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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 🤙🏾