Plums and apples the flavours of autumn
In recent years I feel that we have lost sight of the seasons. The supermarkets bring us whatever fruit or vegetables that we want at any time of the year. Strawberries at Christmas being a good example of what I mean. So, for this post I want to cook exactly what's in season and today that is apples and plums. The apples were given to my by a dear friend and the plums come from our garden in Italy. We picked them ourselves after waiting eagerly for them to ripen up to our satisfaction. I decided to make small tartlets as I can contain myself to one rather than scoffing a large piece of a tart. I also wanted them to look pretty. Not too sure that I achieved that though. They certainly look homemade. I tend not to weigh out too much when it comes to the filling as I just make use of what I have on hand. If I make too much, I freeze it until I can use it up in a different way. Make the filling by peeling, quartering and cubing some apples. I used Bramleys. Remove the stones fr...