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Atlanta’s pastry cooks are identified for subtly making use of seasonal substances to their candy creations, and fall is not any exception. Round city you will discover treats made with candy potatoes, apples, pears, and sure, even pumpkins. This is a choose-your-own-adventure information to fall sweets in Atlanta — however bear in mind, these sweets are right here for a enjoyable time, not an extended one!
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If you’d like apples…
Go to Tiny Low’s for French apple pie. Pack every thick slice with inexperienced apple and a crunchy almond streusel on prime of a spicy custard. An virtually tart creme fraiche ice cream fortunately balances the sweetness. Or, in the event you want apples in a supporting function, attempt Little Sparrow’s Spicy Apple and Almond Financier over seasonal delicate serve.
If you’d like pecans…
Order a slice of Bourbon Pecan Pie at Candy Auburn Barbecue. Ponce-Highland’s Asian-fusion barbecue spot nails the traditional, serving it a la mode with vanilla ice cream. After all, in the event you’re too full from pimento cheese wontons and smoked fried rice, you’ll be able to at all times go.
If you’d like pumpkin…
You may have choices. Begin with pumpkin cake at Avalon’s Oak Steakhouse, the place pastry chef Nikki Boyd creates a small moist cake topped with brown-butter cream-cheese frosting and cranberry compote. In Canoe, the riverfront restaurant places a tres leches spin on a pumpkin pie roll, topped with a chai anglaise. Dulce de leche “kisses” and a pie-crust garnish add a whimsical contact.
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If you’d like candy potatoes…
Order the picarone at Teo Lucho in Ponce-Highland. Chef-owner Arnaldo Castillo teamed up with pastry chef Claudia Martinez for his or her spin on the normal Peruvian deal with (and his spouse, Julie Castillo, served a model of it through the day at their pop-up, La Chingana). At Teo Lucho, ethereal spices seep right into a donut gap made with squash and candy potato. They’re served alongside a heat spicy syrup and a scoop of peach ice cream.
For a extra candy potato-forward dessert, Deer and Dove options candy potato cheesecake created by pastry chef Chris Marconi. A coconut graham crust kinds the bottom, whereas a cranberry meringue and gingersnap crumbs add seasonal aptitude on prime.
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If you’d like carrot cake…
Buckhead’s Umi has a scrumptious dessert for you within the type of carrot-coconut bread pudding. A spicy, pineapple-studded carrot cake is made with white chocolate, cinnamon, and spices like coriander, dried cranberries, and pistachios earlier than it is baked. A dairy-free scoop of toasted-coconut ice cream, topped off with a tuile constructed from coconut syrup. Benefit from the dessert second with an old school cocktail at a sushi restaurant.
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If you’d like maple notes..
Attempt the Ricotta Maple Syrup Ice Cream Brulee at Bocado. The just lately reopened restaurant in Sandy Springs makes a speciality of pizza and pasta, so ending the meal on a lighter observe with ice cream is the proper name. Scoops of maple syrup-flavored ice cream are rolled in a sugar coating after which torched for a crisp caramelized exterior.
Or, take pleasure in these maple notes in cookie kind at Sugar Shane, the place they make fruit rolls (which are literally cookies). The cookie is topped with white chocolate chips and cinnamon cake filling, a chewy deal with topped with a maple glaze.
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If you’d like pears…
Brookwood’s Pata Negra has you lined with Peras del Desierto (desert pears). A creation of pastry chef Ricky Saucedo, the dessert pays homage to prickly pears, that are harvested from prickly pear cacti this time of yr within the Southwest. It is a creative presentation with a “cactus” made with white chocolate corn mousse and pear compote served with prickly pear sorbet, corn flakes and a corn tuile. Professional tip: Ask to pair this dessert with one in every of their many mezcals.
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If you’d like plum…
Guide a seat at Miller Union in West Midtown and order pastry chef Claudia Martinez’s plum torte. Stone fruit shines on this traditional dessert, complemented by plum compote, candied almonds and creamy ice cream. Gingersnap crumbs add a pleasant crunch.
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