Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 2 Eggs 4 Egg yolks 3/4 c Castor sugar 2 tb Cornflour 1 ts Ground cardamon 4 Oranges; finely grate, rind ; and juice 2 Lemons; finely grate, rind ; and juice 125 g Butter; cubed 2 Sheets ready-rolled -shortcrust pastry; thawed Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Whisk eggs, egg yolks […]

Ingredients & Directions -DOUGH- 1 1/4 c All-purpose; bleached flour 2 tb Sugar 1/8 ts Salt 1/8 ts Baking powder 7 tb Cold; unsalted butter (one -stick minus 1 tablespoon) 1 Egg 1 tb Water -EASY PASTRY CREAM- 3 tb Sugar 2 tb All-purpose bleached flour 1 pn Salt 3/4 c Milk 1 Egg 1 […]

Ingredients & Directions FOR THE PASTRY 1 1/2 c All-purpose flour 2 tb Sugar 1/4 ts Salt 1 Stick cold unsalted butter; -cut into bits (1/2 ; cup) 1 lg Egg; beaten lightly 2 tb Ice water FOR THE ORANGE CURD 6 Egg yolks 1 c Fresh orange juice; (about 1 -pound ; oranges), half […]

Ingredients & Directions FOR THE PASTRY 5 c Flour 6 ts Baking powder 1 ts Salt 1/2 c Butter 2 c Cream, light FOR THE FILLING 8 Apples, tart (Granny’s etc) 1 Lemon, juice thereof 1 1/2 c Sugar 1 ts Cinnamon 1/2 c Currants 1/4 c Butter Cream, sweetened,on the side For the Pastry: […]

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 1 c Polenta 1/2 c Cornflour 1/2 c Flour 1/2 c Sugar 150 g Butter 1 Egg 1 tb Raw sugar FILLING 2 415 g cans pear halves in -light syrup 1 1/2 c Red wine 3/4 c Sugar 1 Cinnamon stick 1 5 cm piece lemon rind 4 Whole cloves […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c All-purpose flour 1 ds Salt 1 ts Sugar 1 Stick of butter, COLD 6 tb Cold heavy cream or Whipping cream This recipe can be used for pies, tarts, cheesecake or quiche. It makes a nice flaky shell. Place 1 cup of flour in a bowl with a little salt […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 tb Butter 2 c Thinly sliced onions Salt Freshly ground black pepper 1 ts Chopped garlic 1/4 lb Goat cheese; crumbled 1 Sheet; (15 by 10 inches) ; frozen puff pastry, ; defrosted 1 lg Egg; lightly beaten 1 tb Chopped fresh parsley leaves Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 tb Active dry yeast 2 1/2 c Warm water 2 1/2 c White flour, preferably -unbleached Let yeast dissolve in 1/2 cup warm water in a pottery or glass bowl, then stir in flour and 2 cups warm water; mix well. Pour into plastic, glass, or crockery container, cover, and let […]

Ingredients & Directions FOR THE SHELL 1 3/4 c All-purpose flour 1 Stick cold unsalted butter; -cut into bits (1/2 ; cup) 2 tb Vegetable shortening 1/2 ts Salt Raw rice for weighting the -shell FOR THE FILLING 3 lb Large onions; sliced thin 1/4 c Olive oil 1 tb All-purpose flour 2 c Half-and-half […]

Ingredients & Directions Sugared Flowers, Petals, or -Leaves (separate recipe) Pastry (recipe follows) 1 1/2 c Slivered blanched almonds, -toasted 1/2 c Sugar 1/2 c (1 stick) butter, softened 2 lg Eggs 1/4 c Unsifted all-purpose flour 1 ts Almond extract NOTE: This elegant tart with sugared-flower topping can be made with an almond filling […]