Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 1 ts Yeast 5 tb Milk; warmed 1 c Water; PLUS 3 tb Water; room temperature 1 tb Olive oil 2 c Biga starter; *NOTE 3 3/4 c White flour 1 tb Salt Cornmeal -BIGA STARTER- 1/4 ts Yeast 1/4 c Warm milk 3/4 c Water; PLUS 1 tb Water; PLUS 1 […]

Ingredients & Directions SHORTBREAD CRUST: 9 tb Unsalted butter 9 tb Confectioners’ sugar; sifted 1 1/2 c All-purpose flour; sifted -unbleached CHOCOLATE LAYER: 6 oz Semisweet chocolate; or -bittersweet 2 tb Unsalted butter POACHED PEARS: 2 c Water 1 c Sugar 1 ts Vanilla extract 1 Strip lemon peel; (3 inch) 1/2 Cinnamon stick Splash […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c All purpose flour 1/2 c Sugar 1 ts Packed grated lemon peel 1/2 ts Salt; (scant) 1/2 c Plus 2 tablespoons; (1/4 -sticks) chilled ; unsalted butter, ; diced 2 lg Egg yolks 1 lg Egg 1 c Cherry or apricot-pineapple -preserves Powdered sugar Preheat oven to 350F. Blend flour, […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Flour, all purpose 1/2 c Sugar, granulated 1/2 c Cocoa powder 3 oz Butter; chilled 1 Egg 6 oz Semisweet chocolate; chopped 2 c Whipping cream 2 Raspberry boxes;I assume -they mean pints, I would -use 3-4 cups CHOCOLATE PASTRY: Combine flour, sugar & cocoa in work bowl of a […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 lb Cubed meat —A— 3 tb San Antonio Red 1 tb New Mexico Lt 1 tb FtWorth Lt 2 1/2 tb Gebhardt 2 1/2 tb Cumin 1/2 tb Salt 1/2 ts Accent 1 cn Chicken Broth 1/2 cn Beef Broth 1 cn (10 3/4 oz) Hunt’s Puree 2 ts Crushed Garlic […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Tube Pillsbury chocolate -chip cookie dough 1 lg Pkg Resees cups 1. Particially freeze the dough to make cutting it easier. Then cut dough into 12 even slices. Cut each slice into 4. (48 total pieces) 2. Lightly spray miniture muffin pans with veg spray. Place 1 piece of dough into […]

Ingredients & Directions FOR THE PASTRY 2 c All purpose flour 1/2 ts Salt 1 Stick butter 1/2 c Ice water 1 Egg white beaten with 1 tsp -water -FOR THE TART- A cup of cheese; about 3 Egg yolks 1 1/2 c Light cream Salt; pepper and ; Worcestershire ; sauce Preheat oven to […]

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 1 c All purpose flour 1/4 c Powdered sugar 6 tb (3/4 stick) chilled unsalted -butter, cut into pieces 1 tb Chilled whipping cream FILLING 1/2 c Whipping cream 1/4 c Milk 10 oz Bittersweet (not -unsweetened) or semi-sweet -chocolate, chopped 1 Egg FOR PASTRY: Blend flour and sugar in processor. […]

Ingredients & Directions –TART– 1/2 lb Frozen puff pastry; (thawed -overnight in ; the refrigerator) 2 tb Softened European-style -butter; (such as Keller’s) 3 Bell peppers; (1 each red, -green, ; and yellow) 1 Japanese eggplant or 2 small -American ; eggplants 1/4 c Clarified European-style -butter Salt and pepper to taste 2 c Crumbled […]

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 1 1/4 c All purpose flour 1 Stick butter; (1/2 cup) cut -in small pieces 1/3 c Finely chopped toasted -hazelnuts 1 tb Cold water; (1 to 1 1/2) FILLING 1 c Semisweet chocolate chips 2 tb Stick butter 1/4 c Water 1/4 c Powedered sugar 2 pt Strawberries; (24 ozs) […]