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Tarte aux Quetsches, or Plum Tart

September 5, 2009

I posted some photos last week from a small café and bookshop in Becherel, France. It was an amazing place, a bookshop with a café attached as a sideline rather than the other way round. This is the way these things should be. It was how I imagine my bookshop will look and feel if [...]

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Tarta de Santiago – Moro’s almond, oloroso and membrillo tart

August 10, 2009

I’m not a huge fan of spirits, so when a recipe calls for a dash of this or a small glass of that, a trip to the off-licence is often needed. This Spanish tart from the superb Moro Cookbook by Sam and Sam Clark calls for oloroso sherry, a smooth, dark and nutty wine. I [...]

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Rhubarb relish, ready for winter (already)

July 9, 2009

Around this time of year, rhubarb tends to get tired and worn out. The stalks, those that haven’t been plundered already, are green and thick, with big umbrella-like leaves. Everything starts to look a bit Jurassic, overgrown and gnarled. The slender pink and red elegance of the early stalks has long faded, and the taste [...]

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Rhubarb ice cream

May 17, 2009

It’s the middle of May, and the weather is quite nice, a bit wet, but warmer. I think it’s time to make ice cream, to get the freezer stocked up for summer. Of course, this is Britain, and the North of Britain at that. This may be summer. This ice cream is based on a [...]

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Pinenut and honey tart

April 26, 2009

This nearly didn’t happen. There were too many things that could have gone wrong, and most of them nearly did. Toasting pinenuts, blind baking a pastry case, the wrong type of honey… To my surprise, things turned out well, and we had a delicate and delicious dessert, sweet and balanced with a deep honey flavour, [...]

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