Following on from the success of my Tarte au citron I decided to try another tart, this time with a chocolat flavour. This recipe is actually from a book by Christophe Felder, called Patisserie.  I bought the book recently and have enjoyed reading right through it looking for things to try.  The recipe in the […]

For my next bake I went back to some French recipes to find one that matched what I expected from a Tarte au citron.  This lovely lemony tart is just perfect with some whipped cream.  The pastry is a light, sweet shortcrust one, that can be difficult to roll, if over or under worked.  But […]

Yet another savoury bake, this one heavy on the meat filling.  It is also different in that it uses a water crust pastry.  That is the pastry used for raised pies such as the ever popular pork pie. This particular recipe is from Food.com courtesy of the delightfully named French Tart.   It does take a […]

Let’s get any confusion out of the way right from the start.  Courgettes are known in some countries, such as USA as Zucchini, which I guess is of Italian derivation.  In the UK we use the French name courgette.   This is another recipe from Nigella’s website.  I usually try to use those recipes that […]