Tarts and Flans

Flan, tart, quiche... whatever you call it, a pastry base topped with creamy filling or seasonal fruits makes a meal to remember.

The Delia Online Cookery School: English Custard Tart, Quiche Lorraine and Thick Lemon Tart are included in this collection. You can watch all three being made in our video, just click the image to play.

a picture of a slice of asparagus tart with salad leaves on a white plate

Asparagus and Cheese Tart

Just to make the very most of the English asparagus during its very short season, I cook it every which way...

Just to make the very most of the English asparagus during its very short season, I cook it every which way, hence this very simple but sublime tart. Vegetarians ma...

30 minutes - 40 minutes

Vegetarian

a picture of four individual baked egg tarts on a baking sheet

Baked Eggs in Mushroom Tartlets

It's quite a long time since I made a quiche or tart for entertaining. I feel that serving them individu...

It's quite a long time since I made a quiche or tart for entertaining. I feel that serving them individually is prettier and more practical, and people seem to real...

27 minutes - 35 minutes

Vegetarian

Caramelised Apple Flan

This is from a French recipe called tarte Tatin – it's baked, chilled and then served upside down. The D...

This is from a French recipe called tarte Tatin – it's baked, chilled and then served upside down. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to make an English App...

40 minutes

Red Onion and Goats' Cheese Tarts

The long, slow cooking of red onions and balsamic vinegar gives a lovely sweet, concentrated caramel consis...

The long, slow cooking of red onions and balsamic vinegar gives a lovely sweet, concentrated caramel consistency. These are then spooned into crisp cheese pastry ca...

Vegetarian

Caramelised Onion Tartlets

When we made these tartlets for the photography, we couldn't stop eating them! Crisp, light pastry with ...

When we made these tartlets for the photography, we couldn't stop eating them! Crisp, light pastry with such a luscious filling – and also lovely as a first course ...

20 minutes

Vegetarian

Caramelised Toffee Walnut Tarts with Clotted Cream

These lovely tarts provide an elegant dish to end a meal. Tartlet cases are fiddly and time-consuming to...

These lovely tarts provide an elegant dish to end a meal. Tartlet cases are fiddly and time-consuming to make yourself so why not cheat with good-quality bought one...

Cep and Onion Tarts

This combination of earthy cep mushrooms and sweet caramelised onions is divine, and comes to us courtesy o...

This combination of earthy cep mushrooms and sweet caramelised onions is divine, and comes to us courtesy of Alex Mackay, the brilliant young chef who demonstrated his...

25 minutes - 30 minutes

Vegetarian

Charred Onion and Swiss Cheese Tart

The sight of a bumper crop of shallots inspired me to make up a variation on my traditional onion tart, usi...

The sight of a bumper crop of shallots inspired me to make up a variation on my traditional onion tart, using Swiss cheese (Gruyere in this instance). We served it ...

30 minutes - 40 minutes

Vegetarian

Cheese and Vegetable Flan

For this recipe (ideal for vegetarians), I use a 7 inch (18 cm) metal pie plate with a rim which is about 1...

For this recipe (ideal for vegetarians), I use a 7 inch (18 cm) metal pie plate with a rim which is about 1½ inches (4 cm) deep. The Delia Online Cookery School: Th...

40 minutes

Vegetarian

Chocolate Tartlets

We’ve sometimes made this in one large M&S tart case – the choice is yours. Either way, these are ve...

We’ve sometimes made this in one large M&S tart case – the choice is yours. Either way, these are very pretty, with a wonderfully glossy surface, but you could ...

four slices of creamed apple flan on an oblong plate

Eighteenth-century Creamed Apple Flan

This recipe is a nostalgic one for me as it's one of the first I tried after some research into eighteenth-...

This recipe is a nostalgic one for me as it's one of the first I tried after some research into eighteenth-century British cooking at the British Museum, and it prompt...

English Custard Tart

This old-fashioned English Custard tart needs a thick wobby filling so I've used a round tin which gives a ...

This old-fashioned English Custard tart needs a thick wobby filling so I've used a round tin which gives a good depth. The nutmeg is very important to the flavour, ...

Gooseberry Creme Fraiche Tart

This has to be one of the easiest fruit tarts to make in the world. The filling is essentially gooseberr...

This has to be one of the easiest fruit tarts to make in the world. The filling is essentially gooseberries and custard set in a pastry crust. I have found that a t...

1 hour - 1 hour 5 minutes

Kipper Quiche

A less frugal version of this can be made for a special occasion by substituting 1/2 pint (275ml) cream for...

A less frugal version of this can be made for a special occasion by substituting 1/2 pint (275ml) cream for the milk. The Delia Online Cookery School: Have you seen...

40 minutes

Lancaster Lemon Tart

This is a first cousin of a Bakewell tart, using home-made lemon curd instead of jam, which I think goes ve...

This is a first cousin of a Bakewell tart, using home-made lemon curd instead of jam, which I think goes very well with the flavour of almonds. The Delia Online Coo...

40 minutes - 45 minutes

Lattice Mincemeat Dessert Tart

Here is another festive dessert that makes good use of home-made mincemeat. Serve it fairly warm, with C...

Here is another festive dessert that makes good use of home-made mincemeat. Serve it fairly warm, with Cumberland Rum Butter to melt through the lattice. The Del...

20 minutes - 30 minutes

Leek and Goats' Cheese Tart

This is what I call a wobbly tart – creamy and soft-centred. Leeks and goats' cheese have turned out to ...

This is what I call a wobbly tart – creamy and soft-centred. Leeks and goats' cheese have turned out to be a wonderful combination, and the addition of goats' chees...

50 minutes - 1 hour

Vegetarian

Linzertorte

This is a famous Austrian torte named after the town of Linz. The rich pastry flan is made with ground h...

This is a famous Austrian torte named after the town of Linz. The rich pastry flan is made with ground hazelnuts. The fruity element is usually either redcurrant or...

30 minutes

Lucy's Tarte Tatin

Lucy Crabb, former Executive Chef at our restaurant at Norwich City Football Club, makes the very best Tart...

Lucy Crabb, former Executive Chef at our restaurant at Norwich City Football Club, makes the very best Tarte Tatin (Caramelised Apple Flan) I've ever tasted. She in...

20 minutes - 25 minutes

Mincemeat and Apple Crumble Flan

If you've got leftover mincemeat this will cheer up a January Sunday lunch beautifully. A ready-ma...

If you've got leftover mincemeat this will cheer up a January Sunday lunch beautifully. A ready-made pastry flan case will also save you time, which we have d...

40 minutes

Plum and Soured Cream Flan

Since I've been writing recipes, this is one I've found to be most popular with everyone who makes it. T...

Since I've been writing recipes, this is one I've found to be most popular with everyone who makes it. The Delia Online Cookery School: For more summer dessert idea...

40 minutes

Mushroom, Chorizo and Thyme Tarts

These are so named because they are such a breeze: no making pastry, no rolling out, no lining tins – nothi...

These are so named because they are such a breeze: no making pastry, no rolling out, no lining tins – nothing but the thinnest ready-rolled rounds of melt-in-the-mouth...

15 minutes - 20 minutes

Portuguese Custard Tarts

These are perfect to serve warm as a dessert, although I personally prefer them chilled. Either way, the...

These are perfect to serve warm as a dessert, although I personally prefer them chilled. Either way, they just melt in the mouth, with pastry as light as a whisper ...

15 minutes - 20 minutes

Pumpkin Pie

This recipe uses another version of shortcrust pastry that is used for sweet open-faced flans and tarts. ...

This recipe uses another version of shortcrust pastry that is used for sweet open-faced flans and tarts. It's richer than shortcrust, but very crisp, and the eggs g...