Pastry

Blueberry + Black Pepper Pie

Blueberry + Black Pepper Pie

Perhaps you’ve guessed where I’m going with this… with a nostalgia for ‘fall’, chocolate week in full swing and an abundance of blueberries... there was only one thing left to do.

Salted-Caramel Chocolate Croissant Pudding

Salted-Caramel Chocolate Croissant Pudding

YOU ARE NEVER EVER EVER.  Allowed to throw away pastries.  Ever.   (I mean when you consider how astronomically expensive they can be, that’s literally like throwing money down the drain.  No soul in their right mind would do that.  So.  Don’t do it.).

Tomato Tarte Tatin

Tomato Tarte Tatin

Summer has finally hit.  And with it, an abundance of tomatoes. *Happy Dance*.  Which is an even better excuse to devour tomatoes at every opportunity.  Tomatoes are, after all, the essence of summer, and while I desperately wish I had an Italian tomato plantation at the end of my garden, (I guess we can't have everything...), this tart definitely does any and all tomatoes (even those not Italian), justice. 

Flaky Pastry - A Freezer Essential

Flaky Pastry - A Freezer Essential

In working towards creating a more efficient and sustainable kitchen, over the years I have learnt that it is really not a bad idea, in an effort to prepare for life's certain uncertainties, to ensure that there be always a slab (or 2) of home made Flaky Pastry in the freezer.  Well, I suppose any pastry.  But as I find Flaky to be the most multifunctional, Flaky it is.