Saturday, February 7, 2009

Mandarin Orange Pudding






Recipe

Ingredients
(A)
300g milk
100g sugar
2 1/4tsp agar-agar powder

(B)
300g mandarin orange juice
20g custard powder
2 egg yolk
1tsp orange zest (grated)

(C)
1tbsp butter
few drops of orange food colouring

Steps:
1. Boil (A) until agar agar powder dissolved.
2. Mix (B) together until well combined.
3. Pour mixture (A) into mixture (B) and stir until well combined.
4. Stir Step no.3 over low fire until mixture thicken.
5. Remove from fire and stir in butter and colouring.
6. Pour into mould and leave to cool.
7. Chill in the fridge, unmould and serve.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Walnut Cake




Recipe

Ingredients
(A)
3 egg
20g cold water
1tsp ovalette
75g sugar
1/4tsp salt
125g cake flour )sift
1/2tsp double action baking powder )together

(B)
125g butter
15g sugar
1/2tsp vanilla essence

(C)
65g walnut (chopped)

Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 170C.
2. Whisk ingredient (A) until thick and fluffy. Leave aside.
3. Cream ingredient (B) until light and creamy.
4. Add some egg batter into creamed butter. (Do not add too much batter, as the creamed butter will curdle.)
5. Use a spatula and beat until smooth.
6. Fold in Step no.5 into the balance egg batter in 3 portions until well combined.
7. Fold in walnut and pour batter into a lined and greased 7inches round tin.
8. Sprinkle some chopped walnut on top.
9. Bake in a preheated oven for 30-35mins.
10.Remove cake from tin and cool on a wire rack.

Note: The cake batter will appear lumpy if the butter batter was not fold in properly during Step no. 6.

Friday, January 30, 2009

Honey Citron Tea Jelly


Recipe here

Raspberry Konnyaku Jelly






Recipe

Ingredients
10g konnyaku jelly powder
175g sugar
220g raspberry filling
740g water

Steps:
1. Mix jelly powder and sugar together and set aside.
2. Mix raspberry filling and water together.
3. Bring raspberry mixture to boil.
4. Remove from fire and stir in the jelly powder mixture until dissolved.
5. Pour into mould.
6. Leave to cool and chill in the fridge.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Steam Boat for Four


This is my family simple reunion dinner on the third day of Chinese Lunar New Year.