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The dish that changed something · 2012

Oops! I dropped the lemon tart

Massimo Bottura · 1962 · Osteria Francescana, Modena

A lemon tart plated as it landed when one broke in the kitchen. Bottura served the accident on purpose, and imperfection became something a three-star kitchen could mean rather than hide.

Why it works

A broken shell has more edges than a cut slice, so every spoonful takes crust, curd and cream at once — which an intact tart cannot do.

What is in it

Lemon White sugar Egg

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