Crust Gone Awry

Rarely - OK, OK - occasionally, I make mistakes in the kitchen. One such mistake I made was a few weeks ago, when I was making my biscotti crust for the Pesto Cafe's Cafe Mocha Cream Tart. I mistakenly added entirely too much butter to the crumb mixture and ended up with a puffy, crumbly mess of a crust instead of its crispy, browned counterpart. Granted, it tasted delightful, but was in no condition to encase a chocolate custard. Instead of trashing the crust in exhasperation, I salvaged it and turned it into that night's dessert.

I made miniature trifles, with layers of the crumbly crust mishap, sugared raspberries, chocolate cream and topped them with chocolate ganache. "If life gives you a puffy crust, make miniature trifles" - isn't that how the saying goes?