Baking Chefs

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) […]

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 FOR THE SHELLS 3/4 c All-purpose flour 3 tb Cold unsalted butter; cut -into bits 1 tb Cold vegetable shortening 1/3 c Sweetened flaked coconut; -toasted lightly FOR THE FILLING 1/3 c Milk 3 tb Sugar 1 lg Egg yolk 1/4 ts Vanilla 1 sm Ripe banana 2 tb All-purpose flour 1/2 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 x Unbleached Flour 1 x Potato Water Boil some potatoes for supper, save the potato water, and use it lukewarm with enough unbleached flour to make a thick batter. without yeast. This is a good way to make it in camp, where you have no yeast available and want fast results. […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 kg Small strawberries; about Icing sugar for dusting FOR THE PATE SABLEE 300 g Plain flour A pinch of salt 100 g Icing sugar 200 g Unsalted butter 2 Egg yolks FOR THE CREME PATISSIERE 350 ml Milk 1 Vanilla pod 3 ; (depending on, (3 to 4) ; thickness)(7.5 ; […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Unbleached Flour 1 x Warm Milk To Make Thick Bat. This starter is the same as starter #2 but uses warm Milk instead of water. Use the same instructions. Yields 1 servings

Ingredients & Directions -COOKIE DOUGH- 1 Stick unsalted butter 1/4 c Sugar 1 ts Vanilla extract 1 Egg yolk 1 1/4 c Cake flour ALMOND FILLING 1/2 lb Almond paste 1/3 c Sugar 1 Egg yolk 1 ts Grated lemon zest 1/2 Stick soft butter 2 Eggs 1/4 c All-purpose flour -STRAWBERRY FILLING- 1 pt […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Unbleached Flour 1 x Water To Make Thick Batter Mix flour and water to make a thick batter. Let stand uncovered for four or five days, or until it begins working. This basic recipe requires a carefully scalded container. Yields 1 servings

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Unbleached Flour 1 x Water To Make Thick Batter 1 pk Active Dry Yeast Mix Flour with yeast. Add enough water to make a thick batter. Set in warm place for 24 hours or until house is filled with a delectable yeasty smell. Yields 1 servings

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 110 g Plain Flour 1/2 ts Ground Mixed Spice 60 g Ground Almonds 85 g Caster Sugar 85 g Unsalted Butter; (diced) 3 Free Range Egg Yolks TOPPING 85 g Mascarpone 5 tb Redcurrant Jelly 1 tb Framboise or Cassis 455 g Fresh Strawberries; (washed, -hulled & ; halved) 280 ml […]