Chocolate Macademia Fancies

Chocolate Macademia Fancies Ingredients:

• 140 grams     Self Raising Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly) sieved    

• 30 grams     Cocoa Powder    

• 170 grams     Butter softened    

• 170 grams     Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's)    

• 3     Happy Eggs Large    

• 1 tsp     Silver Spoon Cakecraft Natural Almond Extract

Additional Ingredients:

• Macademia Butter Icing Filling

• 50 grams     Macadamia Nuts    

• 50 grams     Butter softened    

• 100 grams     Billington's Golden Icing Sugar

Grilled Steak & Eggs

Cook: 20 mins               Prep: 20 mins               Serves: 4

Ingredients

For the green sauce:

225 g fresh parsley leaves
60 ml extra-virgin olive oil
2 tbsps capers
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp smoked paprika
Dash hot sauce, such as Tobasco
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the steak and eggs:

4 (170 g) 2 cm thick flatiron steaks
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tbsps olive oil
4 eggs
Pinch smoked paprika
4 slices French baguette, sliced on a bias

Red, White & Blue No-Bake Cheesecake

Serves: 12

INGREDIENTS:

1 (13.5) ounce box Graham Cracker crumbs
2 1/2 cups Sugar
1 cup Butter, melted
3 (8 ounce) blocks Cream Cheese, softened
2 (8 ounce) Non-dairy Whipped topping, like Cool Whip
12 ounces fresh Raspberries
12 ounces fresh Blueberries
1/4 cup loosely packed Mint leaves

Perfect Cheesecake

Cook time: 3 hours

Ingredients:

Crust

• 2 cups (475 ml) of Graham cracker crumbs (from a little less than 2 packages Graham crackers
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• Pinch salt
• 5 Tbsp (70 g) unsalted butter (if using salted butter, omit the pinch of salt), melted

Filling

• 2 pounds cream cheese (900 g), room temperature
• 1 1/3 cup granulated sugar (270 g)
• Pinch of salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 large eggs
• 2/3 cup sour cream (160 ml)
• 2/3 cup heavy whipping cream (160 ml)

Toppings

• 2 cups sour cream (475 ml)
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar (35 g)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 12 ounces (340 g) fresh raspberries
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar (100 g)
• 1/2 cup water (120 ml)

Special equipment needed

• 9-inch, 2 3/4-inch high springform pan
• Heavy-duty, 18-inch wide aluminum foil
• A large, high-sided roasting pan

Blueberry Pie

Prep time: 1 hour            Cook time: 1 hour

Ingredients:

Crust:

• One double recipe for all butter pie crust dough

Filling ingredients:

• 6 cups (about 2 1/4 pounds or 1 kilo) of fresh (or frozen) blueberries, rinsed and stems removed (if using frozen, defrost and drain first)
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice
• 1/4 cup (about 30g) all-purpose flour (for thickening)
• 1/2 cup white granulated sugar (100g)
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 Tbsp butter (unsalted), cut into small pieces

Egg wash ingredients:

• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon milk

All Butter Crust for Sweet and Savory Pies (Pâte Brisée) Recipe

This recipe makes 1 pâte brisée crust, enough for one tart. If you are making a pie with a bottom and top crust, double this recipe and form two discs of dough instead of one.
Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar (increase to 1 1/2 teaspoons if for a sweet recipe)
• 8 Tbsp (1 stick) unsalted butter, very-cold, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
• 3 to 4 Tbsp ice water, very cold

Method

1. The minute you even think you might want to make a pie crust, cut up a stick of butter into smallish (about 1/2-inch) cubes, and put it into the freezer. The colder the butter the better luck you'll have with creating a flaky crust. Freeze the butter at least 15 minutes, better an hour, best overnight. (I usually keep cubed butter in the freezer ready to go for making pie crusts.)

2. Place the flour, salt, and sugar into a food processor and pulse until well combined. Add half of the butter cubes and pulse 6 to 8 times. Then add the other half of the butter cubes and pulse 6 to 8 more times. You should have a mixture that resembles a coarse meal, with many butter pieces the size of peas.

 

Apple Coffee Cake

Prep time: 10 minutes            Cook time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 5 1/2 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1 medium Cortland or other baking apple, peeled and sliced