Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions FOR THE CRUST A 1/4-ounce package; (2 1/2 -teaspoons) ; active dry yeast 1/2 ts Sugar 2 tb Olive oil 1 c Yellow cornmeal 1 1/2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour; -up to 1 3/4 ts Salt FOR THE CUSTARD 1 1/2 tb Minced scallion 7 oz Mild soft goat cheese; -mashed 2 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Chopped onion 1 tb Olive oil 3 c Stemmed and washed spinach 5 Eggs 1 1/2 c Fresh goat cheese; see * -Note 2 c Heavy cream Salt; to taste Freshly-ground white pepper; -to taste 1 Nine-inch prebaked plain -tart shell 2 tb Snipped chives 2 tb Finely-diced red bell […]

Ingredients & Directions -TARTS- 1 pk (10-ounce) PEPPERIDGE FARM -Frozen Puff Pastry Shells 1/2 c (3 ounces) semisweet -chocolate morsels 1 c Whipping cream, divided 1 tb Amaretto or 1/2 teaspoon -almond extract (up to 2) 1/4 c Sifted powdered sugar RASPBERRY SAUCE 1 pk (10-ounce) frozen -raspberries, thawed 1/4 c Sugar 1 tb Cornstarch […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 tb Olive oil 3 Red onions; sliced into thin ; rounds 1 tb Red vinegar 1 c Red wine 1/2 tb Sugar Salt; to taste 1/2 lb Puff pastry 4 oz Goat cheese; sliced 4 Tomatoes; peeled and seeded 6 Olives; pitted, chopped (6 To 8) 1/2 ts Parmesan cheese Heat […]

Ingredients & Directions CHOCOLATE TART CRUST 4 oz Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet -Chocolate 1/2 c Powdered sugar 1/2 c Slivered almonds 1/2 c Unsifted flour 1/2 c Cold butter, cut up 1/8 ts Salt 1 Egg 1 ts Vanilla -CHOCOLATE TART FILLING- 1/2 c Butter, softened 1/2 c Powdered sugar 1 Egg 4 oz Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet -Chocolate […]

Ingredients & Directions 900 g Small; (pink skinned) ; shallots – peeled ; and left whole ; (2lb) 2 Fresh bay leaves 15 g Unsalted butter; (1/2oz) 2 Eggs 290 ml Double cream; (1/2 pint) Nutmeg Freshly ground salt and -black pepper 15 g Grated parmesan; (1/2oz) Line a tart tin with rich shortcrust pastry […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 1/4 c All-purpose flour 3/4 c Margarine 1/3 c Confectioner’s sugar 2/3 c Semisweet chocolate chips 2 tb Margarine 1/2 c Sugar 1/2 c Corn syrup 2 Eggs 1/4 c Pecans — chopped 1 c Dried coconut * Use only all-purpose flour in this recipe. 1. Mix flour, 3/4 cup margarine […]

Ingredients & Directions SABLE TART SHELL 1 c All-purpose flour 3/4 c Granulated sugar 1/2 ts Salt 1 c Unsweetened alkalized cocoa -powder 6 oz Chilled unsalted butter cut -into 1/2-inch pieces 4 lg Egg yolks CHOCOLATE CREAM 6 oz Bittersweet chocolate; -finely chopped 1 c Sour cream 1 c Heavy cream 1/2 c Granulated […]

Ingredients & Directions 175 g Unsalted butter; diced 25 g Icing sugar; sieved, plus -extra ; for dusting 50 g Toasted almonds; finely -ground 225 g Plain flour; sifted, plus -extra ; for dusting 1 pn Salt 7 Eggs; plus 1 egg yolk Juice and finely grated rind -of 3 lemons; (unwaxed if ; possible) […]

Ingredients & Directions MACADAMIA NUT CRUST 1 1/2 c Macadamia nuts, finely -ground 3/4 c Unsifted all-purpose flour 1/3 c Granulated sugar 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon 2 tb Butter, melted -CHOCOLATE FILLING- 1/2 c Plus 2 T heavy cream 3 1-oz squares semisweet -chocolate, finely chopped 1 pk (8-oz) cream cheese, -softened 1/3 c Granulated […]