Celebration Recipes

Fill crisp pastry tartlets with fully cooked chicken, mushrooms, sour cream and cheese. Blind-bake shells first, then bake filled cases until the egg mixture sets.

Make a chocolate Bûche de Noël with a rolled cocoa sponge, whipped cream filling and a thin chocolate ganache coat. Chill before cutting clean slices for the holiday table.

Bake Transcarpathian Easter paska with milk, eggs, butter and lemon zest. Follow the starter, two rises and deep-tin bake for tall loaves with a soft, rich crumb.