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METHOD:
1. Sieve the flour, add salt, fat and rub very lightly with fingertips and thumb. Picking
upon the materials in each hand and holding flour of the hand upwards.
2. Hold the ingredients high over the basin so that more air may be interred angulated,
when all fat is incorporated and the whole mixture becomes like sandy texture or
breadcrumbs.
3. Add water and mix with the help of a palette knife and hold the mixture to form into
a round ball.
4. Keep the dough covered with a wet cloth for 30 minutes.
5. Roll and cut the dough as desired, bake at 175 c for 30 – 40 minutes.
CHARACTERISTICS:
1. Cream fat & powdered sugar (with salt) till light & fluffy.
2. Add slightly beaten egg gradually & keep creaming till smooth.
3. Fold in flour gently & make soft dough.
4. Keep the dough covered in the refrigerator for 20 min.
5. Use as required.
6. Baking temperature 160- 180° C.
CHARACTERISTICS:
METHOD:
1. Follow recipe for jam tarts but bake pastry blind pricking centers before baking.
2. After the pastry is baked, fill ¾th with lemon curd.
CHARACTERISTICS:
1. Texture (filling) - soft & creamy
2. Colour (filling) - creamy yellow
3. Texture (crust) - crisp & brittle
4. Colour (crust) - golden brown
CHARACTERISTICS:
MELTING MOMENTS
METHOD:
1. Sieve the flour.
2. Cream sugar and butter till light.
3. Blend the egg and add ½ a no to the mixture, Mix well.
4. Add the lemon juice and essence & blend well.
5. Add the flour, form dough lightly.
6. Divide into 15 equal portions, round them, roll in crushed cornflakes, place on a
baking trays and bake at 325 c for 30 minutes.
CHARACTERISTICS:
1. Texture (crust) - crisp & brittle
2. Colour - golden brown
PEANUTS MACAROONS
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
1. Texture (crumb) - soft & light
2. Texture (crust) - crisp& brittle
3. Colour - golden brown
NANKHATAIS
METHOD:
1. Sieve flour.
2. Cream fat and sugar to creamy consistency.
3. Beat in the curd, soda, ammonia, cardamom powder and cream well, totally fold in
the flour and knead it into dough.
4. Roll and divide the dough into 20 equal portions.
5. Make round balls and place on a baking sheet and leave for about an hour.
6. Bake at 250 f for 30 minutes.
CHARACTERISTICS:
GOLDEN GOODIES
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
`APPLE TARTS
METHOD:
PRESENTATION:
1. On a round dish.
MARMALADE:
5. Place the chopped apples, butter and sugar in a heavy based pan and cook gently for 5 –
10 minutes or apples are soft, blend them in a liquidizer and pour over pastry and
arrange slices of apples.
CHARACTERISTICS
BUTTER BUTTONS
METHOD:
1. Sieve flour.
2. Cream sugar and butter.
3. Add flour little at a time and cream.
4. Add essence, mix and put the batter into a piping bag with a large star nozzle.
5. Pipe out even sized buttons.
6. Bake at 325 f for 20 minutes.
CHARACTERISTICS:
METHOD
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METHOD:
b) Fruit them
c) Jam glazing.
CHARACTERISTICS:
METHOD:
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PASTRY
Flour 150 gms
Butter 75 gms
Powdered 30 gms
sugar
Baking ¼ tsp
powder
FILLING
Powdered 125 gms
sugar
Butter 75 gms
Fresh cream 75 gms
Cashew nuts 125 gms
Honey 70 gms
Jam 30 gms
Vanilla ¼ tsp
essence
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
SALT BISCUIT
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
MASALA BISCUITS
METHOD:
1. Prepare as for salt biscuit except for adding fried masala at the end and mix it well.
CHARACTERISTICS:
FRUIT BISCUITS
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
VANILLA BUNS
Butter 55 gms
Sugar 115 gms
Flour 115 gms
Baking ¼ tsp
powder
Egg 2 nos
Vanilla Few drops
essence
Milk or 30 ml
water if approx.
necessary
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
METHOD:
1. Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water, add a pinch of sugar, and keep aside for 10 minutes.
2. Make sugar and salt solution with the remaining water.
3. Sieve flour and make a bay.
4. Add half the sugar and salt solution into the bay, make from inside without breaking the
wall. Add the complete yeast solution, mix well, and start mixing with both the hands.
Add the remaining sugar and salt solution.
5. Cream the fat and knead into the dough.
6. Keep the dough covered under a wet cloth for 30 minutes or till double in size.
7. Divide the dough into equal portions of 16 numbers.
8. Shape them and keep on a lightly greased tray and cover it with a wet cloth and leave
the tray in a warm place till double in size.
9. Sprinkle water and bake at 150 c for 25 – 30 minutes.
10. After baking brush it with melted fat or oil.
CHARACTERISTICS:
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
FRENCH BREAD
RECIPE: (for 4 portions)
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
Flour 1 kg
Yeast 20 gms
Salt 20 gms
Sugar 30 gms
Water 55% of the total weight of
flour
(Depending on the quality of the flour)
METHOD:
1. Mix yeast in 200 ml lukewarm water and keep aside. Add a teaspoon of sugar for the
yeast as food.
2. Dissolve salt and sugar and strain.
3. Sieve the flour.
4. Mix half the water in which salt and sugar has been dissolved, with the flour roughly.
5. Mix the yeast well and add it to the flour and knead it to smooth dough adding more
water if necessary.
6. Cream the fat and knead into the dough.
7. Keep the dough in the dry prover for one and half an hour.
8. Punch the dough and again keep in dry prover for 55 minutes longer.
9. Divide and scale the dough and form into balls.
10. Keep these portions under dry cloth or open at the room temperature for about 15 –
20 minutes.
11. Roll and mould either by machine or hand.
12. Pan the dough in greased bread tins.
13. Keep the tins in wet prover at 35 c or under a wet cloth for about one hour or till it
fills the tin ¾ th.
14. Spray water on the bread surface before putting into the oven.
15. Bake bread at 200 c for 30 – 35 minutes.
16. Remove and brush over with oil.
CHARACTERISTICS:
Milk 150 ml
Sugar 30 ml
Corn flour 15 gms
Egg yolk 1 no
Vanilla Few Drops
essence
METHOD:
1. Keep aside 50 ml of milk and bring to boil the remaining milk with sugar.
2. Dissolve the corn flour in the 50 ml of cold milk.
3. Add this to the hot milk, off the fire and stir continuously, add the yolk and cook on a
slow flame till custard is complete.
4. Add essence, mix and cool, use as desired
CHARACTERISTICS:
Milk 500 ml
Sugar 125 gms
Egg yolk 3 nos
Flour 60 gms
Vanilla few drops
essence
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
RIBBON BAVAROISE
Milk 200 ml
Egg yolk 2 nos
Sugar 60 gms
Gelatin 10 gms
Fresh cream 200 ml
Vanilla few drops
essence
Coffee extract 1 tsp
Chocolate or 10 gms
cocoa powder
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
CHOCOLATE MOUSSE
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
CREPES AU SUCRE
Milk 250 ml
Flour 125 ml
Salt a pinch
Sugar 20 gms
Eggs 2 nos
Vanilla few drops
essence
Icing sugar 40 gms
Lime 1 no
Butter 20 gms
METHOD:
1. Mix flour with egg and dry ingredients.
2. Add milk gradually and strain, add 10 gms of melted butter.
3. Leave aside for 30 minutes.
4. Cook thin pancakes.
5. Sprinkle inside with 20 gms icing sugar and fold.
Presentation: 10 gms butter in an ovel silver dish, arrange pan cakes, heat 2 minutes in
oven, sprinkle with remaining icing sugar.
CHARACTERISTICS:
METHOD:
USES-
Pancakes can be used to make savory as well as sweet dishes. In case of savoury pancakes
stuffing made of vegetables, meat, fish, chicken, cheese etc may be used. In case of sweet
pancakes stuffing of chopped fresh fruits, dry fruits, nuts, grated coconut or plain sugar may
be used. They can also be filled with crème patisserie and fruits or hot soufflé cream.
CHARACTERISTICS:
1. Texture - soft
2. Colour - light golden brown
BUTTER SPONGE
RECIPE: (for 4 portions)
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
METHOD:
Presentation –
CHARACTERISTICS:
BEIGNETS DE FRUITS
Bananas or 4 nos
Pineapple or ½ no
Apples 250 gms
Flour 100 gms
Water 100 ml
Salt 1 gms
Oil 3 ml
Eggs 1 nos
Icing sugar 25 gms
Cinnamon 3 gms
powder
Rum 10 ml
Jam 50 gms
METHOD:
1. Peel fruits, apple or pineapple (cored) and cut into thick slices across.
2. Macerate fruits in rum.
3. Prepare fritter batter.
4. Fry fruit fritters.
5. Sprinkle each with cinnamon powder, icing sugar.
6. Serve with cinnamon flavoured light custard.
CHARACTERISTICS:
FLAKY PASTRY
RECIPE: (for 6 portions)
METHOD:
Uses- Pies, tarts, tartlettes, cream slices, cream horns, turn over etc.
CHARACTERISTICS:
DANISH PASTRY
RECIPE: (for 6 portions)
METHOD:
Filling: Mix fruits, fresh cream, confectioner’s custard and lemon curd.
CHARACTERISTICS:
Flat icing
Icing-icing 55 gms
sugar
Cocoa 15 gms
Water 1/2 tsp
Filling
Fresh cream 200 gms
or
confectioner’s
custard
METHOD:
8. Cool pastry and slit at the side or make a hole in the side and fill it with whipped fresh
cream or confectioner’s custard.
9. Coat tops with chocolate glace icing (coffee flavoured icing may also be used).
Profite roles
For profit roles the paste is piped in round shapes on the baking sheet, resulting in
“cabbage” shaped pastry when baked, hence the name choux pastry.
Uses-
1. Choux pastry can be used to make sweet product like éclairs, gateaux st.honore,
croquembouch, and traditional French wedding cake.
2. Choux pastry can be used to make savoury products usally served as horsdeouers
eg: profit roles, which are usally filled with savoury mixtures.
3. Choux pastry can be deep fried and served hot sprinkled with icing sugar or with
dessert sauces as fritters or beignets.
CHARACTERISTICS:
KHARA BISCUITS
RECIPE: (for 8 portions)
METHOD
Note: The same khara biscuits can be made with the puff pastry dough.
CHARACTERISTICS:
FRUITS CONDE
Milk 500 ml
Salt a Pinch
Vanilla 2 ml
essence
Rice (round) 100 gms
Egg yolks 2 nos
Sugar 70 gms
Fruit – pear, 600 gms
peaches or
pineapple
Syrup- sugar 400 gms
Water 400 ml
Jam 80 gms
Candied 20 gms
fruits
(angelica or
cherries)
Butter for 20 gms
greasing
METHOD
1. Blanch rice in cold water; bring to boil for a minute and drain.
2. Put rice in milk with vanilla and a pinch of salt. Cook slowly for 30 – 40 minutes.
3. Liaison with yolk and sugar – re-boil for few seconds and pour in buttered savarin
mould – cool.
4. Poach fruits in syrup.
5. Un mould rice, garnish with fruits.
6. Heat jam with a little fruits syrup until thick. Glaze fruits and decorate with candied
fruits.
Note- Remaining jam can be flavored with rum and served separately in a sauceboat.
CHARACTERISTICS:
CHELSEA BUNS
METHOD:
1. Sieve flour, cream sugar and margarine and rub into flour.
2. Make a well in the center add egg, milk, and essence, add yeast and knead into a
smooth dough cover under a wet cloth for 20 minutes.
3. Roll the dough into a thin square, spread icing and sprinkle with mixed fruits.
4. Roll out from one end to the other and cut into twelve pieces.
5. Arrange in the tray and prove till double in size.
6. Bake at 400 f for 15minutes.
CHARACTERISTICS:
METHOD:
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METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
AMERICAN FROSTING
RECIPE (for 4 portions)
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
GLAZE ICING
RECIPE: (for 4 portions)
METHOD:
1. Sieve cocoa powder with icing sugar.
2. Add hot boiling water and mix to coat a surface. Altering the amount of hot water
used can alter consistency.
3. Flavor and color as required.
4. Use immediately to avoid drying up and changing the consistency.
USES
Used to cover (to give glace & sweetness) éclairs, Danish pastry, sweet buns, and individual
pastries.
CHARACTERISTICS:
CHOCOLATE FUDGE
RECIPE: (for 4 portions)
METHOD:
USES
Used to cover chocolate cakes, can be set & served as candy.
CHARACTERISTICS:
ROYAL ICING
RECIPE: (for 4 portions)
METHOD:
1. Take egg whites in a dry clean steel bowl containing 200 gms icing sugar.
2. Add limejuice and blue colour for strengthening and whitening the icing.
USES:
1. Used to cover wedding cakes (tire cakes)
2. Can be used for decorative works.
CHARACTERISTICS:
ALBERT PUDDING
RECIPE: (for 4 portions)
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
BUTTER ICING
RECIPE: (for 4 portions)
METHOD:
1. Cream fat, add sugar and cream till light and fluffy.
NOTE –
For chocolate butter icing, reduce 10 – 15 gms of sugar and add 10 – 15 gms of cocoa
powder, sieve icing sugar with cocoa powder 2 – 3 times.
CHARACTERISTICS:
BUTTER CREAM
RECIPE: (for 4 portions)
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS
SALAD DE FRUITS
METHOD:
PRESENTATION: In an iced salad bowl / individual stainless steel / glass cups or in halves
pineapple, any other large fruit such as papaya or watermelon.
CROISSANTS
METHOD:
1. Dissolve yeast in lukewarm milk with sugar.
2. Rub in 30 gms of butter with flour and egg, yeast mix, salt and knead to form a soft
dough.
3. Keep covered for fermentation for 1 hour.
4. Roll out the dough into 12 “ x 8” rectangle, apply butter on 2/3 rd rolled dough, fold
into three and refrigerate pastry for 15 minutes.
5. Roll again and fold into half, leaving half in the refrigerator.
6. Roll out one half into a rectangular 1/8” and cut into 6” square and cut each square
into triangle.
7. Starting with the base of the triangle roll loosely to form a cylinder and shape into
croissants.
8. Place the croissants on a baking sheet, prove it till double in size, give egg wash and
bake at 400 f for 15 – 20 minutes.
CHARACTERISTICS:
GATEAUX MOCCA
RECIPE: (for 6 portions)
METHOD:
NOTE – for a more economic cake, reduce butter cream quantity by half and replace inside
filling with coffee flavored confectioner’s custard, using butter cream only for exteriors.
1. This consist of Genoese sponge filled and decorated with a coffee flavored butter
cream,
2. The sides are coated with flaked almonds and the word “mocha” is piped in the
center of the gateaux.
CHARACTERISTICS
PIZZA
RECIPE: (for 4-6 portions)
For Pizza
sauce:
Tomatoes 200 ml
(pureed)
Onion 50 gms
(minced)
Garlic, finely 5 gms
chopped
Oil / olive oil 10 Ml
Herbs As Required
(rosemary,
oregano)
Salt & To Taste
Pepper
For filling / Toppings: ( slices / strips /
chopped )
Tomatoes gms
50
Capsicum gms
50
Onion gms
50
Mushroom gms
50
Black olives Garnish
for
Mozzarella cheese gms
100
METHOD:
The base:
1. Sieve flour, make a bay at the center, and add all the ingredients for the base, make
soft & elastic dough.
2. Keep it covered with a wet cloth for 45 minutes or till double in size.
3. Divide into equal size (4- 6) to make individual pieces or roll in to a single round of
1/8-inch thickness.
4. Bake at 220 ºC for 10 minutes (half done) & refrigerate \ use as required.
Pizza sauce:
1. Heat oil, sauté chopped garlic, onions to take out the raw flavor, add herbs &
tomato puree cook for 10 to 15 minutes & season.
2. Store and use as required.
FINISHING:
On pizza base spread sauce & filling (chopped / slices / roundels of capsicum, tomatoes,
onion, etc) spread grated mozzarella cheese & brown the top slightly under salamander or
hot oven.
CHARACTERISTICS:
PINEAPPLE GATEAUX
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
CHOCOLATE GATEAUX
RECIPE: (for 6-8 portions)
Maida 85 gms
Cocoa powder 30 gms
Grain sugar 115 gms
Eggs 3 nos
Baking powder ¼ Tsp
Cherries 100 gms
Walnuts 100 gms
Fresh cream ¼ Lit
Vanilla essence a few Drops
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
VEGETABLE SAMOSAS
METHOD:
1. Sieve flour, add salt rub in fat add water to make a soft dough. Keep aside for about ½
an hour.
2. Dice carrots, potatoes, and shell peas.
3. Peel and chop onions, ginger, garlic, green chilies and coriander leaves.
4. Heat oil, add chopped ingredients and sauté, add vegetables and enough water to cook
vegetables, dry.
5. When vegetables are cooked, add garam masala powder and remove.
6. Divide dough into small portions and roll out into about 3” diameter and cut down the
center.
7. Make a cone of each and put in, the prepared filling, seal the edges using water, fry till
golden brown and crisp.
8. Drain the fat completely & serve hot with ketch-up or chutney
CHARACTERISTICS
METHOD:
1. Sieve flour with cocoa powder 2 – 3 times, to make the cocoa powder and flour mix
together very well.
2. Whip eggs with sugar till light and fluffy to ribbon consistency.
3. Fold in the flour mixture gently & thoroughly.
4. Pour the mixture into a greased & butter lined cake tin (round/ square).
5. Bake it at 180° C for 15 – 20 minutes.
6. Cool thoroughly & slice into 3-4 layers.
7. Moisten slightly & sandwich the layers with sugar syrup (rum flavored) & whipped
cream with some cherries in between.
8. Cover the top & sides completely with whipped cream & chocolate shaving.
9. Decorate the top with rosette of cream & cherries & serve chilled.
CHARACTERISTICS
BACHELOR’S BUTTONS
Butter 55 gms
Sugar 55 gms
Sugar for 15 gms
coating
Egg 1 no
Flour 140 gms
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
BAKEWELL TARTS
METHOD :
1. Cream fat and sugar, gradually and egg. Fold in ground almonds flour and coconut.
2. Line tart cases and half bake. Spread red jam on the base, top with filling and bake at
150 c till firm to touch.
3. Remove and cool completely. Decorate with plain water icing and decorate with ½ glace
cherries.
CHARACTERISTICS
COCONUT TART
METHOD:
Cream butter and sugar, add honey gradually, add egg, and fold in flour lastly add milk and
grated coconut,
CHARACTERISTICS:
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
FATLESS SPONGE
Eggs 3 Nos
Sugar 100 gms
Vanilla Few Drops
essence
Flour 100 gms
METHOD:
1. Beat eggs while adding sugar gradually till light and foamy
2. Add vanilla essence mix well.
3. Fold in flour in three parts gently and thoroughly in to the egg mixture (don’t over
mix).
4. Pour it in a greased and butter paper lined cake tin.
5. Bake it at 180 ºC for 15 to 20 minutes or till done.
VARIATION:
Chocolate fatless sponge Replace 5 gms of flour by 5gms of cocoa powder and proceed as
above.
CHARACTERISTICS
SWISS ROLLS
RECIPE: (for 4 portions)
Eggs 4 Nos
Sugar 100 gms
Vanilla Few Drops
essence
Flour 100 gms
Jam 100 gms
METHOD:
1. Beat eggs while adding sugar gradually till light and foamy
2. Add vanilla essence mix well.
3. Fold in flour in three parts gently and thoroughly in to the egg mixture (don’t over
mix).
4. Pour it in a greased and butter paper lined cake tin.
5. Bake it at 200 ºC for 10 to 15 minutes or till done.
6. When it is hot demould, spread melted jam (100 gms), roll it tight using dry cloth or
butter paper, & set in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.
7. Slice into 1/2 ״thick round pieces & serve with high tea.
CHARACTERISTICS:
METHOD:
1. Trim out the edges of bread slices cut in to triangles, apply melted butter on both
the sides and arrange in a slightly greased oven proof baking dish.
2. Mix sugar, egg, essence and nutmeg powder well, add boiled milk over. Pour the
custard over bread slices let it stand for 5 mts, sprinkle dry fruit and nut over for
decoration.
3. Cook it over hot water bath in an oven at 160ºC until the custard is set (baking time
35 to 45 mts). Serve it hot or chilled.
CHARACTERISTICS:
PUFF PASTRY
METHOD:
1. Sieve flour, make a well at the centre, add salt, limejuice and enough water, and
knead well to make soft & pliable dough.
2. Rest the dough covered for 5- 10 minutes.
3. Rollout the dough to form an envelope having the center thicker than the 4 corners,
place all the fat at the center & fold the corners to cover the fat.
4. Turn & roll the dough into a rectangle and fold into three.
5. Repeat the process of rolling 3 more times with 5 minutes of resting in between.
6. Finally roll the dough into 1/8 inch thickness and cut into desired shape & fill it with
any savory / sweet filling.
7. Arrange on greased tray sprinkled with water; glaze the top with egg wash.
8. Bake at 220 º C for 20 – 25 minutes, till golden brown in color.
CHARACTERISTICS:
DERIVATIVES:
PALMIERS:
1. Do the final blindfolding & the final rolling with the dusting of castor sugar.
2. Roll into a rectangle 1/8 ´´ thick ness, roll both the edges towards the center, cover
& leave in the fridge, slice into 1/2-inch thickness.
3. Bake at 200°C till golden brown.
CREAM HORNS:
1. Roll out puff pastry into 1/8-inch thickness & cut into longs strips.
2. Roll onto a greased cream horn moulds (conical moulds), in a spiral motion.
3. Bake at 200°C till golden brown.
4. Cool & fill it with butter icing or any other filling & decorate with glazed cherries.
PLUM CAKE
METHOD :
CHARACTERISTICS:
TRIFFLE PUDDING
METHOD:
1. Cut fruits into dices; toss them with little sugar syrup or limejuice.
2. Sandwich bread or cake slices with jam & cut into cubes.
3. Make a thick custard with custard, milk & sugar over slow flame, cool
4. Slightly & add Vanilla essence & cream.
5. In a big serving bowl or individual moulds (ice cream cups), arrange
6. Alternate layers of fruits, cake cubes and custard, one or two
7. Times, and top it with custard.
8. Decorate the top with cream & jam piping.
9. Set it in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes & serve chilled.
CHARACTERISTICS:
GENOISE SPONGE
Eggs 3 Nos
Sugar 100 gms
Vanilla Few Drops
essence
Flour 100 Gms
Melted butter 75 gms
/ fat
METHOD
1. Beat eggs while adding sugar gradually till light and foamy
2. Add vanilla essence mix well.
3. Fold in flour in three parts gently and thoroughly in to the egg mixture (don’t over mix).
4. Fold in the melted fat.
5. Pour it in a greased and butter paper lined cake tin.
6. Bake it at 180 ºC for 15 to 20 minutes or till done.
CHARACTERISTICS
FRUIT CAKE
RECIPE: (for 4 portions)
METHOD:
1. Cream fat and sugar till light and fluffy.
2. Whip eggs till fluffy, gradually add eggs to the creamed butter and sugar, sieve flour
with baking powder.
3. After the complete egg is over, fold the flour gently, add essence and check the
dropping consistency with milk.
4. Fold in finely chopped dry fruit mixture, which is dusted with flour.
5. Grease and dust the tins, put the batter in the tin, tap gently and level it up.
6. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 c for 20 – 30 minutes.
CHARACTERISTICS:
BRIOCHE
METHODS:
CHARACTERISTICS
BROWN BREAD
METHODS
CHARACTERISTICS:
BREADS ROLLS
RECIPE: (for 4 portions)
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
TARTE ALSACINNE
METHOD:
Note: - grapes, pineapples or fresh plums or apricot halves can replace apples.
CHARACTERISTICS:
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
CHOCOLATE COOKIES
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
METHOD:
1. Proceed same as for straight dough method except the addition of salt at the
knocking back stage.
ROLE OF SALT: -
As salt has a controlling effect on the enzymatic action of yeast, the speed of fermentation
of salt less dough will naturally be faster and a reduction in fermentation time could be
effected.
ADVANTAGES: -
1. Strong flour can be used in the preparation with lesser time on fermentation.
2. Gluten matures in a reasonably shorter time.
CHARACTERISTICS:
VANILLA BUNS
RECIPE: (for 4 portion)
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
TRICOLOUR BISCUITS
RECIPE: (for 4 portion)
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
DUNDEE CAKE
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
MADIERA CAKE
RECIPE: (for 6 portion)
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
SAVARINS
RECIPE: (for 6 portions)
METHOD:
USES: -
Savarin batter can be used to make different types of savarins like savarin au rhum, savarin
au fruits, or savarin Chantilly, using rhum syrup chopped mixed fruits or fresh cream etc. to
decorate or finish, it can also be used to make baba au rhum.
CHARACTERISTICS
FRITTER BATTER
RECIPE: (for 4 portions)
METHOD:
USES:
1. Always use batter in batches as required. Fritter batter can be used to make savory
fritters using vegetables, fish, prawns, chicken, meat, etc. in case of such fritters fish,
prawns, chicken or meat have to be marinated before dipping in the batter and
fried.
2. Fritter batter can also be used to make sweet fritters like bananas, apples, etc .in
this case the fritters are sprinkled with icing sugar and glazed under a salamander
before serving.
CHARACTERISTICS
METHOD:
USES:
1. Can be used to make pakodas or bhajias using a variety of sliced vegetables, dices of
cheese of even fish
2. Can also be used to make batata wadas
CHARACTERISTICS:
BUTTER BUTTONS
RECIPE: (for 6 portions)
METHOD:
1. Sieve flour
2. Cream sugar & butter.
3. Add flour little at a time and cream.
4. Add essence mix and put the batter into a piping bag with a large star nozzle.
5. Pipe out even sized buttons.
6. Bake at 325ºF to 350ºF for 20 minutes.
CHARACTERISTICS:
MEHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS
CARAMEL CUSTARD
RECIPE: (for 4 portions)
METHOD
CHARACTERISTICS:
DIPLOMAT PUDDING
RECIPE (for 6 portions)
METHOD:
1. Cream together yolk of eggs and sugar till light and fluffy.
2. Pour boiled milk over, return to heat and cook to a custard consistency.
3. Remove from heat, add gelatin dissolved in little warm water, and mix well.
4. Cool and fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
5. Decorate the bottom of a watered jelly mould with some angelica and cherries & fill
half with the custard.
6. Put a layer of crushed glucose biscuits, some currants or sultanas. Fill with remaining
mixture, set in a refrigerator.
7. Turn out when set and cold; decorate with wafer biscuits and cream or fruits.
CHARACTERISTICS:
1. Make sponge with flour, yeast, and sugar; keep it for fermentation till the sponge is
fermented.
2. Break the sponge into pieces mix with the remaining ingredients and make the
dough.
3. Proceed as for the straight dough method.
NOTES: - Flour taking too much time for conditioning (more than 4-5 hours) should not be
used for making bread by straight dough method .for such flours sponge & dough method is
more suitable, where the problems of controlling the dough temperature is not so acute as
the total fermentation time is divided into two parts.
ADVANTAGES:
CHARACTERISTICS:
METHOD:
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LEMON SOUFFLÉ
Recipe: (for 4 portion)
Eggs 3 nos
Sugar 120 gms
Lemon 2 nos
juice
Pistachio As Required
Cherries As Required
Angelica As Required
Gelatin 15 gms
Lemon zest 1–2 nos
Cream 100 – Ml
150
Method:
1. Place yolk, sugar, lemon juice, zest whisk over Bain Marie until thick and creamy.
2. Soak gelatin, melt and add to the above custard, cool and add whipped cream and
egg white, fold.
3. Add colour if necessary.
4. Pour in moulds and refrigerate, decorate with whipped cream, cherries and angelica.
5. To make the dessert lighter more whipped egg whites may be used.
Pineapple soufflé
Use pineapple essence & color along with some chopped canned pineapple instead of lemon
juice & zest.
CHARACTERISTICS:
Base
Milk 125 Ml
Flour 15 Gms
Egg yolk 1½ No
Sugar 25 Gms
Vanilla essence Few Drops
Flavour
Sponge cubes 50 Gms
Vanilla liqueur 10 Ml
Meringue
Egg white 1½ No
Castor sugar 10 Gms
For moulds &
dusting
Butter 15 Gms
Icing sugar 15 gms
METHOD:
1. Set oven at 200 C: prepare moulds, lined with butter and sugar.
2. Make a confectioner’s custard. & flavor with vanilla.
3. When cooled fold in egg whites, beaten stiff.
4. Pour in moulds & bake until double in size.
CHARACTERISTICS:
1. Texture - light, spongy & moist
2. Colour - golden brown on top
CHERRY KNOBS
Recipe (for 4 portion)
METHOD:
CHARACTERISTICS:
SWISS TARTS
Recipe: (for 4 portion)
METHOD:
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CABINET PUDDING
Recipe: (for 6 portion)
METHOD:
1. Butter the pudding mould & decorate bottom & side with nuts & sultanas.
2. Butter slices of bread& cut off the crust & cut bread into cubes.
3. Arrange large amount of bread into the mould & sprinkle with sultanas& sugar.
4. Continue the layers till the mould is half filled.
5. Beat egg in a bowl, boil milk & pour over beaten egg, stirring well.
6. Add flavoring & pour the mixture in the prepared mould.
7. Bake it at 160C over a Bain Marie for about 45 minutes.
CHARACTERISTICS
QUEEN OF PUDDING
RECIPE: (for 4 portions)
METHOD:
1. Heat milk, add melted butter, half the sugar, egg yolks & grated lime rind & mix
well.
2. Pour over bread, arranged in a greased pie dish & let it stand for ½ hr.
3. Bake over double boiler till quite firm.
4. Heat jam & spread over the pudding.
5. Beat egg whites till stiff & fold in the sugar and pile on the pudding.
6. Bake in a slow oven/salamander for about 15 minutes, till meringue is set & pale
brown in colour.
CHARACTERISTICS:
APRICOT PUDDING/CHARLOTTE
RECIPE: (For 4 portions)
METHOD:
Filling:
1. Soak apricots over-night& stone. Remove nuts from stone & mix with fruit. Add
limejuice, rind & sugar and cook till it thickens.
2. Grease a jelly mould.
3. Cut bread into thin fingers, dip in melted butter & line the jelly mould with buttered
side to the dish.
4. Put in the prepared filling cover the top with bread slices.
5. Bake it in a hot oven for 30-45 minutes; the bread should be brown & crisp.
6. Allow it to stand for a few minutes & turn on to a hot dish.
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