In the next of our series on pies, Tamasin Day Lewis has a recipe for both people who have a dread of making pastry and those who think that a pie is just too homely to make much of an impact. Torta di Zucchini is Italian for 'courgette pie'.
And Tamasin showed Anna McNamee just how easy it can be to use a pie to impress even the most discerning of gourmets. Recipe for Torta di Zucchini 'Tarts With Tops On: Or How To Make The Perfect Pie' by Tamasin Day Lewis; published by Weidenfeld & Nicholson; ISBN: 0-297-84327-3