Whipped Cheese Tartlet, Grape, Candied Pecan
A short pastry shell, whipped young cheese, cold grapes, and candied pecan for the crack.
This sits between a cheese course and a dessert, which is a useful place for a menu to have something. The whole dish depends on a contrast with a shelf life of about twenty minutes: crisp shell, cold cheese, cold fruit, candied nut.
Build it early and you serve a soft tart with warm grapes.
