Master baker reveals secrets for making authentic French pies, tarts, and quiches.

Looking for dinner and dessert recipes that are delicious and super easy? If so, you've come to the right place! Filled with 30 delicious savory and sweet tart recipes, this book has something for everyone and every occasion! Using simple ingredients, you'll be able to put up numerous tarts in no time! And best of all, they'll taste like they've come from a bakery.

Pies and tarts are the ultimate comfort food. Whether sweet or savoury, elegant or hearty, they are great for relaxed entertaining, family get-togethers and even weekday suppers. In this irresistible book Eric Lanlard, AKA Cake Boy, demonstrates how to make the best pastry and shares his favourite recipes for sweet and savoury tarts and pies. His recipes include classics with a twist plus ideas inspired by his travels, using deliciously imaginative flavour combinations. In the first part of the book, Pastry Basics, Eric shares his professional expertise and provides step-by-step instructions for making every type of pastry - shortcrust (sweet and savoury), puff, almond, chocolate and brioche. There is a wealth of helpful baking hints to ensure a great bake every time.Savoury Tarts & Pies features such classics as a 'Proper' Quiche Lorraine and a Cider and Pork Pie plus attention-grabbing treats including Fig, Lardon and Dolce Latté Tart and Lamb and Moroccan Spice Pie. The chapter ends with a selection of quick bakes using ready-roll pastry (for when time is short) and a delicious collection of accompaniments including salsas, chutneys and vegetable side dishes.Sweet Tarts & Pies will bring some of Eric's trademark glamour to the dessert course - including a Strawberry Tart 'Royal', Exotic Fruit Meringue Crumble Pie and an Apricot, Honey and Pistachio Tart. Sweet pies include an Old-fashioned Apple Pie, Ginger Pear Frangipane Pie and a Classic Blueberry Pie. Once again there is a selection of quick bakes for desserts in a dash and a choice of accompaniments, including flavoured creams, spiced fruits and the perfect Crème Anglais.With foolproof recipes for tarts and pies that look and taste great, this wonderful book is a great way to bring some of Eric's culinary magic into your kitchen every time you bake.

This wonderful introduction to the art of pastry-making features recipes for classic favorites such as Summer Fruit Tartlets as well as more exotic dishes: Rum and Butterscotch Tart and Wild Mushroom and Oregano Barquettes. 60 recipes. 21 color photos; 38 line drawings.

From the award-winning food writer and author of Southern Farmers Market Cookbook, a collection of sweet and savory tart recipes. What is a tart? It’s an open-faced, skinny kind of pie. It never has a double crust (like an apple pie might) and can be filled with anything from custard to Camembert. Here is a short, delicious course in tart making. Filled with sweet and savory recipes for marvelous little pies, Tart Love also guides you in using seasonal fruits and produce to create scrumptious, palate-pleasing desserts and main-dish tarts. Holly Herrick shares methods and recipes for fresh tart versions of southern favorites, like Feisty Fried Shrimp and Grits Pockets, savory Lowcountry Boil Puff Tart, and sweet Lavender Buttermilk Tart. Her step-by-step instructions will have you making perfect pastry in no time, and master pastry recipes will let you make all the recipes in this book plus creations of your own.

umptious seductress. This collection of recipes for 50 of the most delectable and easy-to-prepare savory and sweet tarts from the top bakers, chefs, and great home cooks of France represents many different regions, including Provence, Burgundy, Bordeaux, the Riviera, and, of course, Paris. 20 color photos. 50 color illustrations.

Recipes for tart doughs, as well as a selection of classic and modern tarts.