Recipes for desserts
Having produced rather more mincemeat than I needed, yesterday, when I doubled the ingredients in a recipe, I decided to just use some to try out a mince tart. I used a tried and tested recipe for shortcrust pastry, and then filled it with the mincemeat that I didn’t have jars for. Finally I […]
I decided to try to make some eclairs. I must say it was not without problems. Researching the various recipes it was very difficult to decide which one would produce the ideal results. There seem to be two schools of thought. One says cook the pastry oh a high heat for a while and […]
Lemon Meringue Pie is an old favourite in the UK. Often these days those that are available in supermarkets don’t really have the meringue as it should be. So a home-baked one is always likely to be preferable. The recipe I used, from BBC Good Food calls it Ultimate Lemon Meringue Pie. Until I […]
I have previously made a Tarte au Chocolat, which turned out very well. Today I decided upon a slightly easier Chocolate Tart. The reason for the tart was more to use up some pastry I had left over from making yesterday’s bake. I could easily have frozen it and used it another time. In […]