Baking Chefs

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 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 -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 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. […]

Ingredients & Directions 200 g Sweet pastry 150 g Tagliatelle 6 Eggs 2 oz Caster sugar 1/2 pt Milk 1/2 pt Double cream 2 ts Rosewater SUGARED ROSE PETALS Egg whites Caster sugar Rose petals Line 4 individual tart tins with the pastry and bake blind until light golden brown. Whisk the eggs and sugar […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 lg Gallon Jar 1 c Cubed Pineapple 1 c Sugar 2 tb Brandy 1 c Maraschino Cherries -including juice 1 c Sugar 2 tb Brandy 1 c Sliced Canned Peaches -including juice 1 c Sugar 2 tb Brandy Cake: 1 Box Cake Mix 1 sm Box Instant Pudding 3/8 c Cooking […]

Ingredients & Directions 170 g Puff pastry; (6oz) Little flour for rolling 25 g Butter; (1oz) 1 Onion; peeled and chopped 1 Clove garlic; finely chopped 175 g Leaf spinach; washed, dried -and ; stalks removed ; (6oz) Salt and freshly ground -black pepper Freshly grated nutmeg 115 g Roquefort cheese; (4oz) 3 Eggs 150 […]

Ingredients & Directions STARTER 1 lg Gallon Jar 1 c Cubed Pineapple 1 c Sugar 2 tb Brandy 1 c Maraschino Cherries -including juice 1 c Sugar 2 tb Brandy 1 c Sliced Canned Peaches -including juice 1 c Sugar 2 tb Brandy CAKE 1 Box Cake Mix 1 sm Box Instant Pudding 3/8 c […]