Pastry

Minced Beef Pie with Cheesy Crust

This is such a great family pie and was also a hit on The Great British Bake Off – no soggy bottoms here!

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Betty’s Vanilla Custard Slices

Who’s Betty I can hear you ask!  She’s my lovely Nanna who taught me to make these when I was about 12.  It’s what every twelve year old should be learning.  Shop bought vanilla slices come nowhere near comparing.

These use homemade rough puff pastry and up until earlier this year I always used shop bought ready made stuff thinking that making my own would be some kind of ordeal.  

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Posted in Custard, Pastry, Treats, Vanilla | 32 Comments