Flaky pastry how to get it right

Nicola trained as a pastry chef with some of the best in the business, including Dominique Ansel and Little Bread Pedlar. She’s also worked with modern legend Yotam Ottolenghi and her 2024 debut bakin

If you’re hosting this summer, ditch the plates and serve some knockout handheld food instead. These little pockets of flavour are all really easy to prepare and eminently shareable

Turn the oven on for this month’s creation

■ Serves 10 ■ Prep 30 mins plus cooling and 2 hrs chilling ■ Cook 1 hr 150g ginger biscuits45g butter, melted, plus extra for the tin250g frozen berries, defrosted300g golden caster sugar600g soft che

By Caitlin Macdonald Makes 16 | Prep 20 mins | Cook 35 mins 200g spinach50g frozen peas350g tinned or leftover boiled potatoes, drained3 tbsp curry paste of choice50g peanuts, roughly chopped20g coria

Fill a hamper or cool bag and head for the great outdoors