Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 4 c Flour, unbleached 2 tb Salt 2 tb Sugar 4 c Potato water; lukewarm Put all ingredients in a crock or large jar and let stand in a warm place uncovered several days. This is the author’s last choice for making a starter, but seems to be in all the cookbooks […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Pastry for 9″-10″ flan pan 6 Apples; Golden Delicious; -large 1 tb Lemon juice 1/4 c Sugar; granulated 1/2 c Raisins; optional 1 ts Butter; melted 1/2 c Jam; apricot Whipped cream – optional Roll pastry out and fit into flan pan. Peel and core apples, cut into slices about 1/4″ […]

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY DOUGH- 1/2 c Unsalted butter 1/4 c Sugar 1 ts Vanilla extract 1 Egg yolk 1 1/4 c Cake flour -PASTRY CREAM- 1 c Milk 1/4 c Sugar 3 Egg yolks 3 tb Flour 1 ts Vanilla FINISHING 3 pt Fresh red currants – rinsed and stemmed 1/2 c Toasted, sliced […]

Ingredients & Directions -DOUGH- 1 c Flour 1/2 ts Salt 2 tb Sugar 9 tb Butter, softened 1 Egg 1 tb Water 1 1/2 tb Lemon juice TOPPING 4 Egg yolks 1 c Sugar 1 Lemon, grated rind and -sieved juice of In a mixing bowl, sift together flour, salt,and sugar. Make a hole in […]

Ingredients & Directions TART SHELL 1 1/2 c Flour; all-purpose 3/4 ts Dried thyme 1/4 ts Salt 1/4 c Butter; chilled & cut into . small pieces 1/4 c Vegetable shortening 4 -6 Tbsp cold water FILLING 2 tb Butter 2 Red delicious apples; cored . and thinly sliced 2 Golden delicious apples; . cored […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Plus 1 tb butter 1 3/4 c All purpose flour 1 Egg 4 tb Half and half (milk & cream) Salt 4 md Onions 4 Bacon slices, diced 1/2 c Whipping cream (be generous) 2 Eggs Salt and pepper Preheat oven to 400F (250C). Lightly grease an 11 inch quiche […]

Ingredients & Directions -Dorothy Cross TMPJ72B 1 Stick (4 ozs) butter; -cut into 8 pieces 1/3 c Sugar 2 ts Vanilla extract 1 1/3 c Flour 1 Egg 1 1/2 c Semisweet chocolate chips -(9 ozs) 1/2 c Heavy cream 1/3 c Heavy cream 1 pk (14 oz.) vanilla caramels 3 c Chopped pecans Preheat […]

Ingredients & Directions FILLING 2 lb Sweet onions (preferably) 1 ts Salt 1/4 c Peanut oil (or other veg. -oil) 1/2 c Water 1/4 lb Bacon, cut in strips 1 ts Flour 2 Egg yolks 6 tb Creme Fraiche (see recipe) Pate Brisee (Pie Pastry) -(see recipe) Slice onions thinly and layer in large saucepan. […]

Ingredients & Directions : Pastry: 1 1/4 c all-purpose flour 1/4 c white sugar 1/2 c unsalted butter, chilled 2 lg egg yolks 1/4 c finely ground almonds 1 ts almond extract : ice water : Filling: 3/4 c salted butter 1 c dark brown sugar, — firmly : packed 1/3 c honey 3 TB […]

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 200 g Plain flour 130 g Unsalted butter, softened 3 tb Water 1 Egg 1 ds Salt FILLING 400 g Onions 30 g Bacon, cut into thin strips 50 g Unsalted butter 3 1/2 dl Cream 3 1/2 dl Milk 4 Eggs 1 ds Gratted nutmeg 1 tb Chopped parsley Salt […]