Individual Chunky Beef Pies

Nothing beats a good quality pie and really there doesn’t need to be much to it. I have a pretty much failsafe beef ragu recipe I use for a few different things (cooked in the slow cooker), the pie filling is an adaptation on this. Then I use store bought pastry...

Short Crust Pastry

INGREDIENTS 1 and ⅔ cups plain flour 125 g unsalted butter, chilled, finely chopped 1 egg, chilled   DIRECTIONS Process flour, butter and a pinch of salt in a food processor until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Whisk egg and 1 tablespoon chilled water in a bowl...

Leek or Onion and Camembert Tarts

Should make 4 mini tarts or 1 large tart INGREDIENTS Bought or pre-made shorty crust pastry. 2 tablespoons butter 4 leeks (white and pale green parts only) or 4 onions, sliced (about 4 cups) 1/4 cup water 2/3 cup whipping cream 125 gram wheel of  Camembert (or Brie)...
Millefeuilles with poached strawberries

Millefeuilles with poached strawberries

Millefeuilles is basically a vanilla slice, quite easy to make and really delicious. The poached strawberries are optional, you could use cherries or other types of berries in it’s place.   INGREDIENTS 1 sheet of puff pastry 1 quantity of basic custard (3...
Beef & Red Wine Pie

Beef & Red Wine Pie

  Nothing beats a good quality pie and really there doesn’t need to be much to it. I have a pretty much fail safe beef ragu recipe I use for a few different things (cooked in the slow cooker), the pie filling is an adaptation on this. Then I use store...