If you don't want the hassle of making crème pâtissière, a mixture of sweetened mascarpone and crème fraîche is delicious, too.
Torta della nonna recipe
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Prep time: 35 minutes, plus chilling |
Cooking time: 1 hour 10 minutesÂ
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METHOD
Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Add the butter and knead quickly, then add the eggs and lemon zest and knead until smooth. Cover and rest in the fridge while you make the cream.
Have a large bowl of ice cubes ready (or iced water in the sink) to cool the mixture. Place the milk and lemon zest in a pan and bring to a boil, then strain this through a sieve.
Whisk the sugar and egg yolks together until light and creamy, then add the flour little by little.
Quiche Lorraine with asparagus recipe
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I love quiche Lorraine, and asparagus works brilliantly with the egg and bacon. You can use homemade or shop-bought shortcrust pastry, or you can buy a ready-baked savoury pastry case.Â
If you use individual cases (M&S, pack of six, £2) make the quiches in the same way, but give them a total of just 15-20 minutes in the oven.
Prep time: 20 minutes, plus chilling |
Cooking time:Â 50Â minutesÂ
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For the filling
100g streaky bacon, chopped
METHOD
If using pastry rather than a ready-baked case, give it a few minutes at room temperature if it has been in the fridge for more than an hour. Roll it out and use it to line a 20cm tart tin, pressing it gently into the sides. Trim away the excess pastry. Lay a sheet of baking parchment on top, pressing it on to the bottom and sides of the tart case. Put in the fridge for an hour.
Lemon tart with blueberries recipe
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Diana Henry,
The Telegraph s award-winning cookery writer
1 April 2021 ⢠4:03pm
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The pastry here is from the California chef Lindsey Shere and itâs wonderful â thin and buttery and almost biscuity. You make it in a slightly different way, creaming the butter and sugar for it and then smearing it little by little with the heel of your hand (the French term is âfraisageâ) once the flour has been added. There are good how-to videos online for the pastry method.
Do follow the chilling times and only add the amount of blueberries given here, otherwise they ll bleed too much.