Review
"If you're still cooking the same old meals every week, Martha Stewart's new book has loads of appetising recipes to indulge your taste buds and help you get more creative in the kitchen. They're all 500 calories or less, low in fat, ultra-easy to make and seriously likely to make you feel as if you're treating yourself. Perfect." (Closer)
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Martha Stewart's Pies and Tarts
The perfect sweet (or savoury) for any occasion
Filled with seasonal fruit, piled high with billowy meringue, or topped with buttery streusel, pies and tarts are comforting and foolproof. In Martha Stewart's New Pies and Tarts, the editors of Martha Stewart Living include 150 recipes: some are savoury, some are sweet; some are simple enough for a weeknight, while others are fancy enough for special events. Throughout, readers will find plenty of fillings and crusts, basics, and techniques for creating flavours and textures for every taste - from down-home classics that come together easily with fresh berries and stone fruits to modern tarts layered with chocolate ganache or finished with a wine glaze. There are also individual hand pies, savoury comforts like quiche and pot-pie, holiday-worthy desserts for nearly every occasion, and much more.
Chapters feature pies and tarts for everyone: CLASSIC (Lattice-Top Blueberry Pie, Pumpkin Pie), FREE-FORM (Apricot-Pistachio Tart, Apple Butter Hand Pies), SLEEK (Caramelized Lemon Tart, Chocolate Mousse Tart with Hazelnuts), DREAMY (Frozen Chocolate-Peanut Butter Pie, Butterscotch Praline Cream Pie), RUSTIC (Cheddar-Crust Apple Pie, Blackberry Jam Tart), LAYERED (Rainbow Puff-Pastry Tarts, Chocolate Pear Tart), DAINTY (Roasted Fig Tartlets, Cranberry Meringue Mini Pies), ARTFUL (Peach-Raspberry Slab Pie, Pumpkin and Ricotta Crostata), HOLIDAY (Neapolitan Easter Pie, Gingerbread-Raspberry Snowflake Tart), and SAVOURY (Leek and Olive Tart, Summer Squash Lattice Tart).
As is expected from Martha Stewart, this book is at once a feast for the eyes and the palate, as well as a practical teaching tool. Each dish is accompanied by a lush, full-colour photograph. Throughout the book are
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About the Author
Born in 1941, Martha Stewart built a phenomenally successful business in the US. She is the author of dozens of bestselling books on cooking, entertaining, gardening, weddings, and decorating. In the US she hosts The Martha Stewart Show, a popular daily syndicated tv programme. You can see Martha demonstrating her recipes on marthastewart.com.
MARTHA STEWART LIVING magazine was first published in 1990. Since then, more than three dozen books have been published by the magazine's editors
