Recipes for sweet and savoury pies
Easy Tomato Galette is a great dish for summery or autumn. A galette is from French cuisine, a freeform tart. Though a galette can be sweet or savoury I prefer the latter. So for this galette I use tomatoes, which are the star of the show. But, not only tomatoes. The galette needs lots of […]
This delicious Strawberry Cake Tart is so easy to make. With a rich shortcake pastry base, that cooks perfectly, and lots of strawberries what can be better As we move into summer, and with strawberries coming into season, now it a good time for a dessert like this. It is easy to make too, which […]
This Delicious Amalfi Lemon Tart is a recipe by Theo Randall. When I saw it I thought it looked so good that I just had to make it. Amalfi lemons (sfusato amalfitano) are large, aromatic and sweet citrus fruits that are natie to the Amalfi Coast in Italy. They are renowned for having low acidity […]
This is a recipe for the Ultimate Onion Tart. It is quite eay to make too. Not only that, but it has a wonderfully buttery tart crust that it so tender. Stuffed full of onions with some cream and parmesan, what could be better? The recipe below, for the pastry, actually makes a double batch. […]
This lovely recipe for Mini Quiche Lorraine is very easy to make. It is adaptable too, to include other ingredients to suit tastes. Since these are mini quiches some mini tart cases are needed. For mine I like to use disposable mini tart cases. They are available to buy quite cheaply so I buy about […]
This Mango & Coconut Tart is just perfect. With a lovely shortcrust pastry and a mango and coconut filling it makes a great dessert. It is not difficult to make either. Just a shortcrust pastry, studded with some desiccated coconut. Then a filling of mango in a custard made with cream and coconut cream. What […]
Plum Crumble Cake – Sbriciolate Prugne is a delicious dessert. It is a favourite type of Italian cake that is very easy to make. It’s not only easy to make but also very tasty indeed. The cake, or pastry, is quick to come together into a crumbly mixture. Half goes in to a pan as […]
Apple, Pear & Hazelnut Pie is a great desset. Lots of apples and pears, along with some chopped hazelnuts, encased in a buttery shortcrust pastry. It is just perfect. The pie can be served hot, warm or cold, though I prefer the mine cold. The pie is not difficult to make. However it takes quite […]
This lovely Almond Paste Puff Pastries recipe is so easy to make. It is another recipe where I use some ready rolled puff pastry. The best type to use is the ‘all butter’ puff pastry, since that has such a great flavour. Of course you can use homemade puff pastry too if you prefer. Usually […]
Brownie Pie – Caramel Chocolate Top is a lovely dessert. The pie crust is from crushed digestive biscuits. Then a thick and fudgy brownie mix fills the pie. That then has a lovely ganache style top of caramel chocolate. I saw several recipes for such a pie, some with a shortcrust pastry base and others […]