Pudding dressed up in a tart

Alice Medrich, a baker and teacher living in Berkeley, Calif., uses this egg-free vanilla pudding as a tart filling topped with a dried cherry compote in her book "Sinfully Easy Delicious Desserts" (Artisan, $25.95). You may use a sauce made with fresh cherries instead, or garnish with fresh fruit and, perhaps, a drizzle of chocolate sauce.

By Bill Daley, Tribune Newspapers

August 8, 2012