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Blackberry & Apple Curd

 

Rather than the usual lemon or orange curd, this recipe uses blackberries and apples to make a very autumnal version.   Whilst it’s method is slightly different to a traditional curd, it too is delicious on toast or as a cake filling.  Perhaps, most surprisingly if you bake it in a pastry case for 30 minutes in a medium oven you get a wonderful mousse-y textured tart.

I originally just popped the fresh blackberries onto the bread and curd for decoration but having greedily devoured the finished product I would really recommend it!

Of course it’s brilliant just eaten from the jar on its own!

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Blood Orange Tart

I hosted a lunch recently and whilst I made the main course of Torn Vegetable Lasagne my friend Catherine made and brought along an absolutely delicious Bitter Orange Tart over which she drizzled honey to serve.   Yum!  I believe she used a Nigella recipe if you want to try.

Those of you who are regular readers know that I have a bit of an obsession with blood oranges and so I wanted to adapt the basic idea to use those.  My first attempt tasted delicious but had a few issues in so far as I couldn’t get it to come off the base of my tin without collapsing and the filling was a bit runny but with a few tweaks I have managed to improve and overcome those issues! The result is a beautiful sunny looking tart that has just the right balance of tang and sweet.   It can be made 24hrs in advance if easier.

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