Tomorrow is K-man's birthday which I like to make a pretty big deal of even though he doesn't particularly want me to. So I decided to make him one of his favorite deserts, a berry tart. Now I'll be the first to say I'm in general a pretty good cook. I'll also be the first to say I'm a terrible pastry chef. I'm just no good at it so I never do it. Aside: The first birthday I spent with K-man I made him a cake from scratch straight from Martha. It looked beautiful when I left my house, but by the time I got to his apartment, the icing had completely dissolved. Dissolved?! I still don't know what happened there.
Anyway, back to the current year. To make my life easier, I decided to use jello lemon pudding instead of lemon custard. Here is how my jello turned out:
Seriously, who can screw up jello pudding? You let me down Cosby!
Because I didn't want to go back to the store, I decided to suck it up and make custard from scratch and it turned out great. Two hours and like 10 dirtied pans later, here's the final product:
Next year, I'll buy a tart. Now I know why they charge $16 for those suckers.
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