I was window shopping at one of my favourite pastry shops in Torino, Perino Vesco. In the window, I spied a tart with caramelised apples melting into a creamy vanilla custard cradled by crisp pastry. About the same time, a reader was asking me about fruit and custard tarts. By happy coincidence, when I got…
A glimpse of summer: fresh peach tart
I know it’s only May. I can’t wait any longer. I’ll blame it on the changeable weather giving us a glimpse of the summer to come for a few hours on the occasional day. Peaches and apricots are starting to arrive this month but they are not yet sun-drenched, butter-soft and sweet-as-candy. They just don’t…
