. 

Blueberry-Blackberry Tarts

Jamie loves blackberries, and when he had all of his friends over to do his football draft (taking over our living room/TV) I needed an activity. We had this great tart pan that I still hadn't had a chance to use, so I thought it was a perfect time to try a tart. Yum! It was really great. Super fresh and summery, and the crust is incredible. You have to make it yourself instead of buying premade pie crust because the tart crust is different than pie crust. It's more like shortbread. It's a little tougher to work with, but it's so tasty. Jamie brought some to work and it was gone within half an hour. It's a bit of a labor of love, but well worth it. It's not too sweet and really concentrates the berry flavor.

Ingredients:
Crust
1 large egg yolk
1 tbsp heavy cream
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
2/3 cup confectioner's sugar
1/4 tsp salt
8 tbsp butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces and chilled

Tart
6 tbsp unsalted butter
1 large egg plus 1 large white
1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp grated lemon zest, plus 1 1/2 tsp juice
2 tbsp corn starch
2 tbsp heavy cream
12 oz (or more) mix of blueberries and blackberries

Blueberry and blackberry galette

My pie tin is on loan (from my engagement pie) but I had a pie craving. I figured this was a perfect time for a galette! A galette is basically a rustic, tin-less pie. This was pretty easy. It takes about 10 minutes to assemble (with a store bought crust, I recommend Trader Joe's pie crust) and then cooks for about half an hour. Great to make right before you sit down for dinner, or earlier if you're expecting a long dinner. It's really good - not too sweet, and if you serve with creme fraiche it's really tasty and sophisticated (I think, anyway).

Serves 6
Ingredients:
1 frozen pie crust, thawed but still cold
2 cups blueberries
1 cup blackberries
2 tbsp corn starch
1 tbsp grated lemon zest
juice from 3/4 of a lemon
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup (plus 1 tbsp) sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp almond extract
1-2 tbsp semolina flour
1 tbsp butter, cut into cubes
1 tbsp milk