Pies and Tarts

Mini Chicken and Leek Pies

The perfect recipe for left over roast chicken that you can make inside 30 minutes. The nights are drawing in…

Twelve months ago I was acutely aware that my little boy would be starting school any day yet I’d been s…

Tasty mini sausage pies you might eat in one bite! Ever since I made my steak and kidney mini pies in a 12 hol…

This is a blast from the past for me; I baked this tart two years ago and somehow it slipped under the radar n…

and in particular the little pies on the cover. Using a 12 hole muffin tin they're the dimensions of little po…

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

Missing Danger Mouse was bad enough but being unable to discuss Grange Hill in the playground next morning was…

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

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…