Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions See Below In a quart jar, mix 14 C. sweet milk and 14 C. cold water, add 12 C. sugar and 12 C. flour. Put in warm place and stir once in awhile. In two days add 1 T. flour. Let stand nine days. Before using to bake the next day, add […]

Ingredients & Directions 750 g Firm ripe tomatoes 250 g Frozen puff pastry; thawed 125 g Gruyere cheese 25 g Butter 4 tb Double cream 2 Free range eggs Salt and pepper 1 Handful torn fresh basil -leaves Put the tomatoes in a bowl, cover with boiling water for about 30 seconds then plunge into […]

Ingredients & Directions -MM BY H PEAGRAM- 1 pk Active dry yeast 2 c Sifted flour 2 1/2 c Warm water 1 tb Sugar Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup of the warm water in a deep glass or plastic container. Stir in remaining warm water, flour and sugar. Beat until smooth. Cover with loose fitting […]

Ingredients & Directions -FOR THE SHORTCRUST PASTRY- 115 g Plain flour 25 g Butter 25 g Lard 1 tb Freshly grated Parmesan -cheese; (optional) Salt Cold water FOR THE FILLING 450 g Tomatoes 2 tb Olive oil 1 Clove garlic; finely chopped 1 md Onion; finely chopped 1 ts Oregano Salt and freshly ground -pepper […]

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 1 c Flour 1/2 ts Salt 1/4 lb Butter; cold in pieces 4 tb Water FILLING 4 1/2 lb Apples; golden Delicious 1 c Sugar 1 Lemon; juice of Creme fraiche, whipped cream 6 tb Butter – or vanilla ice cream Make pastry by processing flour, salt and butter until resembles […]

Ingredients & Directions Yeasted tart dough with -olive oil 2 Red onions; finely diced 3 tb Olive oil; plus extra for -the ; crust 1 1/2 lb Ripe tomatoes; preferably -Roma 3 lg Red bell peppers 1/8 ts Saffron threads 1/4 ts Anise seeds Salt Freshly milled pepper 2 tb Chopped basil 16 Nicoise olives; […]

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- Shortbread; See Recipe # 22 TART 1/2 lb Cream Cheese 2 Eggs; Large 3 tb Confectioners’ Sugar 2/3 c Heavy Cream 1 ts Lemon Juice NOTE: As this is a tart rather than a cheesecake, you should use an 8-inch tart pan or flan ring. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 lb Tomatoes, peeled, seeded, -cut into quarters 2 tb Butter or margarine 1 lb Onion, coarsely chopped 1 Clove garlic,minced 2 tb Butter or margarine 1 tb Minced parsley 1/4 ts Dried tarragon leaves 1/4 ts Dried basil leaves 1/2 c Sour cream 3 Eggs 1 Baked 9 inch rectangular or […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/4 c Butter; softened 1/4 ts Salt 2 Egg yolks 1/4 ts Cinnamon, ground 2 tb Juice, apple, conc. 1/8 ts Allspice, ground 2 ts Extract, vanilla 1 1/2 c Almonds, ground 1 c Flour 10 oz Fruit spread, raspberry 1/2 ts Baking powder Use blanched almonds or hazelnuts. Beat butter in […]

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 lb Ahi; #1 grade, cleaned, -diced fine 10 Scallions; white and light -green, finely minced 1 c Peeled; finely-diced -European or Japanese Cucumber Sea salt; to taste Freshly-ground black pepper; -to taste 3 tb Soy sauce 3 tb Rice wine vinegar 1 tb Finely-grated ginger 1 Fresh garlic clove; minced 3 […]