One of my first experiences of making pastry was when in my home-ec class at the age of 12. We were making Canadian Butter tarts. If you’ve never had butter tarts before, you don’t know what you’re missing! They are one of my all-time favourite sweet treats. So imagine my excitement when I brought home a batch of my very own.
In junior highschool when I was 12, I took my first home-ec class. Being a Canadian school, I was first taught to follow recipes with basic metric measurements (millilitres and litres). Once the class got to grips with metric, we moved on to learning American recipes using cups. I can remember being instructed to fill the 1 cup with flour, then tap it on the table to help the flour settle, top up with more flour if necessary and then level it using the flat side of a knife to ensure accuracy.