Line the pastry case with greaseproof paper, add baking beans and then bake for 15 minutes. Remove both the paper and the baking beans. Reduce the oven to 160C.

Line the tin with the pastry, taking care not to have any holes or the mixture could leak. Cover and rest for a further 30 minutes in the fridge. Preheat the oven to 190°C.

Mark Flanagan, who was known as the “Mayor of Midtown" because of his passion for improving the area and parlaying his Irish heritage into events there, died June 15. He was 79.

The Queen’s head chef, Mark Flanagan, has been made a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (RVO) by Her Majesty. The recognition comes ahead of the chef’s 20 th year of working for the ...