All our favourite recipes, because food is meant to be shared.
Easy French Apple Frangipane Crustless Tart is effortless, speedy and a real show stopper that tastes amazing, and looks like you’ve just popped into your local French patisserie for dessert like any self-respecting French person would. The base of the Easy French Apple Frangipane Crustless Tart is made using sliced brioche loaf that is readily […]
Wow, wow, wow was how Jen described this homemade cherry pie recipe when she first made it. We were super impressed with the cherry filling scented with cardamon, cinnamon and vanilla then topped off with a wonderful tender, buttery herringbone pastry. Bliss. A complete winner! This was a match made in pie heaven. Jen likes […]
Apple Tarte Tatin (tah-TAN) has to be one of the greatest desserts ever. How flour, butter, sugar and apples can turn into one of the finest desserts in the world is simple, but it does have two distinct watchpoints. Absolutely delicious caramel apples infused with star anise and vanilla baked till golden with a flaky, […]
Cheese puff tarts are an entertainers delight. Buttery, flaky puff pastry, filled with a delicious little hot cheese and caraway filling. Super quick to make and they can be frozen ready to bake whenever you want. Perfect finger food! We love entertaining and cheese puff tarts are definitely one of our standby finger foods. A […]
Pumpkin blue cheese and pine nut pie is a perfect balance of sweet pumpkin and salty blue cheese with pine nuts for some texture, perfumed with thyme. Throw a great flaky, crispy and buttery pastry into the mix and we’re on a roll for a perfect vegetable pie that is great served warm, or cold. […]
2 minute sour cream pastry is going to change your life. It’s super quick, foolproof and very forgiving. What’s not to like. If making pastry scares you…..this is the pastry for you! Rich, tender, melt-in the-mouth, flaky and a complete doddle to make and work with. Jen is our resident pastry maker, whipping up time […]
Pear and almond impossible pie is said to be impossible to fail when you make it. Created in the USA in the early 1970’s by General Mills, makers of a product called Bisquick which is an all purpose baking mix, not readily available here in Australia. The recipe featured on the box for Bisquick and […]
Crustless smoked salmon and leek quiche is super quick to put together. Twenty minutes to prepare, then let the oven do the rest of the work. Dinner on the table in one hour and you’re good to go. This quiche is perfect for days or nights when you just want something on the table fast, […]
Potato galette with duck fat and caraway is a rustic potato side dish that is rich, buttery, crispy on top and meltingly tender inside. Thin slices of potato and sweet eschallots swathed in duck fat and butter, and seasoned with caraway. Big Fat Yum! We love to serve this easily made potato dish in summer […]
Peach frangipane tart is very quick and easy to make using store bought puff pastry. Golden butter puff pastry layered with frangipanes sweet almond and heady aroma, topped off with ripe summer peaches, lightly dusted with sugar is simplicity itself. We love to make these rustic tarts during summer switching up the fruits used for […]
