Walnut Tart Crust

 go in with your hands!

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This is a glorious tart crust to make because as you  mould the pastry with your hands the oils give you the best hand moisturizing treatment ever! The pastry is malleable and lends itself to being pushed around, meanwhile you don’t need to worry about rolling out pastry. 

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Walnut & Olive Oil Pastry

An easy peasy  pastry that lifts any dish. You dont even need a rolling pin

 

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This pastry is ridiculously easy to make.  You do not need any special equipment at all  yet it is sophisticated all the same. All you need is a bowl, a regular kitchen knife and some scales to weigh the ingredients. 

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Chicken & Thyme Mini Tarts (GF)

Smooth little tarts which lend themselves to snacking with a glass of white wine in summer time

 

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This is all about the classic combination of chicken and thyme let loose in a custard base so that the flavours really can shine through.  I like to use spring onions too as their delicate flavour is just perfect here plus the splash of colour I like too. 

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