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Claire Ptak

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owner of violet bakery, stylist, cook, author
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Lemon Meringue Pie Bars

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By Claire Ptak
| Nigella
This recipe originally came from my mom, Elisabeth. She always made excellent lemon bars when I was growing up. Mom loves anything lemony and tart and I’m just the same. I’m so lucky that she is always so willing to share her recipes with me. We make these at the bakery with a torched meringue topping for fun. It’s worth getting a small kitchen blowtorch to raise the bar of presentation in your home baking.
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Blueberry lattice pie recipe by Claire Ptak

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By Claire Ptak
| Yahoo Style Canada Verified
Serves 8 For the pastry plain flour 280g, sifted fine salt 1 tsp butter 170g iced water 6 tbsp milk 2 tbsp, for brushing caster sugar 2 tbsp, for sprinkling For the filling caster sugar 150g cornflour 4 tbsp salt a pinch blueberries 850g lemon zest of 1, plus 1 tbsp of juice unsalted butter 25g, cold To make the pastry, in a large bowl mix together the flour and salt. Cut in half of the butter very well, then cut in the second half into pea-size pieces.
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Best Luxury Easter Eggs Of 2024 For An Extra-special Chocolate Treat - Evening Standard

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By Ellie Davis Verified, Claire Ptak, Natalie Wise, Kay Harwell Fernandez
| Everand
After a year-long January, it’s no wonder that so many of us go full steam ahead at Easter. The celebration not only promises a long weekend off and the start of spring, but gives us full license to enjoy as much chocolate as we can consume. With more varieties of sumptuous seasonal eggs on the market than ever before, you need not settle come March 29. From Good Friday to Easter Monday on April 1, there is no room for hastily purchased supermarket basics.
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