Big Bend Eats
W HITE C RANE
A CUPUNCTURE
C LINIC
by Carolyn Zniewski
W
hen I was a girl, dates were an exotic
import. There were camels and sand
dunes on the orange package. Turns
out they were grown here in East Texas. The cli-
mate is just right. Palentologists have found that
when Big Bend was an inland sea, dates palms
grew abundantly. They died out with the
dinosaurs. The Spanish reintroduced dates to
California in the 1500’s, spreading to Texas and
Florida. This great pie recipe comes from
Monica Pope of The Sparrow and Beavers, both
restaurants in Houston. She gave a workshop at
the Food Fest last April.
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Monica’s Date Butter Tart
One 9'' tart shell or pie crust
Prebake 20 minutes at 425° oven
Filling:
40 whole, pitted dates
1 vanilla bean
9 tablespoons butter
2 large eggs
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
¼ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
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Preheat oven to 350°. Lay dates in concentric
circles in pie/tart crust. Melt butter in sauce pan,
add seeds and pod of vanilla bean. Heat over
medium until butter browns and smells nutty.
Remove from heat. Discard pod. In a separate
bowl, mix eggs and 2/3 cup sugar, stir in butter,
add flour and salt. Gently pour mixture over
dates. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons sugar. Bake at
350° for about 20 minutes until filling puffs and
browns. Let cool at least 20 minutes before serv-
ing. Oh, so very good.
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