Baking Chefs

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 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Blind-baked 10-inch tart -shell Zest of 2 Seville oranges Juice of 2 Seville oranges 1/2 c Sugar 3 Egg yolks, beaten 3 Cups heavy cream 12 Candied orange slices For the sauce: 2 c Fresh Seville orange juice Zest of one Seville orange 1/4 c Sugar 2 tb Cornstarch plus 1 […]

Ingredients & Directions : Pizza dough– 4 TB olive oil 4 lg onions (2 1/2-3 pounds) — : sliced 2 TB slivered garlic 2 ts fresh oreganoOR 1 ts dried oregano 1 ts rosemary leaves — chopped 1 TB parsley — chopped 2 c ripe tomatoOR — diced : and seeded 2 c canned diced […]

Ingredients & Directions GLAZED ORANGES 2 sm Oranges 2/3 c Orange marmalade 2 tb Orange juice TART SHELL 1 c Unsifted all-purpose flour 2 tb Sugar 1/3 c Butter or margarine, -softened 1 lg Egg CUSTARD FILLING 1/2 c Sugar 1/3 c Cornstarch 1/4 ts Salt 2 c (1 pint) half-and-half 2 lg Eggs 1 […]

Ingredients & Directions -DOUGH- 2 c All purpose flour 3/4 c (or more) water 1 ts Salt 1 ts Vegetable oil TOPPING 12 Bacon slices, cut into 1/2 -inch pieces (about 7 oz) 4 md Onions, thinly sliced 4 c Small curd cottage cheese 1/4 c Plus 1 T creme fraiche or -whipping cream 1 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/4 c Honey 1/4 c Water 6 Oranges; (can use 8) 1 Lemon 2 Eggs 3 tb Corn starch 1 10 inch French tart pastry; -prebaked In a small saucepan, combine the honey and the water, and heat to simmering. Slice one of the oranges in half, and take 4 very thin […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 Eggs; separated 3/4 c Granulated sugar Grated zest of 1 orange 1 ts Vanilla extract 2 c Finely-ground Brazil nuts 1 1/2 tb All-purpose flour 1/4 ts Salt GARNISH 2 Grapefruits 2 Oranges 4 lg Egg whites 1 1/4 c Granulated sugar Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 10-inch […]

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 […]