When Mr Firehouse came home last week and said he wanted something “super chocolately”, I consulted my Pinterest treasure trove of “sweet treats” desserts I would get to one day and found this. It’s originally a Donna Hay recipe and who doesn’t love Aussie Donna? This week we also bought a deep freeze, to try…
Category: Tarts
Leek and Beetroot Tart
We’re doing Vegetarian again and I’ve committed to using the last of our farmer’s market haul in the bottom of the fridge. We’ve been left with beetroot and leeks which thankfully go well together. This is actually a really simple recipe, but I made it complicated for myself by making my own “rough puff pastry”….
Mango Tart
Pastry can be a beast. It was a beast that I waited a long time to conquer. The first time I baked a chocolate ganache tart, 2 hours before the guests arrived it broke! I hadn’t quite mastered the removable base on the tin and the very short, crumbly pastry. I hated it! I hated…
Lemon-passionfruit Meringue Tart
Ingredients One tart shell baked through (I used this recipe from my friend Nat’s blog). Of course, if you’re not GF just use plain old normal flour. Lemon/ passion filling 1/3 cup lemon juice 1/3 cup passion fruit pulp (if you don’t have this just use entirely lemon 4 eggs at room temperature 2.5 tablespoons…
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