One of my favourite tea time treats, this Custard Tart is made with homemade flan pastry and homemade custard, thicker than usual as it has to be cut up as opposed to poured over. I love to sprinkle some icing…
Choux Pastry or Pâte à Choux (pronounced pata shoo) is, to me, one of the easiest pastries to make – ever! So many people are under the mistaken impression that it’s a difficult and lengthy process but how does 10…
Profiteroles are made with choux pastry and are often filled with whipped cream, pastry cream and sometimes ice cream (my favourite) and drizzled with chocolate sauce and/or icing sugar. It’s a very popular party dessert here in the UK, particularly…
Pâte Sucrèe means Sweet Dough in French and is a light, crumbly, sweet shortcrust pastry that we usually associate with fruit tarts. Once it’s baked, it’s sturdy enough to stand on its own, without the tin it was baked in.…
Filo Cases are extremely easy to make once you get the hang of it. Once made, they’ll keep in an airtight container for about a week and are delicious filled with sweet and savoury! I posted this in 2011 and…
First published Sep 2011. Updated June 2017. I suppose the most well known Middle Eastern pastry. I adore baklava and find them terribly addictive, never being able to stop at a sensible number! Unfortunately for me, when it comes to…