Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions -Bread Machine CB Notes: A true sourdough starter is nothing more than the flour and milk or water which sits at room temperature for several days and catches live yeast bacteria from the air. Most starter recipes today include yeast as an original ingredient as it is much easier and less time […]

Ingredients & Directions 8 oz Shortcrust pastry 1 lb Greengages, washed, halved And stoned 1 ds Sugar, optional 2 Eggs, beaten 1 pt Single cream Set oven to 400/F or Mark 6. Line a 7 inch flan dish with the pastry and bake blind for l0 minutes. Arrange the greengages, cut side down, in the […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Thick Potato water 1/2 ts Yeast (use yeast only to 2 tb Sugar -speed action) 2 c Flour (more or less) Dump above into Sourdough Pot. Boil potatoes with jackets on until they fall to pieces. Lift skins out, mash potatoes making a puree. Cool. Add more water to make […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/2 c Milk -warm water 2 tb Solid vegetable shortening 1 c Herman sourdough starter at 1 1/2 ts Salt -room temperature 1 pk Dry yeast, dissolved in 1/4 5 To 6 cups bread flour makes two 9×5 inch loaves 1. In a wide saucepan, combine the milk, shortening, sugar, and […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Warm water 1 ts Sugar 1 1/2 c White flour 1 md Grated potato 1 ts Salt Mix the 1 cup warm water, 1-1/2 cups white flour and 1 tsp. each salt and sugar in a 2-cup measure. Add enough grated potato to make 2 cups. Place in a wide […]

Ingredients & Directions PEAR AND HONEY CLAFOUTIS 1/3 c Granulated Sugar (75 ml) -(Provencal Tart) 2 t Butter; unsalted; melted ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -(25 ml) -~~~~~~~~~~~~ x Heavy Cream (250 ml) 2-3 ea Bartlett, Anjou or 1 t Ginger; ground (optional) -Comice Pears (about 1 -(5 ml) -lb/500 g total) 1 ea Lime; Julienned zest of 1 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 pk (12 ounces) semi-sweet -chocolate chips 2 tb Shortening 32 lg Marshmallows 1/2 c Milk 1/4 c Creme de menthe 3 tb White creme de cacao 1 1/2 c Whipping cream ** {2e9f251b366587fbbc6cf0b723637ab4973d0544eef98211a490c8832b50f8a2}{2e9f251b366587fbbc6cf0b723637ab4973d0544eef98211a490c8832b50f8a2}{2e9f251b366587fbbc6cf0b723637ab4973d0544eef98211a490c8832b50f8a2}{2e9f251b366587fbbc6cf0b723637ab4973d0544eef98211a490c8832b50f8a2}{2e9f251b366587fbbc6cf0b723637ab4973d0544eef98211a490c8832b50f8a2} GRASSHOPPER TARTS {2e9f251b366587fbbc6cf0b723637ab4973d0544eef98211a490c8832b50f8a2}{2e9f251b366587fbbc6cf0b723637ab4973d0544eef98211a490c8832b50f8a2}{2e9f251b366587fbbc6cf0b723637ab4973d0544eef98211a490c8832b50f8a2}{2e9f251b366587fbbc6cf0b723637ab4973d0544eef98211a490c8832b50f8a2}{2e9f251b366587fbbc6cf0b723637ab4973d0544eef98211a490c8832b50f8a2} ** few drops green food coloring Heat chocolate chips and shortening over meduim heat, stirring […]

Ingredients & Directions -ALMOND CRUST- 1/4 c Almonds; slivered blanched 1 1/2 c Flour, all purpose 1/4 ts -Salt 3 tb Brown sugar; firmly packed 1/2 c Butter;cold, unsalted,1stick -cut into small pieces 1 lg Egg; cold 1/2 ts Almond extract 1/4 ts Lemon zest;freshly grated -GLAZE- 3/4 c Apricot preserves 3 tb Sherry -TO […]

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 2 c All-Purpose Flour 2/3 c Unsalted Butter, cut up 2 ts Sugar 1/4 c Milk 1/2 ts Salt 1 Egg Yolk -APPLE FILING- 28 oz Golden Delicous Apples, 1 tb Lemon Juice Peeled, cored, and sliced 2 tb Sugar 1/4″ thick (6 cups) 1 tb Sugar APRICOT GLAZE 1/3 c […]

Ingredients & Directions ———————-COOKING WITH MASTER CHEFS———————- FIRST DAY 1/2 lb Stemmed red grapes 2 c Bread flour 2 1/2 c Water ———————–THREE DAYS BEFORE USING———————– 1 c Flour 1 c Water TWO DAYS BEFORE USING 1 c Flour 1 c Water -ONE DAY BEFORE USING- 1 c Flour 1 c Water It takes 10 […]