Thirteen Desserts

 The thirteen desserts are the traditional dessert foods used in celebrating Christmas in the French region of Provence. The "big supper") ends with a ritual 13 desserts, representing Jesus Christ and the 12 apostles. The first four of these are known as the "four beggars" (les quatre mendiants), representing the four mendicant monastic orders: Dominicans, Franciscans, Augustinian and Carmelites. [Wikipedia]

    Raisins (Dominicans)
    Walnuts or hazelnuts[4] (Augustines)
    Dried figs (Franciscans)
    Almonds (Carmelites)

 I am heading to a Christmas party, and it would be rude to show up empty handed, so I made.

1.        Raisin filled sugar cookies
2.        Candied Hazelnuts
3.        Fig Pinwheels
4.        Almond Cookies
5.        Dark Chocolate Tart
6.        Coffee and White Chocolate Tart
7.        Crème Brulee
8.        Apple Tart
9.        Cherry Clafouti
10.      Lemon Bars
11.      Cinnamon twists
12.      Pears poached in Mulled Red Wine
13.      Bacon Jigglers.

Fig Pinwheel cookies, Almond cookies, Raisin filled cookies and Hazelnut brittle.

Half dark chocolate, half coffee and White Chocolate tart.

Creme Brulee.

Apple Tart

Cherry Clafouti

Lemon Bars

Cinnamon Twists.

Pears poached in red wine

 Bacon Jigglers. These were less than the crowd pleaser that I had hoped for...