What is Blind Baking? Blind baking is when a pastry case for a pie or tart is baked before adding the filling – it’s most important when you’re going to use a wet filling, such as custard. If a wet filling is poured over raw pastry it prevents the pastry base from...
How much pastry do I need? Unless you are working to a specific recipe for a pie, tart or flan it’s not always easy to determine just how much shortcrust pastry is required. We can hear you asking, “how much pastry do I need?” Although the process of making a batch of...
Tips for making surefire shortcrust pastry Shortcrust pastry has so few ingredients and should be a breeze to make but why does it sometimes not turn out the way you expected? It can either become all gungey and unworkable or keeps breaking when you try to line your...
Recipe: Parsnip Soup with Spicy Chorizo This creamy, velvety soup is rich and comforting with a delicate sweetness from the parsnips which is perfectly complemented with pieces of crispy, spicy chorizo. It takes very little time to prepare and is perfect to enjoy...
Recipe: Crispy Courgette Fritters These crispy courgette fritters are really easy-to-make and they go down very well with a glass of beer or wine or even with a salad on the side. They’re fried in healthy extra virgin cold pressed rapeseed oil so a little indulgence...
Recipe: Super Beetroot Veggie Burgers If you grow your own veg, you probably experience a glut now and then and we think we have just the recipe to use up some of that bountiful produce. If you’re not green-fingered it is perfectly acceptable to buy things in to make...
