Fresh fruit vol-au-vent ........

I had been crazy making homemade puff pastry during last month and it results in plenty of frozen puff pastry right now.

To me , sweet vol-au-vent is a better alternative than fruit tart when time is an essence.

I love how light and crispy it is.

It also works well as a ceterpiece on the party table.

Different kinds of fresh fruits add an interesting colors as well as the flavour. I'm sure this little piece of dessert can speak louder than its size. I used what I had in the fridge--apple,strawberry and cape gooseberry. I used lemon curd for the filling today, but any kind of filling or whipped cream would be nice too.

If you love to try it at home, here is the recipe for rough puff pastry. Enjoy .........

Lemon macarons.

Once again that I baked macarons. I know that they are still far from perfection....I'm working on it.

I accidentally cut down the lime tree while cutting the grass in my garden. The citrus smell of lime leaves inspired me to bake something lemony. Finally I ended up with lemon macarons

Adding lemon zest in both macaron shell and filling really creates an intense citrus smell to this macaron. I baked them without drying the skin. Baking luck was with me, my macarons have feet. I confirm that making macarons in a rainy day or at night is doable. It's raining outside while these macarons were in the oven. The filling is made of creamcheese, lemon juice and lemon zest.

I can make macaron 30 days in a roll with different flavours...before finishing this combination, I already had the next combination in my wish list.

No wonder why many persons are in love with macarons making. It's a challenge!
My quality control department is ready for his job...that's right, Huggie will be in charge.

Sweet shell and very tart filling are such a perfect combination.