a valentine or two

the weather in philly these days has been dreadful. just absolutely gross out. after a snow and ice storm on thursday, we had a bit of a reprieve on Friday, and now it is wintry-mix-ing all over the place. gross.

what else can one do, in such weather, but hole up inside with some rich, delectable comfort food? it being valentine's day yesterday, will and i had quite the feast planned - we decided to make short rib grilled cheese, with home-pickled-red onions. they were delicious. and as we were cooking in the late afternoon, i decided that we needed some dessert! and this recipe had popped up in my email, for a chocolate pomegranate tart.

forgive the terrible instagram photo - but here the tart is in its glory!

i didn't have any pomegranate juice (the one thing i forgot to buy!!) so I squeezed some blood oranges that I had, and cooked down that 1 cup of juice with some pomegranate seeds in it + 2 tbsp sugar. uh, delicious.

thick, rich, and chocolate-y. a perfect end to valentine's day!