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I love warm puff pastry combined with some fruit. It doesn't request a lot of ingredients and its ready before you know it. The taste of soft, warm fruit with the buttery pastry, just melts away in your mouth.
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I have been going mad with the convenience of puff pastry lately. I have been eating puff pastry with either just the custard or filling it with some sort of fruit like my previous puff pastry with apple post. This time I have made it with custard and man…
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| Prep Time: | 30 Minutes |
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In the summer, when all of the best fruits are at the peak of their season, it is the ideal time to make a fresh fruit tart. This recipe is super versatile, because the best fruit to use is the ripest, sweetest fruit you have on hand. You can use peaches,…
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| Prep Time: | 20 Minutes |
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I’ve been thinking about making a tart for a while. It’s so tasty and buttery. Puff pastry has plenty of butter and I don’t even want to look at nutrition facts to find out how many calories I just swallowed, but it was so damn good. Have you ever w…
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
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Puff pastry combines with cheeses and tomato to make a wonderful savory tart perfect for an appetizer or side dish.
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When I am having a very busy day I will buy some gourmet store bought pastries and embellish them with fresh flowers and arrange them in a beautiful way then I make a quick healthy dinner and everyone is thrilled visit my blog at www.theparishouse.com to…
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Marscapone Cheese, sugar and sour cream combine for a filling that tastes much like the richest of cheesecakes. Encased in buttery and flaky puff pastry, this quick and easy treat will surely impress your breakfast or brunch guests!
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| Prep Time: | 30 Minutes |
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One day in the 1970s I had a husband and 4 growing children to feed with almost an empy cupboard on a thursdau night(payday Fridays in those days)Fridays Egg and Chip day .so thursday was always a problem,i had many variations on Tuna Pie , but always se…
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
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Quiche is a french dish made mainly of eggs, milk or cream, cheese and basically anything else you would like to add, baked in a pie crust. I decided to give up meat a few months ago and I'm always looking for ways to get more veggies into my meals…
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Jane's Sweets & Baking Journal focuses on homemade baked goods and sweets of all kinds; anything that falls into the category of the "baking and pastry arts." Recipes are included in most posts, as are many links to blogs and websites on related topi…
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At an early age, I fell in love with desserts. At the age of 7, a mystifying chocolate goop of a cake that my mom baked fascinated me. The flawlessly smooth cakes in recipe books and on cooking shows were just completely baffling. At 19, my cakes wer…
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As a professional vocalist, licensed broadcaster, artist, published poet, lyricist, writer, essayist, critic, animal lover and budding pastry chef, my blogs are intended to be conversational, thought provoking, interesting, mostly humorous and someti…
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The aphrodisiac chocolate, the exotic perfume of vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, fruit, liquor, heavy cream, beaten egg whites, sugary egg yolks and more ingredients are the main characters of this blog, which united in mysterious ways create true delight…
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17 years old girls from Singapore studying pastry arts in the FCI, NYC. Welcome to my food blog!!=)
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This is the place where we can share our knowledge and interest about bread and pastry.
Baharat is an exotic North African spice blend that is also used in Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and Jordan. This popular spice blend is added to recipes in much the same way, as Indians would use garam masala. Getting the balance of spice is important in (read full article)
I had originally intended it to be Paris week on the blog, highlighting a different restaurant from our recent 5 restaurant/2 night trip, each day. However I’m still light years from finishing the reviews, so in its place is a fittingly French (read full article)
Ingredients: 2 4-5oz salmon fillets 4 sheets filo pastry 1 oz butter Zest and juice 1 lime 1 tsp grated ginger 1 spring onion, finely chopped 1 clove garlic, pressed 1 Tbsp fresh coriander, finely chopped Salt and pepper Directions: Mix together lime (read full article)
Several weeks ago my dear friend Corrie called to let me know that she may be able to wrangle a spare ticket to the Antonio Carluccio luncheon at ANZ Pavillion at the Arts Centre. I was absolutely thrilled because Antonio is one of my all time food h (read full article)
Spinach is very popular in Greece - especially in pies. Fresh spinach is used and is an integral part of the healthy Greek diet. Here are some recipes you can try - just click on the names to go to the recipes. Spinach Pie - Spanakopita This is (read full article)
It's no real secret that I have an incredible sweet tooth. Consequently if you've been reading Gourmet Worrier for any length of time or have bothered to take a look at the recipe index, you'd see that dessert clearly takes precedence here. Hence, I (read full article)
I’m 15 yrs old, been on junior cookery courses and ganined many fans (from what people say) and award whilst i’ve been cooking for only 3 years. I really want to become a successful chef as a career. so i just wanted to run some meal idea (read full article)
This is a quick and easy to do, you can have all the ingredients bought in from the supermarket or if you have time can have a bash at making the Ricotta and using chard from your garden. I bought the filo pastry which is so easy to use, on each lay (read full article)
This Greek classic recipe is my favourite savoury pastry to eat. I made this Spanakopita for lunch today and served it with a traditional Greek salad. I don’t make this very often because my husband and I will eat the whole pan in one sitting. It (read full article)
Ingredients: 4 fresh salmon fillets 150 ml dry white wine 1 onion, finely chopped 1 bay leaf 4 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup plain flour 450 ml milk 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh tarragon, chopped 1 lemon, zest only 65 ml soured cream 225 g filo pastry Dir (read full article)