Gateau Chocolat

Attended ABC trial class again.

Ingredients:

85g semi sweet chocolate chip

65g butter

25g cocoa powder

1tsp cake flour

(mix both together, sifted)

2 egg yolk

40g sugar

2 egg white

40g sugar

Method:

1. Preheat oven 180degree.
2. Melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler.
3. Add in the flour mixture into the chocolate mixture.
4. Beat egg yolk in to pale color, add in sugar and beat in to pale white color.
5. Beat egg white to frosty, add in sugar and beat into stiff peak.
6. Add in egg yolk mixture into chocolate mixture using J technique..
7. Add in half of meringue and mixed slowly withthe chocolate mixture.
8. Add int he balance meringue and mixed slowly with the chocolate mixture.
9. Be careful not to overmix.
10. Pour in the mixture to a mold.
11. Bang on table a few times and put it into oven.
12. Bake for 40mins.
13. Remove from oven, sprinkle some sugar powder on the top after cool down.

Homemade chicken stock

Ingredients:

2 carrots, chopped

2 onion, halved

5 celery, halved

4 chicken carcass

2 bay leaves

Method:

1. Bake at 180degree for 1 hr.
2. Put it in to a pot and add water just above the vegetables.
3. Add in bay leaves.
4. Simmer with slow heat for 1hr.

*** Slow heat, very important.

Modify recipe from here.

Fried carrot cake

Ingredients:

2 tbs oil (prefer pork lard)

1 garlic, chopped

1 tbs fish sauce

1 tbs chye poh

1 tbs spring onion, chopped (optional)

2 eggs, beaten

1 tsp chilli paste

Carrot cake, sliced (see homemade carrot cake here)

Method:

1. Heat up wok, add in oil.
2. Add in chye poh, garlic.
3. Add in carrot cake, mix together.
4. Add in fish sauce.
5. Pour in eggs and cover the carrot cake fully.
6. Don't stir, just leave it with medium heat till the bottom is slightly crispy.
7. Turn over and fried the other side.
8. Spread the chilli paste on top of the carrot cake.
9. Turn over to heat the chilli for 5-10 seconds.
10. Ready to serve, sprinkle spring onion on top.

*** Adjust above sauce according to own taste. I prefer my favorable and salty.