Showing posts with label Western Homecook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Western Homecook. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Christmas Even Out To Boxing Twenty-Four Hr Stream Essentials 家庭式圣诞嘉年华



I must apologise profusely for having gone MIA for many moons. My married adult man too I are staying amongst my parents temporarily (not too then temporary actually...would endure 1 year+ soon....). In this home, mom takes the telephone vociferation upward of what to purchase too gear upward for our meals. I am taking a backseat for the fourth dimension being, till our novel identify is ready inward 2H 2017. 

Nonetheless, I nonetheless grapple to whip upward about dandy stuffs this Christmas. As I was multi-tasking diverse dishes too preparing inside a tight fourth dimension frame, I had non taken photographs on the work-in-progress. Just sharing hither what I arrive at got cooked these few days....


Roasted Turkey Breast

Smoked Salmon, Arugula & Mixed Veg Salad

Pan Fried Rosemary & Mint Lamb Racks

Home-made Hawaiian Pizza

Home-made Pizza amongst Black Olives & Arugula

Baked Spaghetti Bird Nest amongst Egg

Baked Spaghetti Bird Nest amongst Egg - Runny Egg Yolk!

Easy Baked Potatoes


I am looking forrard to gear upward to a greater extent than oftentimes too to portion to a greater extent than recipes soon...Meanwhile, here's wishing 1 too all a blessed festive flavor :)



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Thursday, December 27, 2018

Salami & Veggies Pizza 萨拉米香肠与蔬果比萨



When I unsealed my package of salami, everyone at dwelling shied away. They covered their noses in addition to  yelled "Smelly! (臭!)". Errr.....what create yous await out of air dried fermented sausages? I knew straightaway that I could non serve the salami every bit it should locomote - mutual frigidity cuts. 

To larn inwards palatable for my household unit of measurement members, I needed to mask the pungent fermented smell. Otherwise, the salami would larn to waste. My quick laid upwardly was to build them into a Salami & Veggies Pizza  萨拉米香肠与蔬果比萨. I was counting on the cheese to build the salami from 'Appalling' to 'Appealing'. Actually, my version of the pizza is not in addition to thus truthful to its name. Strictly speaking, except for the ruddy cabbage, tomatoes in addition to olives are fruits, non vegetables. I did non role ruddy cabbage only for its colour. It is ane of the vegetables that would non plough soggy inwards the high oestrus oven.

Salami tin locomote overwhelming inwards taste. Besides cheese, I decided to innovate lots of veggies/fruits to residue the gustatory modality in addition to feel. Believe it or not, the Salami & Veggies Pizza  萨拉米香肠与蔬果比萨 turned out to locomote surprisingly pleasing. All gone inwards the wink of an eye! 

It was good worthwhile my 30-minutes prep cum create time. 


Ingredients (enough for a large 12" pizza) :

  • 15 to twenty pcs of salami
  • 1 large piece of pizza crust (i used off-the-rack Mission brand)
  • 3 tbsp thick love apple tree glue (Recipe for freshly made ones here)(I used canned love apple tree glue this time).
  • 1 loving cup shredded or finely chopped ruddy cabbage  
  • 1 loving cup of cherry tomatoes (sliced to halves)
  • 8 dark olives (sliced)(I used bottled ones from supermarket)
  • 150 gm grated mozzarella cheese
  • few sprigs of mint (for garnishing)(if yous similar the gustatory modality of mint leaves, they residue the pizza gustatory modality actually well)

(tsp = teaspoon; tbsp = tablespoon)    


Method : 
  1. Pre-heat oven at 200 degrees celsius or 392 degrees fahrenheit. 
  2. Spread love apple tree glue evenly on pizza crust.
  3. Spread 80% of shredded ruddy cabbage over love apple tree paste. 
  4. Lay salami pieces on ruddy cabbage.
  5. Lay tomatoes in addition to olives.
  6. Spread the remaining 20% ruddy cabbage evenly.
  7. Spread shredded mozzarella cheese atop.
  8. When ready, plough oven to 220 degrees celsius or 428 degrees fahrenheit.
  9. Transfer pizza to oven in addition to bake for xv minutes.
  10. When ready, garnish in addition to serve amongst sprigs of fresh mint.

Tip : If yous are making your ain dough, create think to dock your pizza base of operations amongst a fork or docker. This is to avoid your pizza crust from bubbling in addition to blowing upwardly inwards the oven.

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What I honor unforgettable inwards this Salami & Veggies Pizza  萨拉米香肠与蔬果比萨 - the moments when the roasted tomatoes squirted inwards the mouth. The acidity of tomatoes inwards the oral cavity goes actually good amongst the salami in addition to cheese. This is ane pizza that leaves a long aftertaste....






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Monday, December 24, 2018

Comforting Lamb Pie Amongst Minute Puff Pastry 幸福羊肉派



It has been raining these few days. I woke upwards this morn craving for comfort nutrient for this recent moisture weather. I retrieve there's a bundle of shabu shabu mutton lying inwards my freezer. I bought it to dehydrate for my dog. I unremarkably feed her homemade treats. My domestic dog consumes mutton to a greater extent than than I do. I belike swallow twice a year. Without hesitating, I decided to accept a component of her share. 

If I tin give notice stimulate got my way, I unremarkably stimulate got no qualms inwards taking shortcuts for nutrient training as well as then long every bit I exercise non stimulate got to compromise inwards quality. Since I never had confidence inwards treatment DIY puff pastries myself, baking a Comforting Lamb Pie amongst Instant Puff Pastry 幸福羊肉派 seemed similar a skilful plan. It would for sure salve me fourth dimension as well as unloose energy inwards comparing to kneading my ain dough.

This Comforting Lamb Pie amongst Instant Puff Pastry 幸福羊肉派 is yesteryear no way a Shepherd's Pie every bit it lacks many crucial elements such as tomato paste, potatoes, cheese etc. I also chose non to seal the overstep amongst pastry crust every bit I wanted to scissure an egg on overstep nearing the destination of ready time. My version is all the same laden amongst energising goodness such every bit shredded lamb slices, lots of chopped carrots, garlic, onions as well as ginger. Simple to make, but heavy for the stomach.



Ingredients (enough for two pax) :

  • 1 pc puff pastry (thawed but kept chilled)(I used shop bought Borg's build frozen puff pastry from supermarket, size : 23 cm x 23 cm)
  • 100 gm shabu shabu mutton slices (chopped to shreds or minor pieces)
  • 1 carrot (peeled as well as chopped to minor dices)
  • 2 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)
  • 1 minor onion (finely chopped)
  • 4 slices ginger (finely chopped)
  • parsley or coriander (optional)(for garnishing)
  • egg (optional)(for topping)

Seasonings (do your ain gustation test, add together to a greater extent than or cut every bit per your preference) :

  • 1/4 tsp tabular array salt (to marinate mutton) 
  • 1 tsp sugar (to marinate mutton)
  • 1/4 tsp grounded pepper (to marinate mutton)
  • 1 tbsp shaoxing vino or mirin (to marinate mutton)
  • few drops sesame stone oil (to marinate mutton)
  • 1 to two tbsp BBQ sauce (for cooking)(you may substitute with oyster sauce or other sauces that you lot prefer, add together to a greater extent than saccharide to residual if you lot role a salty sauce)
  • 1/2 tsp murphy or corn starch (to mix amongst 1 tbsp water)
  • 1/2 loving cup H2O (for cooking)


(tsp = teaspoon; tbsp = tablespoon)    


Method : 
  1. Mix marinating seasonings amongst mutton as well as chill it for fifteen to thirty minutes. 
  2. Pre-heat oven to 200 degrees celsius or 392 degrees fahrenheit.
  3. On a stove, role low-mid heat, add together aromatic ingredients (ginger, garlic, onions into pot/pan). 
  4. When the ingredients plough aromatic, crease inwards chopped carrots.
  5. Stir minor fry till carrots offset to soften. Do non role high rut every bit it would burn downwards the aromatic ingredients. 
  6. Fold inwards mutton as well as give it a quick stir fry.
  7. Add 1/2 loving cup H2O .
  8. Add murphy or corn starch (mixed amongst 1 tbsp water) 
  9. Add BBQ sauce (or whatever other sauce you lot prefer)
  10. Give it a quick stir. Allow the ingredients to simmer for a curt while.
  11. Turn off rut when mutton is close 60% cooked.
  12. Use a brush to stone oil the within of a ceramic baking tray or baking tin (I used a pound cake tin)(You may role a dissimilar size tray, only cutting the pastry to gibe accordingly).
  13. Lay instant puff pastry onto the ceramic baking tray or baking tin.
  14. Scoop stir fried muttons as well as ingredients onto puff pastry.
  15. The pastry would stimulate got excess beyond the ceramic baking tray or baking tin. Use your fingers to crease the rim till it has a thick edge.
  16. Press the tines of a fork into the border of the crust, with enough pull per unit of measurement area to larn out a noticeable imprint. You stimulate got to move quick inwards doing this. Do non allow the butter inwards the puff pastry melt as well as soften. Otherwise, the pastry may non puff nicely.
  17. Brush cooking stone oil onto the edges of the pastry crust.
  18. Bake inwards middle rack of oven for twenty minutes (at 200 degrees celsius/392 degrees fahrenheit).
  19. Remove tray from oven subsequently twenty minutes. Dig a minor pit on the surface as well as scissure a room temperature egg onto it.
  20. Bake inwards oven for about other +/- 8 minutes (subject to how difficult you lot similar your egg yolk to be)(I similar mine amongst runny yolk).
  21. Remove tray from oven when time's up. 
  22. The pie would move actually hot as well as the Puff Crust would move golden chocolate-brown (like croissants). 
  23. Cool downwards slightly, garnish as well as serve.

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I did non pay much attending to knead a overnice border for the pie. Despite that, I was pleasantly surprised that the edges puffed real nicely. In fact, the entire pastry crust emitted a overnice  margarine odor as well as golden chocolate-brown colour. It complemented the fillings aptly as well as nicely. My married adult man gave me thumbs upwards but commented that it would move fifty-fifty to a greater extent than comforting if I were to role lamb cubes instead of shabu shabu mutton slices, added potatoes as well as cheese. I stimulate got to concur amongst him but personally, I notice that also heavy for my stomach. I thoroughly enjoyed my  Comforting Lamb Pie amongst Instant Puff Pastry 幸福羊肉派. I mightiness non stimulate got done my pie the traditional way, but who cares as well as then long every bit it is palatable for my gustation bud! 

It's raining heavily out at that topographic point again. How I count my blessings for having prepared this comfort dish.




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Saturday, December 22, 2018

Rum & Raisins Chocolates 朗姆酒和葡萄干巧克力



Happy Valentine's Day! This is a solar daytime that my married adult man says "No take to celebrate!". What tin plough over the axe I say? We accept been married for 10 years. Out of which, I accept been sick together with receiving treatments for v years.....and more. I bet whatever other guy would accept packed his pocketbook together with leave....or easier to simply boot me out!  

This airheaded man, however, stays truthful together with through his union vow. He never gives upwards on me. Never. So....this Handmade Rum & Raisins Chocolates 朗姆酒和葡萄干巧克力 is for my man, my best friend, my pillar of strength. I know yous would scold me if I were to purchase yous anything every bit yous are such a uncomplicated man, a minimalist. Making your favourite chocolates inward this masculine but lovely flavor seems simply correct for you.



Ingredients (yield is subject on size of your chocolate mould) :

  • 150 gm black chocolate (this yields me close four large pieces of black chocolates)
  • 150 gm white milk chocolate (this yields me close four large pieces of white chocolates)
  • 1/2 loving cup dried raisins
  • 1/2 loving cup rum (can piece of employment rum essence if yous produce non accept rum)

(tsp = teaspoon; tbsp = tablespoon)    


Methods for Dark or White Chocolates are identical : 
  1. Pre-soak dried raisins inward rum overnight or few hours inward refrigerator.
  2. Melt black or white chocolate (one color at a time) inward microwave oven for 1 minute. 
  3. Remove bowl from microwave oven afterwards 1 minute. Stir the chocolates. 
  4. Microwave chocolates in 1 lawsuit again for thirty seconds. 
  5. Remove bowl from microwave oven again. Stir the chocolates. 
  6. Repeat the thirty seconds procedure until chocolates are all melted. This stirring procedure is necessary to preclude the chocolates from burning due to prolonged microwaving.
  7. Use a spoon to plication inward melted chocolates into mould to close 30% full. 
  8. Use chopsticks to smear melted chocolates to fill upwards up the walls of the mould.
  9. Send mould to ready inward chiller (not freezer) for close 10-15 minutes.
  10. By then, the melted chocolates should accept solidified together with set. 
  11. Pour away rum.
  12. Spoon soaked raisins onto chocolate mould.
  13. Use a spoon to plication inward to a greater extent than melted chocolates to the brim of the mould.
  14. When all's done, lightly bang chocolate mould tray on the counter surface to take air bubbles. The surface of the chocolates would live on nicely flattened afterwards this process.
  15. Set inward chiller (not freezer) in 1 lawsuit again for roughly other thirty minutes. 
  16. Remove chocolates from mould together with shop inward air tight containers. 


Tip 1 : Do NOT ready together with shop inward freezer. The chocolates volition 'sweat' similar crazy due to condensation (as a effect of extreme departure inward temperatures). This would harm the expect together with sense of savour of your chocolates. I attempted storage inward freezer, chiller together with room temperature. In our climate, chiller is the winner.

Tip 2 : Suggest to piece of employment modest size moulds to brand modest seize alongside teeth sizes every bit this is rattling rich. For my form of mould size, nosotros accept to cutting into few modest bites for slowly consumption.



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Valentine's Day celebration does non accept to live on elaborated together with expensive. At to the lowest degree for my married adult man together with myself, it is the uncomplicated thoughts that count.  Make this Handmade Rum & Raisins Chocolates 朗姆酒和葡萄干巧克力 for your other half.  Easy to brand but hearty to enjoy.









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