Category Archives: Pastry

Phyllo pastry floral fruit tart

Posted on May 22, 2015 by coconutcraze

Aren’t you enjoying this season’s offering of colours that are so pleasing to the sight? It is sending a message to enjoy them in more ways. I discovered there are many edible flowers and have started using them in my … Continue reading →

Posted in Baked, Bread, Cheese, comfort food, Dessert, Easy recipe, Finger food, International dishes, Pastry | Tagged delicate floral tart, floral and fruit pastry, floral and fruit tart, floral patisserie, floral tart, frest fruit and flower tart, lilac flower and strawberry tart, lilac flower dessert, Lilac tart, phyllo dessert, Phyllo pastry, phyllo tart, spring dessert, strawberry floral tart, summer, using lilac blooms, using springtime flowers | 43 Comments

Pizza puff pinwheels

Posted on May 1, 2015 by coconutcraze

When I was a young girl, I used to play with Pinwheels made of folded palm leaves. That memory is so tinged with nostalgia. My cousins and I used to run into the wind so the Pinwheels could spin and … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetizer, Baked, Brunch, Celebration, Cheese, comfort food, Easy recipe, Finger food, Not just for kids, Pack-and-go snack, Pastry, Snack | Tagged Appetizer, baked treat, comfort food, crunchy snack, pinwheels, pizza flavoured pinwheels, pizza puff pinwheels, puff pastry, Puff pastry dough, Puff pastry pin wheels, puff pastry snack, savoury snack | 26 Comments

Puff pastry onion tart/Caramelized onion tart

Posted on March 27, 2015 by coconutcraze

Shiny onions on a pastry bed! When caramelized onion meets rich puff pastry in an oven, only amazing things can happen! This is a simple tart but the taste is buttery delicious! I have always baked with store bought puff … Continue reading →

Posted in Baked, Breakfast, Brunch, Celebration, comfort food, Finger food, Pack-and-go snack, Pastry | Tagged Caramelized onion tart, comfort food, Flaky airy pastry, onion tart, pastry, puff pastry, puff tart, snack | 39 Comments

Puff pastry dough/Puff pastry from scratch

Posted on March 25, 2015 by coconutcraze

Puff pastry myth busted! There are many things I dread cooking and never venture to try. It is the fear of failure! Puff pastry is one such culinary process I feared. I was fascinated by flaky and airy, puff pastry … Continue reading →

Posted in Baked, Dessert, Not just for kids, Pastry, Side dish, Snack, Vegetarian | Tagged allpurpose flour, baked dessert, basic puff recipe, butterslab, dough, Flaky airy pastry, pastry, puff pastry, puff pastry layers, puffed bread | 27 Comments

Mini tarts/ Fruit and nut tartlets

Posted on March 12, 2015 by coconutcraze

Sweet jewel tarts! What can you make for a quick dessert? This is a question I ask myself many times. I decided to have some easy ideas so next time I need not scramble, search and struggle to get it … Continue reading →