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Video: Strawberry, rhubarb and almond tart

If there is one thing I like in pastry is… challenges! Any new recipe or experiment, especially if it comes 

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Video: Pumpkin pie (tart, actually)

Last year I was invited to a real Thanksgiving dinner hosted by a real American with real American food. It 

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The legendary Easter Pastiera from Naples

I had been wanting to make a pastiera for ages, but I always remembered about it in the wrong period! 

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Recipe: Strawberry tart with pastry cream

Since the beginning of spring, I keep on being super tired. As we say in Italian: “April, sleeping is sweet” (which is 

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Recipe: Fresh peach tart with puff pastry and almond cream

Some time ago I brought this tart with puff pastry, fresh peaches and almond cream to a picnic on the 

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Another show, another audition

Last December I won the third prize in a Christmas cake contest and this got me a nice call from 

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Lemon meringue tart

I had always been a bit sceptic about tarts, and especially about fruit tarts, but this made me change my 

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Hi, my name is Rob, I work in IT but I love baking and I also got a pastry diploma. I created this blog to keep track of my journey from complete beginner to world pastry champion (I'm not there yet).

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This is one of the pastry “secrets” that differentiate a home-baker from a “pro”. I’m talking about this super-shiny chocolate

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Recipe: Mille-feuille (Cream Napoleon)

You can’t go more classical than this! The mille-feuille is a traditional French pastry that can be found in any

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So yes, last month I celebrated my birthday. 29 years. For the third time. For some, a birthday is a

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