My name’s Claire and I’m an addict. A food magazine addict. I break out in a cold sweat just thinking about missing a copy of one of my favourite food magazines. You may be surprised to hear that here in South Africa we get the UK’s Big 3 (BBC Good Food, Olive and Delicious) as … Continue reading »
For an alternative to yesterday’s apple turnovers, try these pretty little apple and custard tarts. Another great way of using your homemade (or shop bought) puff pastry, these scrumptious individual desserts remind me of Portuguese custard tarts but with the added goodness of fruit. Crispy pastry, creamy custard and juicy apples. Delicious. Like the turnovers … Continue reading »
In my previous post for strawberry galettes, I mentioned that it was @lilmssquirrel and her excellent 366 Recipe Challenge blog that inspired me to undergo the epic pastry making marathon that was Dan Lepard’s all-butter English puff pastry. One of the things that @lilmssquirrel made with her puff pastry was Dan’s apple turnovers, also from his book … Continue reading »
Sadly my Stargazy Pie didn’t win me any Amazon vouchers in last month’s Best of British challenge but unbowed in my quest for new cookbooks, I shall plough on ahead with my entry for July. After all I did win a princely £25 on the premium bonds this week so maybe my luck is changing … Continue reading »
This month the Alphabakes challenge is brought to you by the letter “V.” Initially I was filled with trepidation. “V” always seems such a tricky letter. But then I put my thinking cap on for a moment and the possibilities seemed endless. A Victoria sandwich, red velvet cake, Viennese whirls, and of course anything containing … Continue reading »
Recently I stayed at a guesthouse in Windhoek run by a French-Namibian couple. They offered to cook us dinner and my goodness was I glad I took them up on the offer. The food was exquisite: very French, very tasty and very, very pretty. Dessert was a simple apple tart – crisp layers of buttery … Continue reading »
If you are one of the lovely people who regularly visit my blog, you will know that I have been sharing some of my favourite comfort food recipes with you over the past few weeks. This was inspired by a little series on the favourite comfort foods of famous chefs that the Guardian newspaper ran … Continue reading »
Apologies but this week is going to be a bit of a challenge fest on the blog. I have just got back from my hols in Namibia and need to get all my challenge entries in by the end of the month. First up is the Random Recipe Challenge over at Belleau Kitchen. If you … Continue reading »
