Tag: shortcrust pastry
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Cornish Pasties- A Great British Bake Off Recipe.
I’m still working my way through my #100bakesposterchallenge and am really enjoying it. There are bakes I’ve made before a few times over and some I haven’t tried at all. Usually the ones I haven’t tried are down to whether they look complicated or are much easier to buy ready made. I must admit I…
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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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Tomato Provençale Tart.
The SmartCookieSam family have just come back from our summer holidays in the South of France. It’s been 9 years since we last went to France. We’ve always loved going there and as I speak French, it always feels like a special place to me. Of course part of going to France is to enjoy…
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Our New Years’ Day Tradition- Steak and Mushroom Pie.
Happy New Year! I hope that 2017 brings you luck, health and happiness. 2016 was a mixed year for a lot of people and I just hope this year doesn’t continue in the same way. I feel a different person to the one I was at the beginning of 2016 and now I don’t make…
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Man Quiche from Holly Bell’s Recipes From A Normal Mum.
About a month ago I was really excited when Holly Bell’s new book “Recipes From A Normal Mum” came out. Series 2 Great British Bake Off Finalist Holly has been a great favourite of mine and I love following her page on Facebook, reading her Recipes From A Normal Mum blog and her Twitter feed…
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Onion And Cheese Tart
It’s nearly the end of the month and I’m three recipes away from completing this month’s Cooking The Books challenge from A Passion For Baking. I needed to bake a recipe from the Pastry chapter as well as one from the Desserts and the Celebration Cakes chapters before Monday 31st March. With only two days…
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