bird poop?

looks as if a feathered friend has left something on the windowsill, but in reality this was my attempt at tartine bakery's rochers. basically swiss meringue cookies. i tried to spruce them up by adding candied coffee bean pieces and cocoa. there a tad chewier then they should be, probably from baking too long, but still tasty. next time i think avoiding the hersey kiss shape would be a good idea for obvious reasons.

also, first apple pie of fall! tried a little experiment with this one using two type of crust for bottom and top. on the bottom i did a non flaky pie dough cutting the fat into the flour quite thoroughly like making a tart dough (pate brisee). then on top i used a blitz puff dough, a more mild version of puff dough used for things like turnovers or napoleons. still a lot of puff for a much weaker dough. no denying that is a flaky top.

if you didn't notice and how could you. i used my pie bird for the first time. supposedly really effective in venting covered pies. looks like it did alright this go around.