Tart It Up!: Sweet and Savoury Tarts and Pies. Eric Lanlard

by Eric Lanlard

From a 'proper' quiche Lorraine to an indulgent raspberry cheesecake pie, Eric Lanlard, bestselling author of Cake Boy, shares his secrets for creating great pies and tarts every time.
Pies and tarts are the ultimate comfort food.Whether sweet or savory, elegant or hearty, they are great for relaxed entertaining, family get-togethers and even weekday suppers. In this irresistible book Eric Lanlard, AKA Cake Boy, demonstrates how to make the best pastry and shares his favorite recipes for sweet and savory tarts and pies. His recipes include classics with a twist plus ideas inspired by his travels, using deliciously imaginative flavor combinations. In the first part of the book, Pastry Basics, Eric shares his professional expertise and provides step-by-step instructions for making every type of pastry - shortcrust (sweet and savory), puff, almond, chocolate and brioche. There is a wealth of helpful baking hints to ensure a great bake every time. In addition to the recipes in Savory Tarts & Pies and Sweet Tarts & Pies, there's a selection of quick bakes using ready-roll pastry plus delicious accompaniments and side dishes.With foolproof recipes for tarts and pies that look and taste great, this wonderful book is a great way to bring some of Eric's culinary magic into your kitchen every time you bake.

Genres: Cookbooks

176 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2012

Reviews

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good recipes.

[Teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Many of these tarts are almost unbearably gorgeous and despite the title, there are also many pies. Lanlard provides the classics (shortcrust, puff pastry crusts) but also offers some non-run-of-the-mill basics like chocolate shortcrust and brioche dough. Vegetarians are practically spoiled for choice though vegans are left out with most of the recipes requiring either cheese or egg. There are little touches to the tarts that make them more interesting than usual-for instance 'Mediterranean' is often synonymous with roast tomato aubergine, and courgette but Lanlard adds halloumi, capers, and anchovies. Not unheard of but sadly not typical of British cookbooks (I guess this is technically a British/Breton cookbook though). Lanlard is not chatty so this is more for cooking from as it does have step by step photographs for certain recipes

[Kathleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful photos, good explanations of types of dough.... doubtful I'd make more than the Game Pie, just not what I cook right now. The Chocolate Earl Grey Tart w/Figs did make me drool!

[Steve Downing · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yum pies n tarts

[Saima · Rating 3 out of 5]

For those who wish to level up their pie game! Interesting savory pie recipes.