tart 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 🤙🏾

DSC_0048 DSC_0081Sweet baby J, how is it already the end of September?! This year has gone by unreasonably quickly. I have posted a shockingly small amount of recipes as well :( I've got a new burst of inspiration from The Great British Bake Off though! I was a bit late in starting and watched 4 episodes in one night in a bid to catch up. I am so glad I did. I've literally just watched the pastry one and look what I have here, a frangipane recipe!