New Cooking Toys

We recently attended a cooking party/sales presentation put on by one of Curtis' co-workers. She sells for Demarle at Home, which is a French professional cooking product line. We spent almost $200 on products, which we told ourselves would be our Christmas gifts to one another.

One of the items we bought (and have used the most so far) is a tartlet tray. We bought an a cookie cutter-type tool and a shaper and have been in the appetizer business ever since. We took some spinach artichoke tartlets to Christmas dinner yesterday and they were a hit. We've also made some sweet tartlets using raspberry preserves. Here is the tray, which is flexible and non-stick.

Here is how we make them (the pie dough is pre-made and comes in a roll from the grocery store):