This stunning cookbook contains 100 mouth-watering recipes for pies and tarts, themed by size: individual tartlets and handheld pies, medium ones for lunch and dinner, and big, celebratory pies for larger gatherings. Pies and tarts can be guilty pleasures, crowd pleasers, seasonal winners and heroes of the picnic or lunchbox. It’s impossible to think of an autumnal lunch without apple pie, a summer feast without a glorious berry tart, or a birthday without a showstopping chocolate tart. These classics, given a contemporary spin, sit happily alongside recipes for empanadas, lattice-topped pies, slumps, and galettes. There are sweet and savoury recipes for every season, and ideas for super decorative pastry-work, as popularised on Instagram. The book also includes pastry-making tips and tricks, and building-block recipes for a variety of doughs and crusts, to help get you started.

Filled with seasonal fruit, piled high with billowy meringue, or topped with buttery streusel, pies and tarts are comforting and foolproof. In Martha Stewart's Pies and Tarts you'll find 150 recipes - some are savoury, some are sweet; some are simple enough for a weeknight, while others are fancy enough for special events. There are individual pies, savoury classics like quiche, holiday deserts for nearly every occasion, and much more besides. Chapters feature pies and tarts for everyone: Classic (Lattice-top Blueberry Pie, Pumpkin Pie), Free-from (Apricot-Pistachio Tart, Apple Butter Hand Pies), Sleek (Caramelized Lemon Tart, Chocolate Mousse Tart with Hazelnuts), Dreamy (Frozen Chocolate-Peanut Butter Pie, Butterscotch Praline Cream Pie), Rustic (Cheddar-crust Apple Pie, Blackberry Jam Tart), Layered (Rainbow Puff-Pastry Tarts, Chocolate Pear Tart), Dainty (Roasted Fig Tartlets, Cranberry Meringue Mini Pies), Artful (Peach-Raspberry Slab Pie, Pumpkin and Ricotta Crostata), Holiday (Neapolitan Easter Pie, Gingerbread-Raspberry Snowflake Tart), and Savoury (Leek and Olive Tart, Summer Squash Lattice Tart). This book is at once a feast for the eyes and the palate, as well as a practical teaching tool. Bakers of all levels will look again and again to Martha Stewart's Pies and Tarts for inspiration and perfect results!

"The undisputed Queen of Desserts. Following one of her recipes is an adventure. They are chatty and comforting, telling you what to do every step of the way."--Ladies Home Journal Her first-ever collection to focus on pies and fruit, Maida Heatter's Pies &and Tarts presents scores of delightful recipes to thrill the palate--the homey baked apple or wild blueberry pie, classic Key Lime Pie, an incredible Cassis Raspberries with Creme Fraiche. Of course Maida's love of chocolate and all things sweet is brought to pies, too, so along with your fruit there's Chocolate Mousse Pie, Frozen Peanut Butter Pie, and Old-Fashioned Butterscotch Pie, too. And there are pies and fabulous fruit concoctions to back and serve at any time of year, regardless of season, and for any occasion--chiffon pies, ice-cream pies, tiny tartlets, turnovers, cobblers and crumbles, mousses, flans, and puddings. Plus the flawless Maida Heatter touch is brought to every aspect of baking, as she patiently teaches critical details such as how to make the perfect pie crust and how to make souffles that never fall.

If you've always wanted to bake a pie but don't know where to start, our detailed recipes will guide you with precision, taking the guesswork out of pastry making and providing useful tips that ensure success each time. 500 Pies and tarts is a compendium that will inspire even the most reluctant cook to embrace their inner baker. For the baker who is looking to expand his or her repetoire, the variations demonstrate just how easily this can be done and offer a wealth of inspiration.

Features more than two hundred recipes using both frozen or from-scratch crusts, more than one hundred full-color photographs of prepared dishes, and an introductory section on pie-baking basics.

With the best ingredients and a little practice, baking is just as easy as pie—and there's no better way to enjoy juicy, ripe fruit or a silky chocolate or lemon custard than with a delicious, flaky crust. And, when made from scratch, a pie or tart is a simple way to make any meal special. Williams-Sonoma Collection Pie & Tart offers more than 40 recipes that will inspire you to bake pies and tarts at any time throughout the year. Whether you want to serve an elegant pear tart at an autumn dinner party, need to satisfy a craving for a piece of old-fashioned banana cream pie, or are simply looking for a recipe that uses up an abundance of plums from your backyard tree, you will find plenty of irresistible ideas inside. In addition, a chapter devoted entirely to rustic tarts offers new ways to serve up some of your favorite seasonal fruits as simple and beautiful desserts. Beautiful, full-color photographs of each pie and tart make it easy to decide which one to prepare, and photographic side notes throughout explain key ingredients and techniques, making Pie & Tart much more than just a fine collection of recipes. A detailed basics section and glossary also help you to discover the pie- and tart-baking secrets that will assist you in making these well-loved desserts for many years to come. Old-fashioned apple pie, fresh fruit tart with pastry cream, billowy lemon meringue pie, or silky chocolate pie—These are just a few of the pies and tarts that hold places of honor among our all-time favorite desserts. Williams-Sonoma Collection Pie & Tart offers more than 40 easy-to-follow recipes that will inspire you to bake familiar classics as well as fresh new ideas. From exquisite crème brûlée tartlets to a luscious summer peach pie to an irresistibly sweet pineapple galette, you will find a pie or tart recipe inside perfectly suited for any occasion. This beautifully photographed, full-color recipe collection is certain to become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf.

Illustrated throughout, this book will give you all the guidance you need for making and baking pastry. Whether you're looking for savoury or sweet, traditional or innovative, you'll find the perfect recipes here.