African Vanielje on Sep 05 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
This doesn’t mean that to be considered professional you have to bake it blindfolded, it just means partially, or completely pre-baking a tart shell before filling it. If you are adding a filling that is not going to be cooked, the tart shell needs to be completely pre-baked. If the filling is going to be [...]
African Vanielje on Sep 05 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Follow this recipe to make rich shortcrust pastry. This will do line one large 23 cm tin or 2 smaller tins.
Line your tin / flan dish and bake the pastry blind
Lightly beat an egg white just to loosen it, and brush over the part baked pastry while still warm. This seals the bottom and stops [...]
African Vanielje on Sep 05 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Of all the tropical fruits I love, none remind me so forcibly of home as granadilla. You may know it more intimately as passion fruit, although technically the granadilla is part of the passiflora (passion flower) group. These glorious creepers originated in Mexico and South America, but some types tolerate sub tropical climates and thus [...]
