Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Sugar 2 c Milk 1/3 c Warm water 2 c Flour 2 Envelopes active dry yeast Sprinkle one tablespoon sugar over warm water. Sprinkle yeast over this and let stand in warm place until doubled in size, about 10 minutes. Mix milk, remaining sugar, flour and yeast mixture. Place in […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 lg Ripe Roma tomatoes 1 lg Shallot; chopped 1 ts Tapenade; (Greek olive -puree) 1 tb Balsamic vinaigrette 1 sm Shee puff pastry; rolled out -thinly 4 sl Mozzarella cheese Basil to garnish Cook the pastry base until golden brown and then spread on the tapenade. Slice the tomatoes and lay […]

Ingredients & Directions ———————EAT MORE, WEIGH LESS;ORNISH——————— TART 1 lb Spinach leaves; blanched, 1/8 ts Nutmeg -squeezed, chopped 2 14″ x 18″ sheets fat-free, 2 c Nonfat cottge cheese (16 oz) -oil-free phyllo dough 1 c Egg whites 2 Onions; oven roasted,chopped 1/2 c Parsley; chopped 8 oz Tofu; smoked, diced 1 ts Salt 1 […]

Ingredients & Directions 150 g Flakey pastry; (5 oz) 30 g Butter; (1oz) 12 Cherry tomatoes 12 Kalamata olives; (or -similar) 12 Anchovie fillets 24 Baby capers 1 Yellow pepper; (roasted and -sliced ; into 12) 4 Tinned artichokes 3 tb Fresh thyme 2 Dozen small basil leaves 4 tb Olive oil 1 tb Balsamic […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 pk Dry yeast 2 c Flour 2 c Warm water,(110-115 deg) 1 tb Sugar or honey Dissolve yeast in water. Mix in flour and sugar or honey. Beat until smooth. Never use metal spoons or container. Put in warm place overnight. In the morning, place half the starter in a scalded […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 pt Water 12 oz Sugar 4 Apples 4 oz Butter 8 oz Puff pastry Peel, core and quarter the apples. Take a deep frying pan and use as a template to cut out the pastry. Heat butter in the pan and add the sugar, then stir until the sugar is melted […]

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 3 1/4 oz Butter 1/2 tb Lemon juice 1/2 tb Iced water 1 c Wholemeal plain flour FILLING 1/2 tb Olive oil 1/2 ts Malt vinegar 2 1/8 qt Brown onions 1/2 tb Olive oil (extra)1 1/16 qt Tomatoes 3 ts Paprika 1/2 ts Brown sugar Preparation: thinly slice the onions, […]

Ingredients & Directions Shortcrust pastry 200 g Sugar. 1 kg Apples; (pippins). 100 g Butter. 1 Grease the base and sides of a high-sided cake tin, and pour in 100 g of the sugar. Roll out the pastry. Preheat the oven (gas mark 7 / 425F / 220C). 2 Peel the apples and cut them […]

Ingredients & Directions 4 md Apples, peeled, cored, 1/4 ts Zest, lemon — chopped 1/2 ts Zest, orange 3/4 c Butter 1 x Pate Brisee ** OR 1 tb Oil 1 ea Pastry, puff, round, 9″ 1/2 c Sugar ** See recipe for Pate Brisee. Heat 1/2 cup of the butter and the oil in […]

Ingredients & Directions FOR APPLES 2 1/2 Sticks butter; cut into -small ; pieces (20 ; tablespoons) 1 1/2 c Sugar 9 Golden delicious apples; -peeled, cored and ; halved FOR PASTRY 1 c Flour 1/2 ts Salt 1 tb Sugar 6 tb Butter; cut into small ; pieces For apples, preheat oven to 400 […]