Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 1 1/4 c Flour 1/4 ts Salt 4 tb Butter, diced 3 tb Vegetable shortening, diced 2 tb Iced water FILLING 3 tb Butter 3 tb Scallions, chopped 1 1/2 c Spinach, cooked drained Or 1 pkg. frozen spinach Nutmeg-dash Black pepper, freshly ground 1/2 lb Cream cheese 4 Eggs 1/2 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Pinches saffron threads 1 8 ounces sho pastry 4 oz Mild brie or similar ripe -cheese 1 tb Demerara sugar 6 oz Curd cheese 3 tb Honey 4 tb Milk 3 Eggs Soak the saffron threads for 20 minutes in a tablespoon of hot water. Roll out the pastry and line […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Sour cream 1 c Mayonnaise 2 ea Garlic, cloves, crushed 1/4 c Parsley, finely chopped 1 ts Salt 3 tb Sweet pickle relish 1 tb Worcestershire sauce 1 tb Tarragon, freshly chopped, -OR 1 ts dried tarragon 1 ts Dry mustard 1 ts Paprika 1/2 ts Tabasco sauce 1 ts […]

Ingredients & Directions 300 g Plain flour; (10oz) 250 g Butter; (at room ; temperature), diced ; (8oz) 75 g Caster sugar; (3oz) 500 g Strawberries; hulled and -sliced ; (1lb) 2 tb Vin Santo or dessert wine Grated rind of 1 orange 3 tb Cointreau 6 tb Strawberry jam; warmed Chilled whipped cream; to […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 pk DRY YEAST 1/2 c WARM WATER 2 c LUKEWARM WATER 2 c SIFTED FLOUR 1 ts SALT 1 tb SUGAR DISSOLVE YEAST IN 1/2 CUP WARM WATER. STIR IN 2 CUPS OF LUKEWARM WATER, FLOUR, SALT AND SUGAR. BEAT UNTIL SMOOTH. LET STAND, UNCOVERED FOR 3 TO 5 DAYS, AT […]

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 1 1/3 c All purpose flour 3 tb Sugar 1 1/2 ts Grated lemon peel 1/4 ts Salt 1/4 ts Ground mace 7 tb Cold butter; cut into -1/2-inch ; pieces 1 lg Egg yolk 2 tb Ice water FILLING 1/2 c Slivered almonds; toasted 2 lg Golden Delicious apples; -peeled, […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Sugar 1/3 c Warm water 2 pk Yeast; not instant 2 c Milk 2 c Flour, all-purpose Recipe by: Jo Merrill Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar over warm water; sprinkle yeast over this. Let stand in warm place until doubled in size; about 10 minutes Mix milk, remaining sugar, flour and […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Pineapple chunks — drained 1 c Maraschino cherries Undrained 1 c Peaches; sliced — Undrained 3 c Sugar 6 tb Brandy Combine pineapple, 1 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons brandy in a glass gallon jar; let stand for 2 weeks. Cover loosely with aluminum foil and with a wooden spoon […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/2 c All-purpose flour 375 mL 2 tb Sugar 25 mL 3/4 c Cold butter; cut into bits -175 ; mL 3 tb Ice water; (or a bit more) -50 ; mL FILLING 4 Apples; (eg. golden ; delicious or spy) 4 1/2 c Brown sugar 125 mL 3 tb All-purpose […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Pineapple; canned — cubed 1 c Sugar 2 tb Brandy 1 c Maraschino cherries And juice 1 c Sugar 2 tb Brandy 1 c Peaches; and juice — Sliced 1 c Sugar 2 tb Brandy In a large one gallon jar, combine pineapple, 1 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons brandy. […]