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"This is a (slighty tweaked) recipe from Mariette Crafford, a South African food writer. It's the best shortcrust pastry I've ever tasted. It can be used raw, if you don't want to be bothered with blind baking, but I have found that blind baking does guarantee a more golden pastry colour. The cornstarch (known as cornflour here) practically..."

Ingredients: cornstarch, cream of tartar...

"These are delicious arabic biscuits / pastries, they can be made with a variety of fillings, including pistachios, walnuts or dates. They are often eaten in the Middle East as a celebratory food, for example at weddings, the end of ramadan, rosh hosana, christmas, easter etc. They contain very little sugar so they are quite healthy. The pistachios..."

Ingredients: rose water, milk...

"Having emigrated to England nearly 10 years ago, there are few tastes that remind me of home, and Melk Tert is definitely one of them. Between the four of us in my family growing up, we'd finish an entire tart in a Sunday afternoon and fight over who got the bigger slice. It's consistancy is like cheesecake, and it has a dusting of cinnamon..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, cornflour...

"This comes from my scrapbook of tried and tested recipes which I have used for the last 35 years. The base is really easy to make and instead of rolling you just 'press' the dough into a pie plate and bake for 10-12 minutes. The filling is made on the stovetop (or microwave) and no further baking is required. This is a truly delicious not too..."

Ingredients: cornflour, eggs, milk...