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Living a Life in Colour

a guide to Italian food, wine and culture

Apple tart: caramelised apples with vanilla custard baked in a crisp shell

March 21, 2017 By wooweiduan 5 Comments

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… 

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A glimpse of summer: fresh peach tart

May 17, 2016 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

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… 

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