
“Um, I have another one in an hour at Blake Hall.” But they both didn’t want the walk to be over. He started explaining, but it was clear that a brief explanation was all that was needed. If you would walk with me, I could explain.” He had smiled back, looked at her for a moment, then said,” I have to be at Smith Hall in a few minutes. “Sean, I wonder if you could explain the visual literacy part again. She had stayed behind to ask for clarification on one of the assignments he gave. He was reliving the last conversation he had with her. There was nothing to precipitate such a thought. He had no reason to be thinking about her. Mindy seemed to pop up every now and then, out of the blue. There was really nothing to talk about he just wanted to hear her.īut his mind had been preoccupied lately. Sarah was sweet, understanding, smart, pretty, and she had the softest voice in the world. He never felt any pressure from her, and generally, he was happy with the relationship. After all, she was wearing his graduation ring around her neck. It was just understood that he would marry her. Secondly, there was Sarah in Manhattan, who had been spending time with his parents whenever he couldn’t make it home for the weekends. For one thing, it was against some kind of an unwritten ethics rule for an instructor to have a relationship with a student. Still, he had no business getting involved. She wasn’t just the best student he had in his Visual Communications class, but the prettiest one, too. He had wanted that car ride to last a little longer. But he was taken aback more by his own reaction to her presence. She displayed none of the constraint of a young person. Sean was surprised to find she was easy to talk to. He said goodbye to his friends and motioned for her to walk the other way to get to his car. I could give you a ride, it’s on my way.” I was just thinking maybe I should call a cab, but I think I’m just going to walk.” “Mindy, what are you doing here? The bus is no longer running at this time.” It was a little after 9, but the street light shone directly above her, so he recognized her instantly. So, he was astonished to find her sitting on the bench, as if waiting for the bus, when he walked out of the restaurant with his buddy Mark and Mark’s girlfriend Lily. It was the furthest away from campus that the bus would have taken you. Directly outside the restaurant was the Downtown stop for the University bus. They had dinner at the popular Pachamama’s. Sean had gone to meet a couple of old friends from Manhattan, who happened to be in town for the night. Like that one time in downtown, the first time actually, that they had the chance to be together alone. If someone was arranging that to happen, it wasn’t Sean. They would accidentally bump into each other from time to time, outside of class. Drizzle more caramel sauce before serving, if you like. Drizzle about a tablespoon of caramel sauce over the apples. Transfer the roses into the pre-baked tart shells, spread petals apart a little, add more slices if needed.Ģ.

Apple rose tart tasty how to#
To make the apple roses, follow my directions on how to make peach roses.ġ. If using, you can sprinkle the cinnamon either now, or once roses are formed.ģ. Mix apple slices and the sugar thoroughly and let the apples macerate for 1 hour, or until apple slices lose their rigidity and become soft and pliable.Ģ. Set aside.įollow the pastry recipe and steps 1-3 of my Tomato Bacon Tart.Ĥ large apples, peeled and thinly sliced (about 5 cups)ġ. Let it come to a boil and then remove from the heat, stir in vanilla extract. Be careful, the liquid mixture might splatter a little.ģ. Slowly add cream or half & half, while continuing to stir.

Stir to combine and keep stirring until sugar has melted and the mixture is smooth.Ģ.

In a deep saucepan, on medium-high heat, melt butter, then add sugar.

This is a highly, highly recommended recipe, y’all! My best recipe to date, I think. These tarts will be served at Thanksgiving this year. I’m glad I was able to make something pretty out of the rest of the apples.
