27 double puffs Recipes

filet of beef, olive oil, butter, foie gras pate (this is expensive chicken liver pate can be used instead), ready prepared pancakes, egg, beaten, puff pastry sheet, butter, onion, finely chopped, chopped mixed mushrooms (brown, blue , chantrelles or whatever is in season), heavy cream (double), chopped fresh parsley, salt & freshly ground black pepper, madeira wine, beef broth (store bought stock is fine), cornflour, chopped black truffles (very expensive and can be omitted but the flavour it adds to the dish is well worth the price), butter

lamb fillets, chanterelle mushrooms, finely chopped, swiss brown mushrooms, finely chopped, butter, green onions, sliced finely, fresh chives, chopped, fresh parsley, finely chopped, fresh thyme leave, double cream, salt and pepper, chicken or duck liver, i used duck), sheet puff pastry, pancakes, large enough to cover fillets, madeira wine, beef stock, cornflour, dried morels , soaked in water and chopped (see note above)

head broccoli (i doubled this and used twice the broccoli), onion, chopped, butter, melted, potato (cut in 1 inch cubes ), flour, chicken broth, whipping cream, nutmeg, salt, pepper, cheddar cheese or 1 cup smoked, frozen puff pastry shells, thawed, egg, beaten

fresh asparagus , cut into 1 inch pieces, butter, shallot, chopped very finely, double cream, shrimp, puff pastry, thawed, salt, to tast, pepper, to tast, beaten eggs or milk to glaze, parsley sprig (to garnish )

gratin dishes, sheets of puff pastry (fresh or commercial - its your hands not mine), collard , turnip and mustard greens and fresh spinach, leeks, fresh garlic (or less if you are a wimp or unlike me have a girlfriend), eggs, half - 1 cup of heavy cream, bechamel, more of double cream, milk, flour, butter, half a tsp. of dijon mustard, a lilliputian s pinch of nutmeg, butter, salt , white pepper, fresh coarse bread crumbs, sharp yellow cheddar, fresh chopped herbs