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Sweet Treats

Pies, tarts, cakes, custards, ice cream, cookies, slices. Plated desserts and afternoon-tea things alike.

Cooking · Sweet Treats

Crème Anglaise

A pouring custard tuned for puddings that already bring their own sweetness.

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Cooking · Sweet Treats

Apple Crumble

Apples rough-chopped in the Ninja, a crumble lid pulsed up in the same jug a minute later, and both into the fridge in separate tubs until baking. Forty-five minutes in a hot oven the next evening and pudding's done while we eat. The topping never touches the wet fruit until the oven, so the crumb stays dry and the bake comes out crisp.

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Sourdough Discard Choc Chip Cookies

Brown-butter chocolate chunk cookies with a hundred grams of sourdough discard folded through the dough -- chewy edges, a centre that stays gooey, and just enough tang from the starter to keep them from cloying. The whole batch is built to scoop, freeze raw, and bake one or two from frozen on the night you want them.

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Poires Pochées

Whole pears simmered in a vanilla-lemon syrup until a knife slides in like cutting butter, then cooled in the same syrup overnight so the flavour reaches the core. Beurre Bosc is the May default in Perth -- firm enough to hold their shape through a long poach. Standalone or sliced into a mille-feuille.

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Lemon Meringue Pie

A blender pâte sucrée scented with lemon zest, a smooth lemon curd, and an Italian meringue with peaks blowtorched gold. A weekend pie -- two component recipes assembled across Saturday and Sunday.

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