This delicious strawberry tart with a mascarpone cream filling is a lovely summer dessert that allows fresh strawberries to shine.I love strawberry desserts, but never quite warmed to the traditional strawberry and creme patisserie tarts. I’m not sure why… I love strawberries and I love creme patisserie!! It was clear to me that there had […]
This apricot tart is super nice and extremely easy to prepare! It’s made up of a sweet shortcrust pastry, stewed apricots, and fresh apricots. Very juicy and fragrant, it is just like desserts I loved as a child! I used my favorite sweet shortcrust recipe (Philippe Conticini’s), but you can replace it with a regular tart dough as […]
I tried many recipes and many ways of making sweet shortcrust pastry, and this is one of my favorites. Sweet shortcrust pastry is the dough used for most fruit tarts and this version is light, crisp and full of flavour thanks to the addition of the vanilla and the lemon zest. This is Philippe Conticini’s […]
Choux pastry is the basis for many French desserts. For some reason, I struggled to get this one right – I would always end up with a deflated ball of dough as they would collapse or just not rise correctly. That said, I think that I’ve now found the winning recipe and have had success […]
I love all things cinnamon. I’d been eying this recipe for a while as I’d seen it pop up on different food blogs. It’s delicious! Definitely a keeper. This version comes from the blog Annie’s eats. When I made it, the cinnamon pull-apart bread was a huge hit with children, but also with their parents:-) […]
Tarte Tatin must be one of my favourite desserts of all time: caramelised melt-in-your-mouth apples with a flakey buttery puff pastry. Great recipe! The history of apple tarte tatin A caramelized apple pie baked upside down, with the dough on top of the filling. Tatin tart has become one of the most famous French desserts […]