Butter tarts cause a slight altercation around my household. I think they should be cooked in muffin tins to make large deep butter tarts that are gooey. She Who Must Be Obeyed thinks they should be made in small tart pans and have a set centre. Guess who won the argument? Regardless, I love butter tarts. Continue reading Butter Tarts
My favourite pastry is made from the recipe on the Tenderflake Lard box. It has no fancy ingredients and guess what! It is tender and flaky. Truth in advertising. I have done a video of me making it.
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Some people love Christmas because of the gifts. Others, its the decorations. For me, it is the food! I did my Christmas Tarts to be ready for company. Continue reading Christmas Tarts
This is fresh fruit time of year in British Columbia. I got some wonderful Okanagan peaches from a fruit stand while travelling. Of course, they are great fresh but I bought enough to do some preserving. I had seen the Bernardin Peach Pie Filling in their excellent canning book and I love peach pie and cobbler. Canning some of the peaches would let me have pie and cobblers this winter. It had to be done! Continue reading Bernardin Peach Pie Filling
It was Canadian Thanksgiving last weekend. I did the usual turkey thing However, there is a lot to do for turkey and all the fixings. Fortunately, there is an Eagle Brand Condensed Milk recipe that has been around forever and it makes a great basic pumpkin pie. Continue reading Pumpkin Pie
We have pulled the tomato plants out and let as many of the green ones ripen inside as are going to get there. That leaves us with lots of green tomatoes and indicates the time to make another batch of Green Tomato Mincemeat. Continue reading Green Tomato Mincemeat
My mother’s favourite dessert was a plain baked custard. As a child I thought it was OK but didn’t see the big deal. It wasn’t incredibly sweet like most desserts. As I’ve aged, I am getting my mother’s point. The heavily sugared desserts are very nice but a creamy less sweet dessert just seems better. Enter Grand Marnier Custard Pie.
Last spring, we took a trip to Ireland. One of the new dishes we tried was Banoffee Pie. While I was surfing the internet, I found a recipe for Banoffee Pie at eaglebrand.ca. The link to the recipe is Banoffee Pie. Continue reading Banoffee Pie