Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 1 Free Flow Recipe I was looking through an Italian cookbook for an Alfredo sauce (no luck there) and ran across a section on sweetbreads. Here’s a short run down on what they are, how to prepare them for cooking and three recipes. Veal sweetbreads are more tender and flavorful than any […]

Ingredients & Directions BREAD PUDDING 4 ea Slices stale bread 1 T Vanilla 4 T Sugar 1 x Salt, pinch 3 1/2 c Milk 1/2 ea Block butter 4 ea Eggs, separatged 1 x Raisins (optional) WHISKEY SAUCE 1/2 c Sugar 1/4 ea Block butter 1/4 c Water 1 x Whiskey, to taste BREAD PUDDING: […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Sourdough starter 1 tb Salt 1/2 c Warm water 1/4 c Olive oil 1 tb Active dry yeast 5 c (approx.) King Arthur 3 tb Vital wheat gluten -Unbleached All-Purpose Flour Mix the starter, water, yeast and gluten together. Add 3 cups of the flour. Cover with a damp towel […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Yellow cornmeal 1 c All-purpose flour 1 1/2 ts Double-acting baking powder 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Salt 2 lg Eggs 1 1/4 c Buttermilk 1/4 c Unsalted butter, melted and -cooled Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch-square pan generously. In a bowl whisk together […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 tb Yeast 1 ts Salt 2 1/4 c Bread Flour 1/2 c Water; Tepid 1 c Sourdough Starter 1 Tbl Sugar Yields 1 Loaf Add all the ingredients to the pan in the sequence listed. Select “French Bread”. Press “Start”. Slowly drizzle the water into the machine while it is running. […]

Ingredients & Directions 12 sl (about 3/4 in. thick) French Bread 1/2 c Butter — melted 4 c Half-and-half 1 1/4 c Sugar 10 Egg yolks 1 ts Vanilla extract 1 pn Salt 4 lg Peaches, peeled, pitted — And thinly sliced 1 c Toasted pecan halves Vanilla ice cream or whipped Cream — for […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 ts Sugar 1 tb Yeast (1 envelope) 1/4 c Warm water 1 1/2 c Brown rice flour 1 1/2 c White rice flour 1 ts Salt 1 tb Xanthan gum (2 tb Certo?) 2/3 c Skim milk powder 1 1/4 c Warm water 1/4 c Margarine 3 Eggs Note: General Hints […]

Ingredients & Directions 8 oz Flour 4 oz Sugar 8 oz Mixed dried fruit 1/2 x Grated rind of a lemon 2 tb Butter 1/2 ts Salt 2 ts Baking powder 1 pn Baking soda Egg; beaten 1 1/4 c Buttermilk http://www.irishfood.com/recipes/index.html Mix the flour, sugar, fruit, lemon rind, butter, baking powder and soda. Add […]

Ingredients & Directions 10 oz Spinach, frozen cut; thawed 8 oz Water chestnuts; drained & -finely chopped 3/4 c Scallion; chopped 1 pk Lipton Country Vegetable -soup mix 1 1/2 c Sour cream 1/2 c Mayonnaise 1 Loaf round sourdough bread In a medium bowl, or whatever you have, combine all ingredients except the bread; […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 Envelopes active dry yeast; -(1/4-ounce each) 1 tb Plus 2 teaspoons sugar 2 c Warm water; (about 110 -degrees ; F.) 1 1/2 tb Salt 5 c Flour 4 tb Yellow cornmeal 1 Egg yolk mixed with 1 -tablespoon water Using an electric mixer with a dough hook, combine the yeast, […]