filo pastry

Boozy Jumbled-Fruit Croustade from Everyday Dorie on a baking tray.

Cook the Book Fridays: Boozy Jumbled-Fruit Croustade from Everyday Dorie

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This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie (Boozy Jumbled-Fruit Croustade) and was one I was a bit hesitant to make mostly because working with phyllo is always a bit of a faff. In Southwest France, a croustade is a dessert made from hand-pulled phyllo and filled with … Read more

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Les Petits Chefs bake hors d’oeuvres for the holidays with Emily Richards

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You can feel it in the air… Just a couple of short weeks left of school, parties on the horizon (if not on the calendar already!) and a lot of anticipation…  That’s right – it’s the holidays, aka the “silly season” or, alongside June, one of the toughest months in the school year.  A great … Read more

French Fridays with Dorie: Crispy Crackly Apple Almond Tart

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Oh my. This dessert for French Fridays with Dorie was much anticipated. And it happened to coincide with Canadian Thanksgiving – could there be a better dessert for Thanksgiving for a non-pumpkin pie-loving baker than this – layers of filo pastry (with butter and sugar – mmmm!) topped with almond pastry cream and crunchy apples … Read more