Is there a dish you've tried again and again but can never quite get right?

A natural way to answer

For me it's pastry. No matter what I do, it never comes out as light as it should. I think I overwork the dough, but even when I'm careful, it still doesn't quite work. It's become a bit of a personal challenge.

Key phrases to use

• can't get something right — to keep failing to do something correctly“I just can't get this sauce right.”
• crack it — to finally work out how to do something difficult“After months of trying, I finally cracked it.”