Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Unsalted butter (1 1/2 -sticks) melted and cooled 1 lb Phyllo pastry sheets Sugar 1 Egg white, beaten to blend 2 tb Dry breadcrumbs 2 c Fresh (1/2-inch pieces) or -frozen unsweetened Rhubarb, thawed 2 c Strawberries, sliced 1 c Sugar 1/4 c Quick-cooking tapioca 1 ts Fresh lemon juice […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Butter 1 Pack (3 oz) cream cheese 1 ts Sugar 1/4 ts Salt 1 c Flour Apricot jam 1/4 c Flaked coconut Mix shortening, cheese, sugar & salt. Blend in flour. Form into a ball & chill at least 3 hours. Heat oven to 400. Roll out dough 1/8″ thick […]

Ingredients & Directions 12 oz Puff pastry 1 Egg; beaten Filling: 2 tb Semolina or dry breadcrumbs 18 oz Or more fresh apricots; -quartered and pitted 1 oz Flaked almonds 2 tb Very fine sugar 2 tb Clear honey Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured board. Trim to give a rectangle of about […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Rhubarb 1 c Raspberries 3/4 c Granulated sugar 3 Eggs 1 Egg yolk 1/2 c Whipping cream 1/3 ts Vanilla 1 Pie dough for 10-in.shell Raspberries and rhubarb in one tart means that one of the fruits must be frozen if locally produced products are to be used. Happily, this […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 c + 3 T flour 1/2 c Sugar 6 1/2 ts Baking powder 1/2 c Chilled butter; cut up 10 ts Milk 1 Egg; beaten 1/2 c Dried tart cherries; cut up 1 ts Orange or lemon rind;grated Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease baking sheet. Stir together the flour, sugar […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 pk (425g) ready-to-serve -custard 2 lg Eggs 2 Sweet pastry shell (from -bakery section) 1/2 cn (539g) English rhubarb, well -drained, …or… 1 Punnet fresh raspberries 1 tb Demerara sugar 1/4 ts Ground nutmeg 1. Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. 2. Beat the custard and eggs together until smooth and […]

Ingredients & Directions 10 oz Jar currant jelly 6 oz Prepared mustard (French’s) Stir together in small bowl…microwave at HIGH 1-2 minutes until mixture can be stirred smoothly. Yields 24 servings

Ingredients & Directions 2 Sticks Red Rhubarb 16 fl Stock Syrup 3 oz Butter 3 oz Sugar 3 oz Ground almonds 10 fl Whipping cream, whipped -TO DECORATE- Raspberries, Strawberies -grapes and mint sprigs Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4. Cut rhubarb into 1 inch lengths, poach in syrup for about 12 minutes, until slightly […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Cake or envelope of dry 2 tb Sugar -yeast 4 c Flour 4 c Warm water 1 Raw potato, quartered Dissolve yeast in warm water, and then mix all ingredients in a one gallon crock. (Do not use a metal container.) Cover with a close-fitting lid and let the starter rise […]

Ingredients & Directions THE CRUST: makes two 8-10 Inch tarts 2 1/2 c All-purpose flour 1 ts Salt 1 ts Granulated sugar — Optional 1 c Cold unsalted butter — cut Into small piece 1/4 c To 1/2 cup ice water THE FILLING: 1 pt Heavy cream 1/3 c Quince syrup — (below) 3 pt […]