Earl Grey Grape Tart

oooooh this is rare...

a first of a grape affair,

now don't just stop & stare!

check out this pretty great recipe if you aren't already aware...

as long as it's whipped up with tender lovin' care..

you'll enjoy this tart anyhow & anywhere!

Blueberry & Almond Pie

last Saturday,

Joanne & her boys + Addie & I baked the weekdays' blue away!

with 2 pie recipes that are here to stay....

& a bite in this Blueberry & Almond pie - you can say,

HOORAY !

we baked 2 pies  - a savoury & a sweet - in Joanne's marvellous kitchen. 

savoury - Chicken & Mushroom Pie (next blog post)

sweet - Glorious Blueberry & Almond Pie (here!)

Curried Pumpkin & Carrot Quiches

my o' my...what is this?

what did I miss?

why - hello Mister Quiche!

what did you do to receive such bliss...

to be sealed with Miss Pumpkin & Miss Carrot's kiss!

Pineapple Sun

Happy Chinese New Year !

it's the time of the year again..where people everywhere are baking pineapple tarts!

& i'm no exception..this 2013, my tiny little bakery attempted to infuse some tea flavour into the tarts!

the flavour of the tea (i used lipton's vanilla & strawberry black tea) was flat..but it added little black specks in the tarts & I love it..I think it looks cute. 

part of the tediousness of pineapple tarts would be the rolling of pineapple jam into little balls...but just keep going, the final bake would be worth it. 

 i love baking cut-out cookies best..rolling & cutting out the cookie dough could be one of the simplest & yet most fun thing-to-do. ever !

hello little suns of pineapple !

The Verdict

Zesty Poppy Poms Tart

This is a citrus tart baked with poppy seeds in the crust 

with lots of lemon + orange zest & juice in the filling 

& sprinkled with pomegranate seeds. 

I was inspired by Edd Kimber's Lemon Tart..& had the itch to bake a lemon tart,

since it has been awhile that tarts were churned out of my bakery.

So I started searching for a simple recipe & found this by Rachel Allen. 

I tweaked it a little bit & here it is - zesty poppy poms tart:

Bars of Lemonsin

Bars of Lemonsin is akin to shortcakes - a sweet biscuit that originated from America.

Lemons are known for its good source of vitamin C...

however , the high heat of the oven would have destroyed whatever vitamin C there is.

Nevertheless, the lemons do retain a 'tart' taste to counter the possibly overwhelming sweetness in this dessert.

 

Plain-Jane Egg Tarts

Egg tarts are pastries that root from Hong Kong (Asia).

Pineapple Tartballs

During Chinese New Year 2011.....




Prepacked Pineapple Paste
( i tried DIY before...but honestly it's easier to just buy plus this year, i got lazy !)

 



Pineapple Tartballs

 



To be Delivered !

  I think it was in 2009 or 2010, DINO decided to join me in pineapple-tarting...chipmunk.

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie



170g Rhubarb Stalks






200g (3/4punnet) Strawberries

 



The Assembly !

 



Voila, Moi 1st Covered-Pie !

p.s rhubard can be substituted with equal quantity of golden-delicious apples 



(from the land-down-under)