Score an oval into each quadrant, leaving about a half-inch border be careful not to cut the pastry all the way through. Blueberries are delicious on their own, but they're also great when mixed with a variety of other berries like strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries. Slice the pastry into quarters and transfer the rectangles to a parchment-lined sheet tray. Make the most of leeks and combine them with punchy chorizo, sweet smoked paprika and manchego in this savoury tart, made with a homemade pastry case. While that heats up, defrost 1 sheet store-bought puff pastry on its paper liner for about 10 minutes, until it feels more like pliable dough and less like a shield. The “recipe” takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish, requires only a handful of ingredients, and makes good use of whatever past-its-prime fruit you’ve got lying around. Although this recipe is a bit off the wall, the flavours and textures work so well together. These days Mum’s pies are my preferred dinner party dessert. I evoke them every time my meditation app insists: Go to your happy place. Memories of eating these little tarts with melty vanilla ice cream, pools of hot custard, or fluffy peaks of whipped cream are imprinted on my inner child brain like a wax seal. My favorite invention born of these genetic compulsions: her super-simple flaky-jammy puff pastry pies. Unsurprisingly, Ma applies this unfussy attitude to dessert. And you best believe she cuts up my dad’s old work shirts to use as cleaning rags. She requests only the gift of my presence on birthdays.
My mum is the kind of lady who packs one pair of pants for a weeklong vacation. Welcome to It’s That Simple, a column where we talk you through the dishes and drinks we can make with our eyes closed.
Slowly add in 1 large egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and teaspoon salt. Then, dump in ¼ cup sugar and beat until it’s light and fluffy. The only thing better than a good recipe? When something’s so easy you don’t even need one. First, cream ½ cup unsalted butter in a large mixing bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer until softened.
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