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Smoked Salmon Choux Bites

Sat, 03 May 2008 04:55:10 +0100

This is an excellent finger food at parties or afternoon tea, it looks great and taste fresh ! Takes no time to prepare too, as long as you have the ingredients all in front of you ready to go.
To make the Choux Cases, please look at my older post…

Soft Boiled Eggs & Buttered Soldiers

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:58:43 +0100

The all time favourite brekkie dish !!
Quick, simple but taste oh so delicious ...yum yum...
A fail-proof recipe...except when you try to get the eggs soft boiled :P It's a hit and miss for me LOL

Place eggs in a pan filled with cold water ( I won't state…

Tomato+Basil+Bocconcini

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:39:04 +0100

I don't know what to call this, hence the weird recipe title :P It's not really a salad, but not quite a proper entree either..hmmm...
Super quick to whip up and taste yummy and fresh !
It's pretty obvious how to make it really, slice, tear, drizzle, sprinkle and VOILA…

Quick Mushroom Linguine

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:15:47 +0100

This pasta dish is really quick and easy to make. It is quite plain and clean I suppose compared to other pasta dishes , but I liked it ^_^Any mushroom will go well with this recipe, I used pre-packed mixed mushrooms (enoki, shitake, eringi, oyster mushrooms).
I've also used chilli…

Choc-Hazelnut Biscotti

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:29:33 +0100

Again, this was adapted from Martha Stewart Baking Handbook. I used roasted hazelnuts as they are more fragrant, and dark choc 'coz I don't like them to be too sweet. Swop with milk choc if you want something sweeter.This is soo good that you can't stop eating them (well, at least…

Cranberry & Pistachio Biscotti

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:21:02 +0100

This recipe is taken from Martha Stewart Baking Handbook :)

Pour the boiling water over the dried cranberry, and let soak for 15minutes. Drain and set aside.
Pre-heat oven to 190 C
Roughly chop the pistachio nuts (if they are quite small, leave them as is, don't bother chopping them)
Sift the flour,…

Enoki Beef Roll

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:46:57 +0100

Slice the beef at angle so you get quite a wide piece, and then pound it with a mallet to make it flat and thin.
Marinade the beef with yakiniku sauce, and leave it in the fridge for few hours or overnight.
Cut the spring onions into mini batons, and cut the…

Hummingbird Cupcakes

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:55:15 +0100

This is the cupcake version of the Hummingbird Cake that I've posted before. I've omitted the walnut, and use normal sugar instead of brown sugar as I found it too wet for cupcakes.

Pre-heat conventional oven to 180 C
Combine flour, bicarb, cinnamon and salt, sift and set aside.
Beat egg and…

White Choc Mousse w/ Hazelnut Brownie

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:19:41 +0100

Where's the Brownie ? I forgot to slice it open to take the photo :P But it's there though ! Hidden in the centre , it kinda acts as a hidden platform for the mousse ; ) To make the brownie : 1. Preheat oven to 160 C 2. Chop…

Earl Grey Shortcake

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:35:42 +0100

This was taken from a Japanese recipe book on chocolates. I have no idea what the title is or who the author is (my kanji is bad!) :P I never liked Earl Grey tea as a drink, but I like this cake :) There is just a light aroma of…

Coffee + Milk Jelly

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:20:23 +0100

This is definetely jelly for adults :) The bitterness of the coffee and creaminess of the milk is just perfect ! If you want to make it more adult, just add liquor like Frangelico, Brandy, etc to the coffee jelly. To make the coffee jelly : 1. Soak the gelatine…

Mini Apple Galette

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:05:37 +0100

Surprisingly...they are quite yummy :) I use strawberry jam to glaze ('coz that's what i have in the fridge), but feel free to use other fruit jams (blueberry will be nice....) 1. Preheat the oven to 200 C 2. Using cookie cutter, cut thte pastry into small discs. 3. Prick…

Blood Orange Friand

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:48:32 +0100

This is one of Donna Hay's cake recipe. I think this is the best way (not the healthiest obviously :P) to utilise all those egg whites you've got left after making custards for the choux puff. (PS : That orange in the photo, is fresh blood orange, not the glace…

Glace Blood Orange

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:34:02 +0100

I'm not sure if I'm doing this right (so correct me people if I'm wrong plz...)..Because I ended up with a bitter candied orange. Perhaps it's the blood orange itself ? Or perhaps there were some seeds that I missed and that's the source of the bitterness ? But I…

Italian Sausage Roll

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:24:18 +0100

Came up with this recipe for the Sausage Roll competition at work :P The base is taken from Harumi Kurihara Hamburger recipe (which I've posted b4), with slight modification to the ingredients. Some prep-work to make life easier : 1. Soak the breadcrumbs with milk and wine, leave aside. 2.…

Gateaux Tiramisu

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:41:53 +0100

Well...maybe I should call it a cheater's gateaux as there are no baking involved ! Usually I would make it in a deep serving bowl, but because a friend want this as a b'day cake, I think it's better presented it this way. If you don't have thickened cream handy,…

Cranberry & Rosemary Potato Pie

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:14:38 +0100

I come up with this recipe when it's rainy Sunday afternoon, got nothing else in the fridge and too lazy to go out :P How much potato do you need ? It kinda depends on what you have. When I made these, I use chat potatoes which are tiny, and…

Cocoa Shortbread Sandwich

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:02:54 +0100

When I made the Fruit Tart, I got some leftover tart dough. So instead of wasting it, managed to get some cookie sandwiches ^_^ The shortbread is kinda bitter on its own, so the sweet white chocolate ganache helps ! To make the shortbread : 1. In a food processor,…

Fruit Tart

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:50:44 +0100

This is probably the easiest dessert you could make and it looks amazing ! The gelatine glaze will make it looks shiny, but it's optional, it will still look pretty without the shine ^_^ The cocoa tart is taken from Nigella's Chocolate Raspberry Tart. I use custard as the filling…

Choux Trio

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:20:44 +0100

There are many cream filling variations that you can do, chocolate, raspberry, caramel, etc... I choose the green tea, coffee and vanilla for the colour contrast *_^ Choux Pastry 1. Pre-heat oven to 180 C 2. In a pan, combine water, butter, sugar and salt, and heat until all the…