Bienenstich Cake / German Bee Sting Cake
Thursday, October 23, 2008Originally a German yeast cake that is also known as Bee Sting Cake, which is traditionally filled with vanilla pastry cream and topped with honey-glazed sliced almonds. The cake is called "bee sting" as it is thought that a bee was attracted to the honey topping on the cake, and that the baker who invented the cake was stung.
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- Combine together flour, dry yeast, and sugar in a mixing bowl. Add in butter, egg and milk to form a dough. Knead the dough until soft and smooth. Put the dough in a lightly greased plastic bag. Tie the bag and let rise for about 1 hour until double in bulk at room temperature.
- Remove the dough from the bag and roll out on a greased 26 or 28 cm springform pan. Cover and let rise one more time until the dough doubles in size. Preheat the oven to 190C/375F. Place the sliced almond evenly on the top of dough, then spread the honey over the almond.
- Bake in the hot oven for about 30 minutes. Remove the form and cool the baked dough on a wire rack. In a deep bowl whisk the cold milk and cream powder together until smooth. Split the dough into two layers. Spread the cream filling over the bottom layer and top with the almond layer.
Marinated Duck Breast In Sweet Chilli Sauce
Tuesday, October 21, 2008Ingredients | Marinade |
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- Combine all the marinade ingredients in a ceramic or glass dish bowl. Pat duck breast dry. Score the duck skin in a crosshatch pattern with a sharp knife (take care not to cut into the flesh).
- Place duck breast into the marinade mixture and turn to coat. Cover tightly and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. Turn meat at least once during this time.
- Bring duck breast to room temperature. Heat a grill or frying pan over a low heat and add the duck breast, skin-side down. Cook 8 minutes until the duck breast is medium-well or until desired doneness. You can sear the duck breast for 3-4 minutes in the pan and then transfer to a 200C/400F oven to finish cooking for 5 minutes. Slice the duck breast and arrange on a platter over a bed of mixed salad. Sprinkle chopped roasted cashew nuts on top.
Two Toned Matcha Chiffon Cake Roll
Monday, October 20, 2008Matcha is a variety of fine, powdered green tea used particularly in the chanoyu (Japanese tea ceremony), as well as to flavour food. As matcha comes from the leaves of tea plants, unlike other green teas, therefore it contains higher concentrations of catechins and vitamins.
The jam roll is fun to make and came out really tender, soft and delicious!
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- Sift all-purpose flour, starch and baking powder together in a mixing bowl. Line a 30x40-cm baking tray with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 170C/340F.
- Beat sugar and water until sugar is dissolved and well-combined. Whisk in the salad oil until emulsified. Add in sifted flour mixture and blend until just combined. Add in egg yolks and fold until smooth.
- Beat egg whites with salt and lemon juice over low speed until frothy and foamy. Gradually add in sugar, increase speed and beat until stiff but not dry. Carefully fold 1/3 of egg white mixture into flour mixture to lighten it and then carefully fold in remaining whites. Sift tea powder into the half cake batter and fold until well-combined. Make sure no white streaks remain.
- Place two batters
angiesrecipes into different pastry bags (a Ziploc ok too; I used the spoon though). Pipe them on the prepared tray, alternately white and green, creating double angled stripes. Bake for 15 minutes. Cool the cake briefly and invert onto a baking paper, or clean kitchen towel. Carefully peel off the baking paper and spread jams to within 1 inch of edges. Starting from narrow end, roll up the cake. Chill for about 1 hour and slice.
Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies
Saturday, October 18, 2008Cookie Dough | Filling |
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- Preheat the oven to 150C/300F. Sprinkle 100 grams of ground hazelnuts on a baking paper. Beat the egg whites until foamy and gradually add powdered sugar and vanilla sugar. Continue to beat until stiff. Fold in 300 grams of ground hazelnuts in two or three additions. Turn the cookie dough on the prepared baking paper and shape the dough with hands into a 3 mm thick rectangle.
- Using a 4 cm diameter round cookie cutter cut out the cookies and place them on a greased lined baking trays. Bake for 20 minutes and remove cookies from the tray to a cooling rack.
- Melt the cocos fat and cool briefly. Combine and sift the powdered sugar and cacao powder into a mixing bowl. Drop in the extract. Slowly stir in melted cocos fat and egg. Coat evenly onto the bottoms of half the cookies with the smooth dark chocolate cream. Flip the remaining cookies on top of the filling and lightly press to form sandwiches.
- Place coarsely chopped chocolate in a bowl and set it over a pot of hot water. Melt the chocolate, stirring until smooth. Spread the tops of the sandwiches with melted white chocolate and decorate each with a roasted hazelnut.
Pineapple Fried Rice with Shrimp and Raisins
Thursday, October 16, 2008
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- Cut the pineapple in 1/3 lengthwise, cutting straight through the crown (leaves). Using a sharp knife, remove the flesh from the skins. Cut the flesh into ½-inch cubes. You will need 100 grams for this recipe.
- Cut the shrimps in half and marinate with pinch of salt and pepper for about 5 minutes. Soak black mushrooms in water for 15 minutes. Drain and cut into small pieces.
- Heat up a skillet with some oil. Add in pine nuts and stir-fry until lightly golden. Drain. Add in beaten egg and cook until set and stir into chunks. Add in more oil into the frying pan and stir in the shrimps and cook for about half minute. Remove. Add in scallion and black mushrooms, stirring until fragrant.
- Add in rice, diced pineapple, raisins, green peas, egg and shrimps. Stir briefly. Season the mixture with curry powder, salt and sugar. Continue stirring, tossing, and turning until well mixed. Mound the rice in the pineapple shells and garnish with the pine nuts. Serve at once.
Kaiserschmarren / Austrian Pancake
Sunday, October 12, 2008Kaiserschmarrn is a light, caramelized Austrian pancake made from a sweet batter with flour, eggs, sugar, and milk. Usually this pancake is accompanied by apple compote.
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- Separate the egg whites from yolks. Thoroughly mix the yolks, sugar, and milk. Add in the flour and again mix well.
- Add a pinch of salt to the egg whites and beat until stiff. Add stiff egg whites into the dough and fold carefully.
- Melt butter in a large pan, pour in the dough and sprinkle in raisins. Let cook on one side for a few minutes, turn over and fry the top side until golden brown. Tear the pancake into pieces. Be careful not to overcook the pancakes, otherwise they will dry out. Sprinkle powdered sugar and serve with apple compote if desired.
Parmigiano-Reggiano Black Pepper Biscotti
Friday, October 10, 2008A savory twice baked cookie made with Parmesan and flavoured with freshly milled black pepper, great for dipping into the soup, for snacking or as a perfect accompaniment to a salad.
Parmigiano-Reggiano is a hard, fat raw cow's milk or cured goat milk cheese, cooked but not pressed, named after the producing areas of Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna, and Mantova, in Lombardy, Italy.
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- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Combine together flour, salt, baking powder, 100 grams of grated parmigiano reggiano and 3/4 of black pepper in a mixing bowl.
- Cut in butter and mix with a fork until it resembles coarse crumbs. Beat the egg and milk until combined. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the mixture. Pour the rest of liquid into the flour mixture and mix with a fork until a dough forms.
- Place the dough on a lightly floured work surface and divide it into two portions. Shape each into a log about 10 x 2 inches, Place them on a parchment paper lined baking tray spacing about an inch apart. Brush the tops of the biscotti logs with the reserved egg wash and sprinkle with the remaining cheese and black pepper.
- Bake at 180C/350F, turning once, for 30 minutes until pale golden. Remove and cool the tray on a rack for 5 minutes. Turn the oven temperatures down to 150C/300F. Cut the biscotti into half inch thick slices and return them to the baking tray. Bake for 35 minutes longer until they are dry and crisp.