This Chocolate Tart with a quince jam filling is such a delicious and decadent dessert, perfect for chocolate lovers.
Jams and marmalades
This Banana Jam with Figs, Peaches and Grapes is very aromatic and you can serve it on your toast, muffins, scones, cheesecakes or with a cheese platter.
This Peach and Nectarine Jam recipe, made with classic ingredients, is easy to make. Spread it onto toasted bread and butter, dollop it onto ice cream, or top it on top of a pasta frolla.
There’s nothing like homemade apple turnovers with homemade shortcrust pastry and apple sauce.
In the summer I love making these sauces/spreads which are thinner than jams and less sweet and use them on top of desserts but they are also perfect for breakfast.
Pâte Brisée (pronounced paht bree-ZAY), is the French version of classic pie or tart pastry dough. You can see it mentioned as pie dough or savoury shortcrust dough.
Fig preserve called Glyko sykalaki in Greek, (pr. glee-KHO sy-kha-LAH-kee), is one of my favourite fruit preserves. It is perfect to eat alone as a dessert with a few calories or use it in other desserts. In order to make the fig preserve, the figs should not be ripe. Living in Athens it’s not easy …
This is the easiest strawberry jam you can make and it tastes amazing! Strawberries have a short season, so preserve them while they are still in season.
How can we tell if the syrup is ready? That is a good question. There are several methods, old and new, to tell if the syrup has the right density.