Baking Chefs

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 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 x Pie shell, 9″, partially 2 ts Liqueur, orange, Mandarin — baked 1/4 ts Orange flower water 1/3 c Sugar 1 pt Raspberries 4 tb Butter, sweet, cubed 1 1/2 c Orange, Mandarin, sections 4 oz Almond paste 1/2 c Jam, passion fruit, melted 2 lg Eggs Cream the sugar, butter […]

Ingredients & Directions FOR THE PASTRY 240 g Plain flour 200 g Unsalted butter; diced and -cold 125 g Sour cream For the filling; 10 lg Golden Delicious apples or -14 Beurre Bosc; or a -mixture. ; pears 80 g Butter 150 g Castor sugar 2 tb Brown sugar 1 Lemon; juice of Peel and […]

Ingredients & Directions CINNAMON DOUGH 2 1/2 c Flour, all purpose 2 tb Cinnamon, ground 3/4 c Sugar 1/4 ts Baking powder 5 oz Butter 1/4 c Water, cold APRICOT GLAZE 1 c Jam, apricot 1/4 c Water 1/2 c Sugar PEACH FILLING 10 ea Peaches, ripe 1 1/2 c Glaze, apricot Cinnamon Dough: =============== […]

Ingredients & Directions –BASE– 1 1/2 c Flour 1/4 c Sugar 150 g Butter 1 Egg 1 tb Water TOPPING 100 g Butter 1/2 c Raw sugar 4 Apples; up to 6 Base: Mix flour and sugar together. Cut butter into small pieces and rub into flour mixture until a fine crumb consistency. Beat egg […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 lg Lemons 1/3 c Water 1/2 c Granulated Sugar 1/2 lb Puff Pastry; thawed 1 Whole Egg 1 tb Arrowroot; (May substitute -cornstarch) 1/3 c Unsalted Butter 3 lb Green Tomatoes; cored, -peeled, seeded, and sliced -1/4-inch thick 3 lg Egg Whites 1 tb Confectioners’ Sugar Recipe-a-Day is celebrating our first […]

Ingredients & Directions 6 oz Romaine lettuce; 1 c Cauliflowerets; 1 1/2 c Fennel bulb; shredded 1/2 c Red onion; sliced -(about 1 large bulb) TART LINE DRESSING 1/2 c Line juice; fresh 1/4 ts Salt; 1 tb Olive oil; 1/4 ts Ground pepper; fresh 1 c Garlic; minced 1/4 ts Paprika; SALAD: Wash, dry, […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 lb Frozen Puff Pastry; thawed The Juice of 6 Lemons; -(About 1 cup) 6 Whole Eggs 5 lg Egg Yolks 1 1/4 c Granulated Sugar 1 c Unsalted Butter; cut into -pieces But you don’t have to wait for a reason to celebrate. Today’s recipe is the perfect ending to a […]