pie Tag

Making pies/tarts can be scary, right? Pastry can seem fiddly and unpredictable. Sometimes it’ll shrink when you bake it, sometimes it’ll crumble and crack. WHY?! Well I definitely don’t have the answers for you 🙃 but I highly recommend buying Julie Jones’ recipe book “Soulful Baker”. Her sweet shortcrust pastry recipe has never failed me and she troubleshoots many of those common problems we all encounter. 
If you’re up for trying to make some marmalade yourself, I used Delia Smith’s recipe, which you can find here, and swapped seville oranges for blood oranges. 
Continue reading for some Top Tips or skip down to the recipe if you don't care 🤙🏾

OMG IT'S BEEN SO LONG! Have you missed me? I sure have missed you, whoever you are :) I am absolutely not going to talk about exams or revision because just the thought of them make me sick a bit in my mouth. Instead I'm going to tell you all about my holiday to Turkey! Seeing as I haven't done this in a while this post is gonna be a bit longer with a few extra non-food photos. I know, I know, crazy!