by Helen Kain | Nov 27, 2025 | Afternoon Tea, Christmas, Desserts, Fall Recipes, Pies & Tarts, Thanksgiving, Winter Recipes
Each little Tarte Tatin is a golden jewel: pears glazed in amber caramel, baked beneath a cap of puff pastry. When turned out, they reveal their secret — glossy, tender fruit that melts against the buttery crust, a bite-sized echo of classic French indulgence. ...
by Helen Kain | Dec 19, 2024 | Christmas, Fall Recipes, Pies & Tarts, Winter Recipes
Crumble-Topped Cranberry Apple Pear Tart with Cheddar Crust is a delicious blend of sweet, tart, and savoury flavours, perfect for a holiday dessert or a cosy treat. The recipe makes one 10″ pie or four 6″ pies (perfect for two people to share). I love...
by Helen Kain | Jul 30, 2023 | Foundation Recipes, Pies & Tarts, Recipes By Type
Used in place of shortcrust pastry, Cream Cheese Pastry crust takes the flavour profile up a notch or two. It’s not only for pies or tarts but is delicious all on its own. It makes a loose, relaxed dough that won’t hold up under too much handling, but it’s perfect for...
by Helen Kain | Aug 21, 2022 | Pies & Tarts, Summer Recipes
Plums are the perfect fruit pie filling with their firm, tart flesh, easily separated from the delightfully small pit. When you’re preparing fruit, it’s good to have a high fruit-to-stone ratio! This recipe is further enhanced by the single pastry crust...
by Helen Kain | Jun 19, 2022 | Pies & Tarts, Summer Recipes
Fresh, local summer fruit is beginning to appear at the farmer’s markets, but not fast enough to furnish a fruit pie, so I tapped into my stash of Trader Joe’s frozen mixed berries and cherries. I had a hankering to play around with a complex latticework...
by Helen Kain | Jul 28, 2021 | Desserts, Pies & Tarts, Summer Recipes
I’m always eager to use up the excess egg yolks that are the inevitable byproduct of making Swiss Meringue Buttercream Icing (always much in demand around here). Unlike egg whites, yolks don’t freeze as well, I had a bag of Trader Joe’s mixed berries...
