FFwD - Nutella Tartine or KISS

Homemade orange marmalade!  Doesn't it look delicious?  Well its not!  My husband, who will quite frankly eat most anything, told me to throw it out.  If you've ever made orange marmalade you know its kind of preparation intensive.  So for one of the quickest, easiest French Friday recipes we've had, seriously, maybe 15 minutes, I spent 1/2 a day working on it, more if you count the time it took trying to find bitter oranges and hazelnuts...and I didn't find either!

This little tartine is simply buttered toast, orange marmalade, nutella, salt and hazelnuts.  Dorie suggest using brioche or challah but I used slices from the incredibly good white loaf I had baked for Tuesdays with Dorie.

Since the orange marmalade was a bust I used the wine and raspberry jelly I made this summer and since I couldn't find hazelnuts I used pecans.

I loved the sweet and slightly tart taste of the jelly with the buttery goodness of the bread accented by the deliciousness of the nutella.  Add the crunch of the pecans then the bite of the salt and voilá, a quick and easy and very grown up treat!

To top it off,  I ran around town to the grocery stores I thought most likely to have Seville or Blood oranges for the marmalade and hazelnuts for the tartine with no luck.  Last night I was in the small and often under stocked grocery closest to me only to find Blood Oranges for 99¢ a pound!  I bought one and used it in a much needed drink!

Relaxation in a glass!

Be sure and see what the other French Friday cooks did!  And remember, sometimes KISS, keep it simple stupid, is best:)