Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 4 Basic; (4-inch) pie dough -rounds (like a flat disc) 1 tb Butter 2 c Julienne yellow onions Salt; to taste Freshly-ground black pepper; -to taste 1/4 c Roasted garlic 1 Anchovy 1/4 c Goat’s cheese 1/4 c Grated Parmigiano-Reggiano -cheese 12 Nicoise olives; pitted, -halved Drizzle of extra-virgin -olive oil Preheat […]

Ingredients & Directions TART 1 Pate Sucree Dough 2 tb Honey -see separate recipe 4 Large eggs 15 oz Whole-milk ricotta cheese 1 c Whipping cream 8 oz Cream cheese 1 ts Grated orange peel 1/2 c Sugar 1 ts Orange flower water* COMPOTE 4 Oranges 1/4 c Sugar 2 (1 pint) baskets, 2 tb […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 15 ounces pk refrigerated -pie crust dough*; at room -temperature 2 c Heavy cream 10 tb Sugar 2 1 oz squares bittersweet -chocolate; chopped 1/2 Vanilla bean; split -lengthwise 6 Egg yolks; slightly beaten 5 sm Bananas; (5 to 6), peeled -and ; sliced Preheat oven to 400 F. On clean, […]

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 2 1/4 c Unbleached all purpose -butter, room temp. -flour 6 tb Water 1 ts Salt 10 tb (1 1/4 sticks) chilled 10 tb (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted -unsalted butter FILLING 1/4 c (1/2 stick) unsalted butter -peeled, quartered, cored 3/4 c Sugar Vanilla ice cream (opt) 12 md Red Delicious […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c All-purpose flour 1/3 c Plus 2 Tbs. cocoa powder 1/2 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/8 ts Salt 1/2 c Plus 2 tsp. maple syrup 1/2 c Plus 2 tsp. soy milk 1/2 c Canola oil 4 oz Silken tofu 1 ts Vanilla extract 1/4 ts Lemon juice […]

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 1 c Unbleached all purpose 7 tb Chilled unsalted butter, -flour -cut into pieces 1/4 c Sliced almonds 1 tb Cold water 1 tb Sugar 1/2 ts Almond extract 1/4 ts Salt FILLING 4 Large eggs 2 tb (1/4 stick) unsalted butter 1 1/4 c Sugar 1/3 c Sliced almonds 6 […]

Ingredients & Directions 40 g Wholemeal flour 80 g Soft white flour 60 g Margarine 20 g Honey 80 g Flour for dusting FILLING 150 g Baby leeks Zest and juice of 1/2 orange TOPPING 2 Fresh firm pears 2 Eggs 125 ml Double cream 15 g Caster sugar 60 g Demerara sugar Preheat the […]

Ingredients & Directions Butter -see separate recipe 7 Large red plums, pitted, 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon -each cut into 8 wedges 1 Egg white, beaten to blend 4 tb Sugar Vanilla ice cream 1 Pate Sucree Dough Preheat oven to 400F. Line baking sheet with foil; butter foil. Place plums on prepared sheet, spacing evenly. […]

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 1 1/2 ts Lemon juice 1 Egg 225 g Plain flour and pinch salt 1 ts Icing sugar; heaped 170 g Unsalted butter; chilled and -diced 2 tb Iced water -PASTRY CREAM- 300 ml Single cream 1/2 Vanilla pod; split 2 Egg yolks 1 tb Pain flour 1/2 ts Cornflour 1 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Pate Sucree Dough-see -cut in half lengthwise -separate recipe 2 Large egg yolks 6 tb Raspberry jam 3 tb Sugar 1 tb Framboise eau-de-vie 1 tb Cornstarch -(raspberry brandy) or 1/3 c Chilled whipping cream -brandy 3 (1/2 pint) baskets 1/4 ts Unflavored gelatin -raspberries 2/3 c Milk Powdered sugar 1 […]