Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 225 g Plain flour; (8oz) 15 ml Icing sugar; (1tbsp) 115 g Unsalted butter; (4oz) 1 284 ml pot Waitrose Double -Cream 3 Egg yolks; (medium) 30 ml Caster sugar; (2tbsp) 5 ml Brown & Polson Cornflour; -(1tsp) 30 ml Dark rum; (2tbsp) 450 g Strawberries; (1lb) Line the base of a […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 x *pastry 5 ea Apple 1 tb Flour 1 c Sugar 1/4 ts Nutmeg 2 ts Butter Line a deep dish with pastry. Sprinkle the flour and cup of the sugar on bottom of the crust. Peel and quarter the apples and place cut side down. Cover with the balance of […]

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 1 c Butter 1/2 c Icing sugar 2 c To 2 1/4 cups flour 2 tb Cocoa powder 1 ts Vanilla 1/2 ts Salt FILLING 1 lb Rhubarb, diced small 1 c Sugar 2 ts Orange zest 1/2 ts Ground ginger 2 tb Flour 1 pt Strawberries, cleaned, -hulled, quartered In […]

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 1 1/2 c Flour 1/2 ts Salt 1/4 c Shortening 1/4 c Unsalted butter 6 tb Cold water; about 1/2 c Toasted ground almonds 1 Orange; zest of 1/4 c Saugar FILLING 2 pt Strawberries; cleaned and -cut in ; half 1 1/2 c Finely diced rhubarb 1/4 c Cream 3 […]

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 1 1/2 c All-purpose flour -cut into small pieces 1/2 c Sugar 1 ts Vanilla 1/2 ts Salt 4 Egg yolks 1/4 lb Chilled sweet butter FOR THE FILLING 4 Large eggs 1/4 c Sweet Muscat wine 1/2 c Milk -(for example: 1/2 c Cream -Beaumes-de-Venise) 1 c Sugar 2 lb […]

Ingredients & Directions MERINGUES 3 Egg whites 3 1/4 ts Cream of tartar 1 mL 1/2 c Granulated sugar or -superfine sugar 125 ; mL 1/2 ts Vanilla 2 mL FILLING 2 c Sliced strawberries 500 mL 3 tb Granulated sugar; divided 45 -mL 1 1/2 c Soft yogurt cheese; thick -yogurt or ; raspberry […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c butter 1 ts lemon juice 4 oz cream cheese 1 c unbleached flour 1 tb pure maple syrup 1 ea jam or preserves Melt butter. Blend in cream cheese, maple syrup and lemon juice. Add flour and combine until dough is smooth. Chill overnight. Roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut […]

Ingredients & Directions === CREME CARAMEL === 1 1/4 c Whole small strawberries -; -(abt 30), trimmed 1 1/4 c Granulated sugar 1 1/2 c Heavy cream 1 lg Egg; whole 3 lg Egg yolks 1 ts Vanilla === PASTRY CRUST === 1 c All-purpose flour 2 1/2 tb Brown sugar -; (packed) 1/4 ts […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 2/3 c flour 1/2 c less 1 T water, ice cold 1 c butter, chilled 1 ts grated lemon rind or extract 2 tb honey or sugar 1 ea assorted jams and preserves 1 ea egg yolk Using knives, cut together flour and butter until butter is small marble size. Make […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Recipe Pate Brisee; see * -Note 6 tb Unsalted butter – (3/4 -stick); softened 1/2 c Sugar 1 lg Egg 3/4 c Blanched almonds; ground -fine 1 ts Almond extract 1 tb Amaretto 1 tb All-purpose flour 2 c Strawberries; hulled 2 c Raspberries; picked over, -rinsed 1/4 c Strawberry or […]