DAY Recipe

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/3 cup sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup cold finely chopped rendered beef suet (4 oz)

8 tablespoons whole milk
DIRECTIONS
Pulse together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a food processor. Add suet and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Transfer mixture to a bowl. Drizzle evenly with milk and [...]

Crema Pasticciera I
Campanians are wild for pastry cream. Thickened with flour, rich with eggs, flavored with vanilla, lemon, chocolate, or coffee, it fills cream puffs, sponge cakes, and ladyfingers in all the composed desserts called delizie (delights), and the grandest of all, Zuppa Inglese. It goes under fruits and fruit preserves in tarts, which are [...]

Active time: 10 min Start to finish: 1 1/4 hr.

Makes enough dough for a single-crust 9-inch pie or a 10- to 11-inch tart.

INGREDIENTS
3/4 stick cold unsalted butter

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons cold vegetable shortening

1/4 teaspoon [...]

Note that this recipe calls for either walnuts or almonds and either water or crème de cacao. Use the walnuts and ice water for the Caramelized apple and pear Pie, and the almonds and crème de cacao for the Chocolate-Almond Pie.

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INGREDIENTS

2 (17 1/4ounce)packages frozen puff pastry , defrosted (sheets)
30peeled deveined uncooked shrimp , cut into small pieces
1 large egg
cooking spray
For Inidan flavor
1/4 cup cilantro , chopped
1/4 cup red onions
1jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped into fine pieces
1 garlic clove , minced (more to taste)
all season salt (to taste)
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon red peppers
For Greek flavor
6 fresh basil leaves , chopped
1/4 cup feta cheese , crumbled
1/4 cup onions , chopped
1 garlic clove , minced (more to taste)
all season salt (to taste)

DIRECTIONS

Slice puff pastry squares diagonally so you have two smaller triangles. [...]