Pies can have a bottom crust only, a top crust only or a top and bottom crust, whereas a Tart has only a bottom crust.A Pie crust is flaky, a Tart crust is firm or crumbly.A Pie is always round, a Tart can be round, square, rectangle pretty well any shape.
What is the difference between a Pie and a Tart? But if you prefer to make your own, then this Homemade Puff Pastry is easy and very good. This is the perfect dessert to make when you don’t have much time, so therefore I like to use store bought puff pastry. In Italy now there are a wide selection of apples, when I first came I think I had a choice of one or two!īut my two favourite baking apples are Fuji and Gala and if I have to I’ll reach for a Golden Delicious. (If it’s too dry, add a little cold water if it’s too wet, add a little more flour.
Add 1 egg, then bring the pastry together with your hands. Use your fingertips to rub the ingredients together until they resemble coarse breadcrumbs. You don’t want an overly juicy apple or your pastry will be soggy so any one of these apples would work Empire, Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Gravenstein, Honeycrisp or my absolute favourite Fuji. To make the pastry, put the 225g flour, caster sugar, salt and butter into a mixing bowl. I have to tell you that I have made this tart at least 3 times in the last 2 weeks and every time they were gone in minutes.
