Crab Tart

Ingrients & Directions For the pastry 110 g Plain flour 50 g Unsalted butter 1 Free-range egg yolk A pinch of salt 1 tb Water -FOR THE FILLING- White meat; plus a little -brown ; from 900g/2lb of ; cooked crab 4 Free-range eggs 300 ml Double cream 1 ts Soft fresh Thyme; finely -chopped […]

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German Beef Tartar – Schlemmerschnitte

Ingrients & Directions 4 oz Beef filet; or other lean 1 pn Each: salt, pepper, paprika -steak, scraped not ground -and Worcestershire sauce 1 Egg yolk 1 sl Toast; buttered, crusts 1 ts Olive oil -removed 1 ts Ketchup 1/2 oz Fresh caviar 1 Anchovy; chopped 1 tb Onion; minced 5 Capers; chopped 1 Gherkin […]

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Crab Cakes With Chipotle Tartar Sauce

Ingrients & Directions 6 tb Olive oil 1/3 c Chopped yellow onion 1/4 c Chopped red and green bell -peppers Salt; to taste Freshly-ground white pepper; -to taste Freshly-ground black pepper; -to taste 1/4 c Chopped green onions 1 tb Minced garlic 3 tb Bayou Blast; plus 2 ts Bayou Blast; see * Note 3 […]

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Pecan Tart With Praline Cream – Sl 11/90

Ingrients & Directions Pastry for 9-inch pie 1/4 ts Salt 1/3 c Butter or margarine; melted 1 c Pecan halves 1 c Sugar 1/4 c Semisweet chocolate morsels 1 c Light corn syrup 1/2 c Whipping cream 4 ea Eggs; beaten 1/2 ts Praline liqueur 1 ts Vanilla extract 2 tb Powdered sugar Press pie […]

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Courgette, Fennel And Tomato Tarts With Stilton

Ingrients & Directions 2 Courgettes; sliced 1 Fennel; thinly sliced 4 lg Tomatoes; blanched and -sliced 100 g Butter 6 tb Olive oil 250 g Shortcrust pastry 10 Sprigs rosemary; roughly -chopped -STILTON FILLING- 75 g Stilton cheese 2 tb Double cream 4 tb Fresh white breadcrumbs 1 sm Selection of salad leaves to -garnish […]

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Smoked Trout Tartelettes

Ingrients & Directions For a special presentation make the tart shell by using a scallop shell for a mold. Butter the BACK of the shell and using the same dough as for a quiche form the dough over the back of the shell and over the edge a bit. Brush with a beaten whole egg […]

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Cornmeal Crust Tart Shell

Ingrients & Directions 2 1/2 c Cornmeal flour 1 ts Salt 1 Stick Cold unsalted butter; -cut into pieces 6 tb Solid vegetable shortening; -cold 5 tb Ice water; to 6 tbsps Combine the flour and salt in a mixing bowl. Using your hands work the butter and shortening into the flour, until the mixture […]

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Friendship Starter 2

Ingrients & Directions 1 c Milk 1 c Flour 1 c Sugar Mix together and let sit on counter. Stir every day until it has sat for at least 3 to 4 days. You will know it is ready when it keeps popping the plastic lid off itself, or tends to become really sticky when […]

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Coffee Tart

Ingrients & Directions 1/2 c Slivered almonds, toasted 20 Chocolate wafer cookies 1 c Sugar, divided 1/3 c Butter or margarine, melted 1/2 c Butter or margarine 2 tb Instant coffee granules 3 4 oz. bittersweet chocolate -bars, coarsely chopped 6 Egg yolks 2 c Whipping cream GARNISHES Chocolate-covered coffee -beans, whipped cream Process almonds, […]

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