Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions -FOR PASTRY DOUGH- 2 c All-purpose flour 1/4 c Sugar 1 ts Salt 1 ts Cinnamon 1 1/2 Sticks cold unsalted butter; -cut into bits (3/4 ; cup) 1/4 c Cold water; up to 1/3 5 lg Golden Delicious; Fuji, or -Jonagold ; apples (about 2 1/2 ; pounds) 1 1/2 c […]

Ingredients & Directions 7 Pat dwigans Dough 1 1/2 c Flour 1/2 ts Salt Rind of 1 lemon — finely Grated 1 tb Sugar 9 tb Margarine 1 1/2 tb Cold water Filling 1 c Thick sweetened applesauce 1/4 ts Cinnamon 1 tb Very finely chopped lemon Rind Meringue 2 lg Egg whites 2 tb […]

Ingredients & Directions 450 g Ready made puff pastry; -(1lb) 1 Organic or free range egg; -beaten 6 tb Demerara sugar 4 Bramley apples 1 Lemon; juice only 4 tb Runny honey 1 Pinches cinnamon and nutmeg Preheat the oven to 220?C/475?F/gas mark 7. Sprinkle or spray some water onto 2 or 3 baking sheets […]

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Shortcrust pastry -flour Butter; for greasing FILLING 1 1/2 oz Glace cherries 1 1/2 oz Candied orange peel 1 1/2 oz Candied angelica 2 2/3 oz Apricot jam 4 Egg whites 1/4 c Sugar 1/3 c Ground almonds; mixed with 1/4 c Icing sugar MACERATE 1 c Rum DUSTING1 1/16 […]

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 1 Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie -Crust (from 15 oz. pkg.) FILLING 1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, -softened 1/3 c Sugar 1 tb Amaretto 2 Eggs TOPPING 2 tb Peach preserves 1 tb Amaretto 1 16 oz. pkg. frozen sliced -peaches without syrup, -thawed, well drained Mint leaves, if desired Heat oven […]

Ingredients & Directions 350 g Pate sucree 1 pn Flour 30 g Butter; for greasing -CREME PATISSIERE- 2 Eggs 50 g Sugar 75 g Sifted flour 250 ml Milk 65 ml Rum -CREME D’AMANDES- 125 g Butter 125 g Icing sugar 125 g Ground almonds 2 Eggs -GLAZE- 75 g Apricot jam; sieved 2 tb […]

Ingredients & Directions Pate brisee Raw rice for weighting the -shell 4 Granny Smith apples; (about -2 pounds) 2 tb Fresh lemon juice 6 tb Sugar 3 lg Egg yolks 1 c Heavy cream 1 ts Vanilla 1/3 c Golden raisins A pinch of cinnamon -FOR THE PATE BRISEE- 1 1/4 c All-purpose flour 3/4 […]

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 1/2 c Plain flour 1/8 ts Salt 2 oz Hazelnuts, roasted -ground 2 tb Sugar 2 oz Butter 1 Egg yolk 2 ts Water -CUSTARD FILLING- 4 Egg yolks 1/4 c Sugar 1 ts Vanilla extract 1 3/4 c Cream 3 ts Gelatine 2 tb Water TOPPING 2 lb Cherries, canned […]

Ingredients & Directions === PASTRY === 3 c Flour 1/2 oz Yeast 1/2 ts Sugar 3/4 c Lukewarm water 1/4 c Olive oil Salt === FILLING === 2 tb Olive oil 10 White onions 1 tb Cumin seeds Salt and black pepper 4 lg Eggs; lightly beaten 1 3/4 c Half-and-half 2 ts Sweet paprika […]

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 6 oz Cream cheese 1/2 lb Butter (or margarine) 2 c Flour, all-purpose FILLING 3 c Brown sugar 2 ts Vanilla 1 c Pecans, chopped 4 Eggs, beaten 4 tb Butter (or margarine), -melted Allow the butter and cream cheese to soften. Mix cream cheese and butter with a mixer until […]