Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions -FOR PASTRY DOUGH- 1 2/3 c All-purpose flour 1 1/2 ts Sugar 3/4 ts Salt 1 1/4 Sticks cold unsalted butter; -cut into pieces 4 tb Ice water; up to 5 -FOR FILLING- 1/3 c Water 2 tb Calvados 1 c Packed pitted prunes; (7 -oz), halved 1 ts Cinnamon 1 pn […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Recipe Savory Tart Dough 3 md Bell pepper 2 lg -Bell peppers — mixed But preferably — Red and Yellow 4 tb Olive oil 1 sm Red onion; quartered — Sliced thinly crossw 2 Garlic cloves — minced Salt 1/4 c Water or white wine Pepper 1 c Basil leaves — […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 375 g pack Saxby’s Fresh -Ready Rolled ; Puff Pastry 50 g Pecan halves; (1 3/4oz) 3 Empire apples 25 g Unsalted butter; (1oz) 30 ml Lemon juice; (2tbsp) 20 ml Caster sugar; (4tsp) 1 142 ml pot Waitrose Thick -Double Cream 15 ml Maple syrup; (1tbsp) 5 ml Cinnamon; (1tsp) […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Unbleached white flour 3/8 ts Salt 4 tb Cold unsalted butter — cut Into small cubes 1 1/2 tb Solid vegetable shortening 2 1/2 tb Ice water — more if Necessary This versatile dough can be the basis for either fruit or meat pies. The recipe comes from Deborah Madison’s […]

Ingredients & Directions 4 Golden delicious apples; -peeled, halved, and ; cored 3 tb Lemon juice 5 tb Calvados; (apple brandy) 2 tb Caster sugar 150 ml Double cream; (1/4 pint) FOR THE ALMOND PASTRY 225 g Flour; (8oz) 1 pn Salt 75 g Ground almonds; (3oz) 75 g Caster sugar; (3oz) 2 Egg yolks […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Recipe tart dough 4 Japanese eggplants 1/3 c Olive oil Salt Pepper 3 Tomatoes 2 Whole eggs 1 Egg yolk 1 1/2 c Light cream or Half-and-half Nutmeg 1/2 c Basil leaves — loosely Packed Thinly sliced 1/2 c Guyere or Provolone — Grated PREPARE THE TART DOUGH. Partially prebake it […]

Ingredients & Directions ———————FOR THE APPLE AND BLUEBERRY——————— 1 375 gram pac sweet pastry 25 g Unsalted butter 25 g Caster sugar; 1 egg 25 g Ground pecans 2 ts Plain flour 1 Pinches cinnamon 150 g Blueberries 2 Cox’s apples 3 tb Maple syrup ———————–FOR THE VANILLA CUSTARD———————– 150 ml Double cream 150 ml […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 lg Eggs 1 1/2 c Cream 4 oz Cheddar cheese — grated 1/2 c Sliced black olives Salt and pepper to taste Prepared tart shell(s) You can either bake this in 1 large tart shell or 4 smaller ones. PREHEAT OVEN TO 375F. Beat eggs lightly and mix in all other […]

Ingredients & Directions 250 g Fresh or frozen shortcrust -pastry; defrosted if frozen ; (8oz) 125 g Butter; slightly softened ; (4oz) 125 g Caster sugar; (4oz) 2 md Size eggs; beaten 1 ts Vanilla essence 1 100 gram pac ground almonds 250 g Frozen apple and blackberry; -defrosted (8oz) 2 tb Apricot jam; sieved […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 lb Asparagus (preferably White) 2 qt :boiling water mixed with 4 ts Salt 1 (9-in) unbaked pie shell 3 oz Well aged Emmenthaler cheese Coarsely grated 3/4 c Milk 3/4 c Whipping cream 2 md Eggs — lightly beaten 1/4 c Freshly grated Parmesan 1 tb Kirschwasser 1 ts Salt 2 […]