Portugal - Pastéis de Nata
These gorgeous golden custard tarts are utterly irresistible. From their rich sweet filling to the crisp flaky pastry, what's not to love?
Greece - Portokalopita
A delicious alternative to your average cake, packed full of orange flavour and really easy to make. You start out by tearing the Filo Pastry and leaving it to dry for a few hours before soaking it in custard. Once its baked, drench the entire cake in cinnamon infused orange syrup. Heaven!
Poland - Karpatka
A large crisp choux pastry filled with indulgent vanilla pastry cream. I decided to add some compote into the bottom, which isn’t traditional but was very delicious!
Austria - Linzer Torte
This is one I'll definitely be making again! So delicious. A perfect short and crumbly hazelnut pastry spiced with cinnamon, ginger and lemon. Filled with raspberry jam and topped with demerara sugar for that extra crunch
Hungary - Pogácsa
These Pogácsa are the flakier, yeasted version of an English cheese scone/American biscuit. By using cold grated butter and laminating three additions of cheese, you get intense cheese flavour with lovely flaky pastry.
Turkey - Baklava
I decided to go the full hog and make Filo Pastry for these crisp, sweet & indulgent Pistachio Baklava. Not for the faint-hearted, you'll be hand rolling 28 large sheets of Filo for this. I love to put a film on to keep me company while I get going.