Twelve little Indians...

Eeny meeny miney moe...

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So my tomato tarte tatin was mainly successful. I cooked the sugar a bit too much so the caramel was too thick, and it consequently stuck to the pan instead of to the puff pastry (and now I have a 10-inch cast iron pan coverered in a quarter-inch thick layer of rock hard caramel, and no idea what to do with it. I smell a re-seasoning in this pan's future!), but I managed to get all of the fruit off of the pan and onto the tart. In flavor it was nice, though I overdid it a bit on the vanilla. If I had gotten some stronger-tasting tomatoes I bet it would have been even nicer, but supermarket tomatoes are never all that tomatoey.

After all the trouble with the tomato caramel, and the labor involved in preparing the lavender syrup for the peaches (incidentally, anyone want nearly a quart of a nice lavender syrup? I have it sitting in my fridge and have absolutely nothing to use it on), and the two supermarket runs, and blanching and peeling all the fruit etc. etc. etc., I decided to shortcut things a bit and use store-bought caramel candy for the lavender-peach crisps' topping, along with pecans, oats and a little butter to hold everything together.

Big mistake. I should have made my own. It was too sweet, to gooey, too soft... I mean, it wasn't awful, but it could have been much, much better. Next time I'll either make my own caramel or use hard toffee bits instead.

Many thanks (once again) to kylecassidy and trillian_stars for helping me taste-test. It's good to have neighbors.

Seriously, Philly folks, take the lavender syrup away from me. I'll never use it all. Come and get it.