Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 2 tb Butter 2 c Sugar 4 md Red apples; peeled, -cut into wedges; & -sprinkled with lemon juice 1 Sheet pastry dough; 10″ in -diameter (see recipe) Cinnamon -FLAVORED WHIPPED CREAM- 1/2 pt Whipping cream 2 tb Powdered sugar 1 ds Vanilla extract 1 ds Creme de Cacao Preheat oven to […]

Ingredients & Directions -TART SHELLS- 2 1/2 c Flour 1 c Butter; cold — cut into 1 inch pieces 1/4 c Sugar 3 tb Water 2 Egg yolks 1 ts Vanilla 1 ts Grated lemon peel FILLING 1/2 c Butter 2 c Brown sugar 4 Egg yolks 1 c Milk 2 tb Flour 1 ts […]

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 1 c All-purpose flour 1 tb Sugar 1 Stick ( 8 tbsp ) cold, -unsalted butter, cut into -1″ pieces 3 tb Ice water FILLING 2 tb Unsalted butter 1/2 c Sugar 2 lb Granny Smith apples, peeled, -cored, and cut into 1/8ths Pastry Dough 1. Make the pastry dough: in […]

Ingredients & Directions -DOUGH- 2 c Flour 1/4 lb Butter 1/2 c Club soda Salt FILLING 3 lg Onions; chopped 10 Basil leafs 12 Italian anchovies or alicci -fillets 6 Black olives; pitted and -sliced 1 c Very thick tomato sauce Salt and freshly ground -black pepper 2 tb Olive oil Dough Cut butter into […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/3 BUTTER PASTRY dough 1 Egg white, lightly beaten 2 tb Butter 10 oz Fresh mushrooms (1 package), -sliced 7 oz Shitake mushrooms (1 -package), stems discarded And mushrooms sliced 1 tb Minced fresh garlic 2 ts Dried oregano, crushed 1/8 ts Ground black pepper 1/2 lb Smoked mozzarella cheese, -thinly sliced […]

Ingredients & Directions 4 md Red Mullet; Scaled And -Filleted 2 sm Or 1 Large Head Fennel 1 Gen. Tablesp Basil; Finely -Chopped 1/2 tb Parsley; Finely Chopped 1 ts Capers; Finely Chopped 1 Clove Garlic; Crushed 5 tb Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 tb Tomato Puree 1 pn Sugar 250 g Puff Pastry Salt […]

Ingredients & Directions PHYLLO TART SHELLS 1 lg Egg white 2 tb Olive oil 1/4 ts Salt 8 Phyllo dough sheets (14×18″ -SMOKED TROUT FILLING- 2 pk Cream cheese, low-fat (8 oz) 1/2 lb Trout fillets; smoked, skin –and pin bones removed 1/3 c Scallions; chopped (2 scall 4 ts Horseradish; well drained 1 c […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 pk (17 oz) frozen puff pastry -(2 sheets); thawed 4 Sml Golden Delicious apples; -(peeled, cored, sliced -thin) 4 tb Sugar 2 tb Unsalted butter Creme Fraiche or French -Vanilla Ice Cream for -garnish; if desired Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Roll out one sheet of pastry to 1/4″ to 1/8″ […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 pk (11 oz) pastry mix 1/2 c Walnuts 3 tb Soft butter 1 Egg beaten Whipping cream 1 c Raisins 1/2 c Packed brown sugar 3 tb Orange juice 2 1/2 tb Half and half Prepare pastry according to package directions. Line small tart pans* (2 1/2 inches in diameter and […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Sheet (1/2 pound) frozen -puff pastry; thawed 3 lb Golden Delicious apples Juice of 1 lemon 1 Stick (1/2 cup) unsalted -butter; cut into thin Ieces 1/2 c Sugar Whipped cream as -accompaniment Peel, halve, and core the apples, brushing them with the lemon juice as they are cored. In a […]