Classic Savoury Bacon, Cheese and Chive Tart
bacon cheese chive tart A savoury tart served warm is one of life’s simple pleasures. This tart is defined by the biscuity pastry base and the just set creamy custard … Continue reading
Peppery Blue Cheese Tart with Caramelised Fennel
I’m totally enamoured with the unconventional recipe for shortcrust I posted a few months ago. It’s liberated me from a tart free world. The fact that it makes a big … Continue reading
Polenta Tart – Chard, Porcini, Gruyere
Like the vast majority of Australians, my ancestors arrived by boat. They came for work prospects, for economic betterment and to secure a safe future. Curiosity about where we had … Continue reading
Apple Tarte Tatin
Autumn is apple season in New Zealand. M loves apple desserts so it was no surprise when he ordered Apple Tarte Tatin during our recent holiday. The first was very … Continue reading
Elizabeth David’s Blue Cheese Tarts
The Cookbook Guru this month is exploring Elizabeth David’s classic “English Bread and Yeast Cookery.” Thirty plus years ago, when I first became interested in cooking more than just the … Continue reading
Oatmeal, Spinach, Tomato and Feta Cheese Tart
This is a recipe that’s evolved over time. The mealy, rustic pastry I have stolen from a tomato tart recipe in my 1979 edition of Jane Grigson’s “Vegetable Book”. Grigson … Continue reading
APPLE and LEMON CHEESECAKE TART
Our blog’s primary function is for me to hand over family recipes to my daughters, for my granddaughters. We had some hands on time in the kitchen baking last Saturday, … Continue reading
Please Pass the Recipe 