Lemon meringue tartlet

Ever since the episode of Desperate Housewives where Bree tries to get hold of Katherine's secret lemon meringue pie recipe (season 4 episode 2), I have been obsessed with this delicious dessert!

I feel that there isn't really a season for it and it is perfect for any occasion, you can make it shaped as a standard pie or as tartlets which I think is cuter and easier to eat :) 

For the recipe, I used the same base as my berrylicious tart which I made back in September and for the lemon filling recipe click here.

My tip for a lemonicious lemon meringue pie: use fresh lemon juice and sieve it before mixing it to the other ingredients so you don't get all the bits.

Bon Appétit!  

Rustic marmalade crostatine

The other day I felt like plunging back to my childhood... Crostatine were a daily must for the italian merenda (snack) when back from school. Whilst I use to eat the already packaged ones, I thought it was a very simple recipe to try out and it turned out to be delicious :) 

The recipe consists of a short crust pastry (which recipe you can find by clicking here) , marmalade ( I used apricot and strawberry for this one)  and some icing sugar to sprinkle over it when ready to serve. 

When your short crust pastry has rested in the fridge for a least 1 hour,  place it into your baking tins and lay the marmalade in each one, use remaining shortcrust to decorate as desired. Bake at 180 C for about 25min and let them cool completely ... Enjoy :)