Recipes for pastries, such as Danish
I saw a lovely idea for puff pastry Christmas trees that can have a sweet or savoury filling. They are ideal for a tear and share appetiser or as part of a buffet when you have a party. Using shop bought puff pastry makes this recipe very simple and it is easy to do too. […]
I love a nice buttery croissant and yesterday I decided to make some, but to fill them with some prosciutto and some gruyere cheese to make a lovely savoury snack for lunch. Croissants take some time to make, particularly if you rest the dough overnight as I did. But all the effort is worth while […]
I came across some pastries on Pinterest that looked very interesting. After lots of searching I was able to find out that these Russian pastries were made with Tvarog which is a dry cottage cheese. Tvarog is the Russian name for the cheese, in the rest of Eastern Europe it has different, but similar, names. […]
I love Kouign Amann, pronounce Queen Amann, which are a delicous French pastry. Made with laminated dough, with yeast included for extra rise, the dough has sugar folded into it and on the outsides to create a lovely crunchy exterior and a light and puffy interior. Traditionally Kouign Amann was made as a large round, […]
I recently made some brioche buns which were a great success, so trying to build on that today I made some Chocolate & Creme Patissiere Brioche Swirls. These will take the same brioche recipe but then instead of creating the Brioche a Tete the dough will be rolled out and covered in creme patissiere and […]
I have been checking out rugelach, a Jewish cookie, for a while These cookies are rolled up pastry, in a shape similar to a croissant, with a filling. The fillings vary enormously, almost anything seems to be used, but most often with layer of jam and chopped nuts. For mine I decided to go with […]
I was looking around for an alternative to mince pies for Christmas. I love mince pies but I know that not everybody enjoys them. In my searches I came across a recipe on Better Homes and Gardens for what they call Italian Fig Bundles. They looked wonderful in the photograph and the recipe read quite well. […]
I recently tasted my first Portuguese Custard Tart and it was simply wonderful. Now we do have custard tarts in England, usually made with shortcrust pastry. But these Portuguese ones, with puff pastry, are very different. Baked until the top is bubbling and with brown patches on the top, formed as the custard bakes, they […]
I love shortcrust pastry, especially when it’s crisp, buttery and flaky. So when I saw a recipe on Food Wishes for what Chef John called Buttercrust pastry I thought I would like to try it, instead of my usual shortcrust, for some apple turnovers. I have made apple turnovers before, but that was using puff pastry. […]
Having used frozen berries for my muffins I decided to use fresh berries for some free form pies. I wanted individual ones with a nice shortcrust pastry. Of course it would be ok to use shop bought pastry but I like to make my own, using a mixture of butter and lard as the shortening […]