Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 4 oz Shortcrust pastry 2 oz Dark chocolate; melted 4 oz Cream cheese; at room -temperature 1 tb Double cream 1/2 oz Caster sugar Vanilla essence Fresh fruit; (strawberries, ; raspberries, sliced ; peaches, etc.) Apricot jam or red currant -jelly; melted and sieved, ; to glaze Line tartlet tins with the […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 1/2 c Sugar 1 ea Egg White; Large, Beaten 2 c Butter Or Margarine 1 x Sugar 2 ea Eggs; Large 1 x Cinnamon 4 c Flour; Unbleached, Unsifted 1 x Pecan; Halves Cream sugar and butter. Beat in 2 eggs. Gradually blend in the flour. Chill dough overnight. Roll as […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Sheet; (about 1/2 pound) ; frozen puff pastry, ; thawed 2 1/2 ts Anchovy paste; or to taste 1 c Coarsely grated mozzarella; -(about 4 ounces) 1/2 c Freshly grated Parmesan 1 1/2 lb Vine-ripened tomatoes; (8 -small to medium), ; sliced thin 1 sm Red onion; halved lengthwise ; and […]

Ingredients & Directions 60 2-inch (5-cm) pickling -cucumbers (about 2 pounds; -1 kg) (up to 70) 1/4 c (65 g) coarse (kosher) salt 1 qt ( 1 litre) cold water, plus -an additional 1.5 cups (375 -ml) 3 c (750 ml) best quality white -wine vinegar 1 tb Sugar 12 sm White pickling onions, -peeled […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Brown sugar 1/2 c Sugar; plus 2 tb Sugar 4 tb Armagnac 4 Heirloom apples; peeled, -cored, And quartered 1/4 c Golden raisins 1 tb Butter Salt; to taste Freshly-ground white pepper; -to taste 3 c Milk 5 Eggs 1 1/4 c Flour; plus 2 tb Flour 4 1/2 ts […]

Ingredients & Directions -COOKIE CRUST- 1/4 c Butter or margarine, -softened 1/4 c Packed light brown sugar 1/4 c Solid vegetable shortening 1 lg Egg yolk 1/2 ts Vanilla 1/8 ts Salt 1 c All-purpose flour CREAM CHEESE FILLING 2 tb Sugar 4 oz Light cream cheese, softened 3 c Mixed fruit and berries Confectioner’s […]

Ingredients & Directions FILLING 2 Baskets strawberries; -hulled, diced ; (12-ounce) 3/4 c Sugar 3 tb Passover brandy 1 tb Fresh lemon juice 1 pn Ground cloves -CRUST- Matzo cake meal 2 c Husked toasted hazelnuts 1 c Sugar 1/8 ts Salt 1 pn Ground cloves 1 lg Egg 1/4 ts Almond extract 3 Baskets […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Onion; finely chopped 1/3 c Dill pickle relish; -well-drained 1/3 c Sweet pickle relish; -well-drained 3 tb Horseradish 1 1/2 ts Prepared mustard 1/2 Lemon; juice only 3 c Real mayonnaise 2 tb Ketchup Combine chopped onion, well-drained pickle relishes, horseradish, mustard & lemon juice. Add mayonnaise & ketchup, mixing well. […]

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 200 g Hazelnuts 6 tb Light Soft Brown Sugar 25 g Unsalted Butter; (melted) FILLING 175 ml Sour Cream 175 g White Chocolate; (broken -into small ; pieces) TOPPING 1 lb Blueberries 3 tb Creme de Cassis 1 tb Icing Sugar; (to dust) 1. Preheat the oven to 170?c / 325?f […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 tb Vegetable oil 1 Fresh ear of corn 1/2 c Chopped onions Salt; to taste Cayenne pepper; to taste 1/4 c Brunoise red peppers 1/4 c Brunoise yellow peppers 2 tb Chopped garlic 1/2 c Chopped green onions 1 lb Assorted Gulf fish fillets; -diced small 3 Eggs; beaten 1 1/2 […]