Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions -WALNUT TORTE- 9 lg Eggs; separated 3/4 c Granulated Sugar 10 oz Finely ground Walnuts ; -(About 2 1/2 cups) 4 ts (heaping) fine Breadcrumbs 1 ts Baking Powder 1 ts Vanilla 1 tb Brandy or Sherry -COFFEE CUSTARD FILLING- 1 1/2 Sticks Unsalted Butter 1/2 c Granulated Sugar 2 ts Instant […]

Ingredients & Directions –CAKE– 8 Eggs, separated 1/4 ts Salt 1/4 ts Cream of tartar 1 1/2 c Granulated sugar 3 tb Brandy 1 1/2 c Finely ground fresh walnuts FILLING 1 ts Unflavored gelatin 2 c Whipping cream 1 tb Icing sugar 1 tb Brandy 12 Walnut halves Line 16×11 inch jelly roll pan […]

Ingredients & Directions 8 Eggs separated 1 c Sugar 2 oz Semisweet choc melted cooled 1/4 c Fresh orange juice 1 ts Grated orange rind 2 c Ground walnuts 1/3 c Cake meal 1/3 c Potatostarch 2 Oranges peeled sectioned ORANGE FILLING 1 10 ounces Ja Apricot -preserves 1 Orange peeled and sectioned CHOCOLATE GLAZE […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 Bolillo; see * Note Olive oil 1 Garlic clove; halved 1 tb Mayonnaise 1/2 c Refried beans 1/2 c Grated Manchego cheese 1/2 Poblano chile; roasted, -peeled, ; seeded, julienned 1/2 Red bell pepper; roasted, -peeled, ; seeded, julienned 4 Black or green olives; -pitted, sliced 1/4 Avocado; peeled, sliced thin […]

Ingredients & Directions 560 g Ricotta Cheese 55 g Pecorino Cheese; (freshly -grated) 3 Cloves Garlic; (chopped) 1 ts Fresh Thyme and/or Rosemary; -(chopped) 2 Free Range Eggs; (lightly -beaten) 1 tb Butter; (for greasing) (1 To 2) 140 g Breadcrumbs; (fine and dry) 450 g Fresh Spinach; (cooked and -squeezed ; dry – yields […]

Ingredients & Directions -CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE CAKE- 3/4 lb Unsalted butter; cut into 12 -1-ounce 1 Piece; (1/2 piece melted) 1 1/2 lb Semisweet chocolate; broken -into 1/2 ounce pi 4 lg Eggs 4 lg Egg yolks -WHITE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE- 6 oz White chocolate; broken into 1/2 ounce pi 2 tb Water 1 tb Myers’s dark […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 sl Bacon; optional 3 c Vegetarian Black Beans; (see -recipe) (or other beans of choice) 1 lb Red onions 1 c Water 1 c Distilled white vinegar 2 ts Salt 1 tb Sugar 10 Black peppercorns 5 Cloves 2 Bay leaves 4 Thyme sprigs 4 Dozen Torta rolls; bolillos 6 lb […]

Ingredients & Directions 5 tb Liquid glucose; (*) 5 tb Rum 1 lb Luxury chocolate; -bittersweet 20 oz Whipping cream 3 oz Amaretti biscuits crushed -finely with a ; ro (*) You can get this from cake decorating stores OR from the ‘chemist’ (drugstore). If you REALLY can’t get it, you can substitute the thickest […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 lb Idaho potatoes 1 c Corn kernels; canned or -fresh 2 Eggs; separated, Whites stiffly beaten 1 sm Onion; grated 1 tb Flour 3 tb Milk 1 ts Sea salt Freshly ground black pepper; -to taste 12 tb Vegetable oil 1 Recipe Cilantro Pesto; see * -Note * Note: See the […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 tb Olive oil 1 ts Cider vinegar 1 ts Dry mustard 1 Egg; well beaten 3/4 c Flour 1 ts Sea salt Freshly-ground black pepper; -to taste 1/4 c Milk 2 c Cooked and diced string -beans 1/2 c Vegetable oil In a medium-size bowl, mix the 1 tablespoon of olive […]