Category: Tarts and Pastries
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Giant Raspberry Jam Tart
October 31st 2021. You know when you have a great plan and it goes drastically wrong? That! One Sunday afternoon I had the oven on and thought about a pudding we could have for dessert. I’d only got one egg left after all my baking orders and was just about to head out to buy…
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GBBO Technical Bake: Paul Hollywood’s Chocolate Babka
When watching last week’s GBBO and it came to the technical I was intrigued to know what a Babka was. I’m sure that the contestants have had to make a Babka before in a previous series but I couldn’t remember what they were. A babka, according to the description on Wikipedia is “a sweet braided…
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Ham, Cheese, Tomato and Pesto Parcels
It’s now my second week back in work after lockdown. My working days have changed and it has made me have to be really organised. Before lockdown I worked on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday but for now I am in work on a Monday, Tuesday and Friday. On a working day I finish at…
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Tarte Tatin with Creme Anglaise
Last Thursday was the first session in the next part of my Patisserie and Confectionery Course at York College. It was a change of night and we had a new tutor. For my first session I ended up arriving five minutes late as there had been a massive traffic jam driving to York. I had…
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Flamiche (Roquefort and Leek Pie)
December was a funny old month for me and it seemed to take ages to get to Christmas. All that build up and then bang, it’s here! The first week of December was fine, then I went down with the flu which wiped me out for two weeks. I didn’t feel like doing anything. I…
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Italian Galette
Last weekend I was at home alone. Mr SmartCookieSam was out at a motor racing event, my eldest is at uni and my youngest was at work. When I’m at home on my own usually I can’t be bothered to cook for myself. But I thought I’d better make the effort in case Mr SmartCookieSam…
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Puff Pastry Pesto Pizza Slices
Tonight’s offering chez SmartCookieSam was meant to be a filo pastry topped chicken pie. Only the chicken I’d got out of the freezer was still frozen solid in the middle. That’s tomorrow night sorted, then. I had to think of something else instead. It had to be a quick trip down to the local petrol…
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The Great British Bake Off Christmas- Beef and Beer Pie.
Friday 15th December 2017. In the run up to Christmas my head was all over the place and I was so disorganised. I was trying to be organised but it just didn’t happen. I planned to cook a steak and ale pie for Mr SmartCookieSam, our son and I but I completely forgot to switch…
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The Great British Bake Off Christmas- Luxury Fish Pie.
– SundayDecember10th2017. I was never really keen on fish until I met my husband. As a child I had several experiences with badly cooked fish. This was mainly from my Nana Margaret, my Dad’s mum who was a hopeless cook. I remember the time I threw up when we were on holiday in Scarborough as…
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The Great British Bake Off Christmas- Caramelised Onion and Stilton Tart.
Thursday 7th December 2017. I love making pies, quiches and tarts but I always worry about the fat and calorie content in the pastry and the fillings. But nothing beats a homemade pie or tart, especially on a cold Winter’s evening. I had planned out the meals to cook for this last week but forgot…
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