Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 Recipe pate sable, chilled (about 10 ounces) 2/3 c Toasted filberts 2/3 c Confectioner’s sugar 2 oz (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, Soft 2 tb Sugar 1 Egg 1/4 ts Almond extract 1/2 ts Vanilla extract 3 tb Flour 3 tb Raspberry jam 1 1/2 sm Bosc pears, unpeeled 1 tb Butter, […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c All-purpose flour; divided 1/4 c Ice water 1 tb Vanilla; divided 3/4 c Dutch process or unsweetened -cocoa; divided 2 tb Sugar 1/4 ts Salt 1/4 c Vegetable shortening Cooking spray 1 cn (14 oz) fat free sweetened -condensed milk 6 oz 1/3 less fat cream cheese; -softened 1 lg […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 Recipe pate sable 4 oz High quality bittersweet Chocolate, chopped 1/2 c Creme fraiche 1/2 c Heavy cream 3 tb Confectioner’s sugar 1 ts Pure vanilla extract Seeds from one vanilla bean (optional) 2 To 4 cups soft juicy fruits (berries, fresh figs, grapes Sliced oranges, Nectarines, plums, peaches, Pineapples or […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Recipe Pate Sucree 5 lg Apples (about 2 1/2 pounds) Juice of one lemon 4 tb Butter 3/4 c Plus 1 tablespoon sugar 1/3 c Cranberries (optional) Make the dough. Form into a 5-inch disk, wrap in plastic and chill one hour, or up to 3 days. Remove the dough from […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Refrigerated pie crust 8 oz Jarlsberg or lite Swiss -cheese, cut in chunks 1 Container (15 oz.) light -ricotta cheese 2 Eggs 4 Egg whites 1 md Onion; chopped 2 Cloves garlic; pressed 1/2 ts Ground black pepper 2 md Tomatoes; peeled and thinly -sliced,, drain on paper -towel 2 tb […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Unbleached flour 1/4 c Sugar 1/8 ts Salt 1/4 ts Baking powder 3 tb Cocoa powder 4 tb Unsalted butter 1 lg Egg Chocolate Crumb Topping: 1 c Unbleached flour 1/3 c Sugar 1/4 c Cocoa powder 1 Stick butter, melted Pear Filling: 4 Ripe Bartlett pears 3 tb Sugar […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Sugar 3/4 c Butter 1 lg Egg yolk 2 c Cake flour Cream butter and sugar well. Add flour. Divide in thirds and pat each third in 8 inch springform pan. Will refergerate for 3 days or can be frozen. Filling (Makes 1): 3 c blueberries 6 T sugar 1/2 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 oz Black sambuca 10 oz Sushi quality tuna, diced Small 1/2 c Pitted Nicoise olives 1 tb Capers 1/2 ts Garlic, chopped 2 tb Almonds, toasted and Chopped 1/4 Fillet anchovies, drained And chopped 1 ts Extra virgin olive oil 1 ts Fresh tarragon, chopped 1/3 Seedless cucumber, thin Sliced Set […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Lukewarm water or milk 2 c Bread or unbleached all -purpose flour 2 1/2 ts Yeast Mix together in a GLASS or PLASTIC BOWL the above ingredients. Do not use metal utensils. Cover the bowl with a tight fitting lid and allow to sit in a warm, draft-free location for […]

Ingredients & Directions 9 oz Flour 1/2 ts Salt 7 oz Unsalted butter 1/4 pt Chilled water Icing sugar For the filling: 4 oz Unsalted butter 4 oz Caster sugar 3 Egg yolks 4 dr Almond essence 3 tb Kirsch 4 oz Freshly ground almonds 1 Dried bean, gold ring or Baby figurine For the […]