Food

For chocolate mousse for a crowd of 20, melt 1 1/2 pounds of semi-sweet chocolate with 1 cup of hot coffee and a little butter, cool it, and fold it into 6 cups of heavy cream whipped to soft peaks with sugar and vanilla. There are no eggs, so it is safe to make ahead, […]

A basic bread pudding recipe for 120 people needs 8 full-size (12×20-inch, 2 1/2-inch deep) hotel pans or 10 standard 9×13 pans. In total you need about 12 pounds of day-old bread, 8 dozen eggs, 4 gallons of milk, 12 cups of sugar, 1 1/2 pounds of butter, vanilla, cinnamon and raisins, baked at 350°F […]

To make focaccia bread with a KitchenAid mixer, mix 4 cups of bread flour, 2 cups of warm water, yeast and salt with the paddle, then knead with the dough hook on speed 2 for 6 to 8 minutes until the wet dough pulls away from the bowl. Let it rise, press it into an […]

This banana bread uses 5 bananas and melted butter, which makes an extra-moist, deeply banana-flavoured loaf with no mixer needed. Mash 5 ripe bananas (about 2 cups), stir in 1/2 cup melted butter, sugar, 2 eggs and vanilla, fold in 2 cups of flour with baking soda, and bake in a 9×5 loaf pan at […]

Classic sauce soubise is a smooth French onion sauce: a large amount of onion sweated in butter until very soft but not coloured, cooked into a béchamel, then pureed and finished with cream. It takes about 45 minutes and makes about 2 cups, enough for 6 servings. It is served with roast veal, pork, lamb, […]