Sunday, January 11, 2015

Store Fresh Rosemary

Put left over rosemary into ice tray, pour over olive oil and freeze it.

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Matcha Swiss Roll

Ingredients:
(A)
4 egg whites
40g sugar
(B)
4 egg yolk
40g suagr
40g cake flour
1tbs matcha powder
(C)
120ml whipped cream
1tbs sugar
Method:
  1. Beat ingredient A till stiff peak.
  2. Beat egg yolk and sugar till pale.
  3. Sift matcha powder n cake flour 2 times.
  4. Mix the flour mixture to egg yolk mixture.
  5. Fold 1/3 of the egg white to the mixture.
  6. Fold the rest to the mixture slowly.
  7. Preheat oven
  8. Bake at 170 degree for 10-12mins.
  1. Beat whipped cream and sugar till creamy.
  1. Place a baking sheet on table.
  2. Place the tray upside down and allow it to cool.
  3. Pour the whipped cream and spread evenly.
  4. Roll the and cover with cling wrap, place it in fridge till served.
Video here.

This is a very nice recipe. Light and fluffy.

Hokkaido Milk Bread

Ingredients:
2.25 cup bread flour
1/4 cup plain flour
125ml milk
95ml whipped cream
0.5 egg
1tb milk powder
2tbs sugar
1tsp yeast
0.25 tsp salt

Method:
  1. Mix all ingredients together (avoid salt mix next to yeast).
  2. Knead and proof for 40mins.
  3. Sprinkle some flour inside the pullman tin.
  4. Punch down and put dough inside pullman tin and proof for another 30mins.
  5. Preheat oven at 160 degree, bake for 20-25mins.
  6. Apply some butter on top of the loaf.

Recipe from here.

*** The bread is soft on first day, subsequent day become drier. Will update again after second try.

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Fried green marrow with egg (炒毛瓜)

Ingredients:
1 small green marrow, remove skin and sliced
3 cloves garlic
1 tbs dried shrimps, soaked in water
1 egg
1 cup water
0.5 tsp chicken stock
1 tbs fish sauce
1.5 tbs cooking oil

Method:
  1. Heat wok, add in oil.
  2. Add in dried shrimps.
  3. Add in garlic.
  4. Add in green marrows. then add in water and chicken stock
  5. Add in fish sauce.
  6. Simmer in low heat till marrow soften.
  7. Turn of heat.
  8. Pour in egg and stir together, dish up and served.



Homemade Kaya


Ingredients:
5 eggs
200g sugar
3/4 cup coconut cream
1/3 cup water
6 pandan leaves
1 tbs water + 1 tbs corn flour (corn starch)

Caramel:
75g sugar


Method:
  1. Beat eggs together.
  2. Add in coconut cream, water, sugar, pandan leaves and boil in low heat.
  3. Keep stirring the mixture.
  4. To make caramel, heat up the 75g sugar in a  pan.
  5. Turn off heat once it turns to brown.
  6. Add the caramel into the mixture.
  7. If prefer thicker kaya, add in corn starch mixture.
  8. The whole process will takes around 20mins.
  9. If prefer smoother texture, pour mixture into blender and blend till smooth.

*had made some changes from the recipe here.


Steamed eggs with flower crab

Ingredients:
1 flower crab (clean and remove intestines)
2 Spring onions (optional)
3 eggs 
1 tsp hua tiao wine
1.5 tsp fish sauce
2 cup warm chicken stock
dash pepper

Method:
  1. Beaten 3 eggs together for 20sec.
  2. Add in all seasonings and warm water.
  3. Strained the mixture into a bowl
  4. Put in flower crab, covered it with cling wrap.
  5. Steam for 10-12mins (medium heat). 


Thursday, October 23, 2014

Cinnamon Roll


Using the same bread dough recipe as garlic bread bun.

  1. Roll the dough flat (square).
  2. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on it.
  3. Roll it and cut into 8 parts.
  4. Place it into a pan and bake till cooked.