Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 4 Discs of puff pastry; cooked -blind 4 Tomatoes; up to 6 4 oz Tapenade 1 Sprigs basil; (cut into -strips) Sea salt and freshly ground -black pepper 2 oz Shaved parmesan Truffle oil 4 oz Rocket salad 2 ts Salad dressing; -(vinaigrette) Cook 4 discs of puff pastry (blind) and allow […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 ts Flour 24 Wonton wrappers (3 1/4 x 1/4 ts Dried dill 3 Inch) 1/8 ts Black pepper Chopped fresh dill 1 4-oz carton 1 tb Fat-free margarine — 2 tb Chopped pimiento Melted 1 c Canned salmon, with bones Egg substitute 2 tb Nonfat cottage cheese Place the first four […]

Ingredients & Directions -DOUGH- 1 1/4 c Sugar 1 c Butter 3 lg Eggs 1/2 c Milk 1 ts Almond extract 1/2 ts Vanilla 3 ts Baking powder 3 c Flour; (up to 4) FILLING 2 lb Prunes 2 c Water 2 1/2 c Sugar 1 ts Ground cardamom 1 c Icing sugar DOUGH: make […]

Ingredients & Directions 6 c Rhubarb 1/4 c Chopped pecans 1 c Sugar 1 tb Milk 1/4 c Flour Icing sugar 1/4 ts Nutmeg -PASTRY- 3 c Flour 1 1/2 c Cold butter 1/4 c Sugar 2/3 c Cold water 1/4 ts Salt Pastry: In bowl combine flour, sugar, and salt. Using pastry blender or […]

Ingredients & Directions Vegetable Bayaldi; (see -recipe) 4 Circles store-bought frozen -puff pastry; Defrosted and cut 5″ in -diameter Amount of flour; 1/2 ts Black olive paste; mixed -with 1/2 ts Olive oil 8 Canned anchovies fillets; -chopped, (optional) Work with puff pastry on lightly floured surface. Lay rounds on baking tray lined with wax […]

Ingredients & Directions Filling pn Salt 1 Egg — well beaten Pastry 1/4 c Light Brown Sugar 1/2 c Butter 3/4 c Pecan Meats — chopped 3 oz Cream Cheese — softened 1 ts Vanilla Extract 1 c Flour — sifted Preheat oven to 325 F. For the pastry: Cream butter and cream cheese together. […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/4 lb Assorted wild and exotic -mushrooms; such as -shiltakes, ; chanterelles, ; oysters, and or ; hedgehogs, wiped ; clean and sliced, 5 sl Red onions; (1/2-inch-thick) 5 sl Eggplant; (1/2-inch-thick) 10 sl Zucchini; (1/2-inch-thick) 10 sl Yellow squash; -(1/2-inch-thick) 1/4 c Olive oil Salt and freshly ground -black pepper to […]

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 1 1/2 c Unbleached flour 1/4 lb Butter 2 tb Sugar 1 Egg yolk 1 pn Salt 5 tb Ice water 1 pn Ground cloves Butter; softened 1/2 ts Grated lemon peel -GLAZE- 1/2 c Apricot preserves 2 tb Dark rum FILLING 1/2 c Finely ground almonds — (preferably Anjou) 1/2 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 Vanilla bean; cut into -1/2-inch ; pieces 1/2 c Sugar 8 oz Cream cheese; room -temperature 1 tb Whipping cream 1 tb Sour cream 2 tb Plus 4 teaspoons sweet -Marsala wine 1 All Ready Pie Crust; (1/2 -15-ounce ; package), room ; temperature 1/2 c Apricot preserves 2 lb Apricots; […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Mayonnaise 2 tb Gherkins 2 tb Capers 1 tb Parsley 2 tb Olives 1/4 ts Onion Juice — * * You can use finely chopped shallots or white onions in place of the juice. Finely chop the capers, olives, gherkins and parsley before measuring. Fold all of the ingredients into […]