Baking Chefs

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 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 === 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 1 c Milk 1 c Unbleached Flour Let milk stand for a day or so in an uncovered container at room temperature. Add flour to milk and let stand for another couple of days. When it starts working well and smells right, it is ready to use. NOTE: All containers for starters […]

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 […]

Ingredients & Directions 4 c Unbleached Flour 2 tb Sugar 2 tb Salt 4 c Lukewarm Potato Water Put all ingredients in a crock or large jar and let stand in a warm place uncovered several days. This is the authors last choice for making a starter, but seems to be in all the cookbooks […]

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 1 c All purpose flour 3 tb Sugar 1/4 ts Salt 1/3 c Walnuts; (about 1 1/2 -ounces) 1/2 c Chilled unsalted butter; cut -into 1/2-inch ; pieces (1 stick) 2 Egg yolks 1/3 c Strawberry jam; (generous) FILLING 3/4 c Plus 2 tablespoons whipping -cream 6 oz Bittersweet; (not -unsweetened) […]