Making Chocolate Caramel Tarts With Pastry Chef Claudia Fleming Of Daily Provisions

01/20/23 • 46 min

Welcome to the debut episode of She’s My Cherry Pie, a baking podcast hosted by Jessie Sheehan. In our first episode, Jessie interviews Claudia Fleming, the influential pastry chef and executive director of Daily Provisions. When Claudia put a chocolate caramel tart on the menu of NYC’s Gramercy Tavern in the 1990s, she had no idea her creation would become one of the most copied restaurant desserts around. Learn about the inspiration behind the tart and get all of Claudia’s tips and tricks, from achieving the perfect “Irish setter brown” for your caramel to ensuring you have a “skating-rink shine” on your ganache.

Click here for Claudia's chocolate caramel tart recipe from Delectable.

Thank you to Le Creuset and California Prunes for supporting our show.

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More on Claudia:
Instagram, her cookbooks Delectable and The Last Course

Click here for Claudia's chocolate caramel tart recipe from Delectable.

Thank you to Le Creuset and California Prunes for supporting our show.

More on Claudia:
Instagram, her cookbooks Delectable and The Last Course

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