So at the risk of sounding like a broken, pastry obsessed, record; tarts are pretty standard weeknight fare for us. Although pastry is not particularly healthy I feel that the amount of vegetables makes up for this somewhat. Anyway, this is perfect for when you fancy something delicious in less that 30 minutes. To make ham, goats cheese and rosemary tart you will need: 1 … Continue reading Goats cheese, ham and rosemary tart
I seem to gone on a bit of a pastry bender over the last few weeks. Forgive me – but tarts of all kind are perfect summer foods. The Company Sophie Conran who make some exquisite stuff very kindly sent me some products to review. The most adorable mini chopping board and oven glove. Having used cheap plastic chopping boards for so long it is … Continue reading Two tarts perfect for the Summer – Lemon Tart and Easy Fruit Tart
I don’t know why filo pastry makes pastry based goodies look so much prettier; but I think it does. It also works well in this recipe as it is light and an excellent carrier of the different flavours of tomatoes and feta. My mother used to make a similar tart from her French cookery book (which I will blog about at some point as its … Continue reading Tomato, feta and filo tart
As you may have gathered from the limited number of pie recipes on my blog, homemade pastry is really not my strong point. After a food technology lesson when I was about 13 which resulted in pastry that would just not bind together I pledged my allegiance to Jus Roll more or less (except when it comes to baking club and baking with friends). Enter … Continue reading Coconut frangipane lime tarts (and mini tarte tatin)
The Bunfight 