tarts

Fig Galettes

Back home I'm more reliant on my local Turkish supermarket but I can never cut into a fresh fig without rememb…

Strawberry picking was a frequent activity in my childhood although collecting blackberries from the “wi…

This is an adaptation of Nigella's Forever Summer "Summer Crumble". I've simply lifted her apricot crumble out…

Today's recipe is possibly the only one I can think of that requires an item of clothing or an accessory to ac…

Today's Christmas Giveaway is for a set of Steenberg's Christmas Spices Survival kit, Christmas Chai Tea and S…

Pasta frolla is versatile: it provides the base to make crostata with fruit preserves, pastry cream, fresh fru…

Spar was the local supermarket on the Midland’s council estate where I spent my teenage years. With humm…

In the novel “Blackberry Wine”, Joanne Harris’ follow up to Chocolat, the protagonist inheri…

I am fond of the word "quiche" as my Grandma Kitty used to remind me of an occasion when I embarassed her in N…

My grandmother always made dozens of mince pies at Christmas. She used to mix her pastry with orange juice ins…

This is ridiculously easy. In fact I may boast that I have discovered the Holy Grail: a cooked pudding that is…