Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/4 c All-purpose flour 2 tb Sugar 1/4 tb Salt 2 tb Cold unsalted butter; cut -into 4 pieces 4 tb Cold lard; cut into 8 pieces 1 Egg; lightly beaten 1/4 c Cream cheese; softened 3/4 c Farmers cheese; softened 1/2 c Sugar 1 lg Egg yolk 1 ts Ground […]

Ingredients & Directions Tart pastry 4 Spring onions 3 oz Grated cheese* 4 tb (heaped) chopped parsley 2 oz Fresh leaf spinach 5 Eggs (less 1 white) 2 oz Greens **see note 1/2 pt Milk 1 lg Leek 1/2 pt Single cream *Note: Scottish Cheddar is excellent used in this recipe. ** Greens may be […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Lemon; (unwaxed) 175 g Mascarpone 3 tb Lemon curd; (good quality) 4 Ready-made butter dessert -pastry cases; about -7.5cm/3″ each 225 g Mixed summer fruits; such as -small ; strawberries, ; raspberries, ; blueberries, ; blackcurrants and ; redcurrants Icing sugar; to dust Mint sprigs; to decorate 1 Grate the lemon […]

Ingredients & Directions THE PASTRY 8 oz Flour 3 oz Cold butter 3 oz Cold lard 3 tb Ice-cold water (or more) -THE FILLING- 1 Live lobster * 1/2 pt Milk 5 Eggs ** 1/2 pt Single cream *Note: the lobster should be good and lively. A “cripple” – that is, one with only one […]

Ingredients & Directions FOR THE SHELL 1 Stick unsalted butter at -room temperature; (1/2 cup) 1/3 c Sugar 1/4 ts Salt 1/2 ts Vanilla 1 1/4 c All-purpose flour Raw rice for weighting the -shell -FOR THE MINT CREAM- 1 c Milk 1/3 c Coarsely chopped fresh mint -leaves 3 lg Egg yolks 1/2 c […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 10″ shortcrust pastry case Allspice — thoroughly blind-bakec 1/4 pt Double cream 2 Thin-skinned oranges 1/4 lb Fromage blanc (or see note) Honey and sugar -OR- Low-fat soft cheese Stick cinnamon 2 tb Ground almonds Ground cinnamon Measure 2 tablespoons sugar into a bowl and stir in 4 tablespoons boiling water. […]

Ingredients & Directions FOR THE PASTRY 150 g Plain flour 1 ts Icing sugar 1 pn Salt 50 g Butter; softened 1 Egg yolk 2 tb Cold water Flour; for dusting FOR THE FILLING 2 Lemons; one grated and ; juiced 2 Eggs 150 g Curd cheese 25 g Caster sugar 25 g Sultanas 1 […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 1/2 c Sugar 2 c Butter 2 ea Egg, well beaten 1 ea Egg white 4 c Flour 1 x Pecans 1 x Cinnamon Cream the butter and sugar together. Slowly add the flour, working it in well. Add the well-beaten eggs and mix thoroughly. Chill over night. Roll out thin […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Chilled whipping cream 1/3 c Prepared lemon curd 1/2 pk Frozen puff pastry sheets; -(1 sheet), thawed ; according to ; package directions ; (17 1/4-ounce) 1 Egg mixed with 1 tablespoon -water; (glaze) Sugar 1 Basket strawberries; hulled -and halved ; through stem end Whip cream to stiff peaks. […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Butter 2 1/2 c Powdered sugar 5 ea Egg 4 c Flour 1 ts Baking soda 1 x Pecans Cream the butter and sugar together and add one egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift the flour and soda together and mix with other ingredients. Chill in […]