Chilled Ping Pei Mooncakes / 花色冰皮月饼
Monday, September 14, 2009Those are the non-baked modern mooncakes. They resemble the traditional one with modifications. Traditional mooncakes are made with oil (usually lard), and plenty of sugar. "Ping Pei" means "chilled crust", which is comparatively easier to make than the baked ones.
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- Stir together rice flours, wheat starch, sugar, sweetened and unsweetened condensed milk in a bowl. Steam the mixture for 30 minutes on high heat. Remove and cool briefly aside. Rub in the shortening and mix until the dough is smooth and soft.
- Divide the dough into two portions and divide one of them again into half. Mix cacao powder with one and matcha with the other until combined. Divide each flavour of dough into 28 portions. Prepare the filling too into 28 portions. Microwave two tablespoons of glutinous rice powder with strong heat for about 1 minute until cooked.
- Dust the mooncake mouldangiesrecipes and tap to remove excess rice flour. Take one portion from each 3 colours of dough and combine them into a round. Flatten out the dough and center the filling. Seal and shape into a ball. Lightly coat the surface with prepared cooked glutinous rice flour. Press each into mooncake mould and then push lightly out on a serving plate. Cover tightly with plastic film and chill for 1-2 hours.
German Meatloaf Falscher Hase
Thursday, September 10, 2009German meatloaf (Falscher Hase or Hackbraten in German) is a traditional German pork and beef meatloaf bound with boiled eggs, a real hearty comfort food. After WW II, falscher Hase rising to prominence as meat was still scarce but the housewives wanted to give the family a special treat, so they wrapped the ground meat (usually beef and pork) with boiled eggs and flavoured the meatloaf with parsley, mustard, and paprika. I have left out the hard-boiled eggs and bacon in this recipe.
Serve them with Sauerkraut, German bread dumplings or mashed potatoes and sour cream based sauce.
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- Thoroughly mix ground meats, onion, bread crumbs, cold water, and eggs. Preheat the oven to 200C7400F.
- Season the mixture with salt, paprika, mustard, and parsley. Blend ingredients thoroughly and shape into a loaf.
- Place the loaf in a baking pan and bake in a preheated oven for about 45 minutes. While meat is baking, gradually pour hot beef broth over the top of the meatloaf and basting occasionally. Serve with German bread dumplings.
Sesame Crusted Fish
Tuesday, September 08, 2009you can also turn this into fish balls
I am sure you will love the combination of sesame seeds and fish, which guarantees both flavor and crunch. It is very easy to make and you can serve for big parties. They are delectable and the satisfaction of biting into the sesame crusted fish fillet is an out of the world experience.
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- Rinse the fish fillets. Pat them dry with kitchen paper and cut into narrow strips. Place them in a shallow bowl.
- Marinate the fish with chopped onion, minced ginger, rice wine, pepper, and salt. Set aside for 15 minutes, turning occasionally. Discard marinade. Beat egg lightly, then blend in cornstarch, flour and pinch of salt to make a batter.
- Heat oil until hot. Dip fish strips in batter, then roll in sesame seeds to coat. Lower the coated fish strips, several at a time, into the pan and deep-fry until golden crispy. Drain on kitchen towel and serve immediately with tartar or any desired sauce. You can also turn this into fish balls.
Nori Seaweed Muffins
Sunday, September 06, 2009Nori, the Japanese name for various edible seaweed species, is commonly used as a wrap for sushi and onigiri. It is also a common garnish or flavoring in noodle preparations and soups. Nori is a source of iron, calcium, vitamin A, B, C1, iodine, protein fiber, and carotene.
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- Soak the seaweed, drain and set aside. Sift together the cake flour, baking powder and baking soda.
- Whisk the eggs, sugar, salt, and honey together. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture. Mix until just combined.
- Add in melted shortening and seaweed to become the cake batter.
- Spoon the batter to the greased muffin cups or mini loaf pans, 80% full and bake at 175C/350F for 20-25 minutes.
Diced Chicken With Chillies And Nuts / 辣子鸡丁
Tuesday, September 01, 2009This hot Szechuan chicken recipe gets its firing spiciness from peppercorns and red chillies. To par-poach the diced chicken in hot oil helps to keep the tenderness of the meat. Ok, if you could handle “the hot stuff", then a few more Szechuan peppercorns would make the dish more enjoyable, with some cold beer.
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- Cut the chicken into inch cubes. Place them in a bowl, and add in egg white, salt and cornstarch. Set aside for 30 minutes. In a small bowl, place all the ingredients for the sauce and mix well.
- Heat some oil in a pan or wok to 200C/400F. Add chicken and fry 30 seconds. Remove and drain. Leave one tablespoon of oil in the pan, stir in chillies until fragrant. Add peppercorns and spring onions, stirring and tossing together.
- Return the chicken to the pan, stirring briefly, add sauce mixture and cook, stirring, just until thickened. Remove from heat and sprinkle with nuts.
Schmandkuchen mit Aprikosen - German Sour Cream Cake with Apricot
Sunday, August 30, 2009Schmand is a dairy product, which is manufactured by fermentation of the cream by different Lactobazillus cultures, a variety of sour cream similar to crème fraîche. It usually contains at least 20% fat.
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- In a mixing bowl, place together the almond meal, flour, baking powder, and sugars. Cut in the cold butter and rub until the mixture resembles the bread crumb. Add in the beaten egg and mix until a ball of dough forms. Transfer the dough to a 28cm square baking form and press the dough evenly over the bottom and 3cm up against the sides of the pan. Prick the dough all over with the tines of a fork and freeze it for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Rinse, dry, halve and pit the apricots. Set aside. Stir together the sour cream and Schmand in a mixing bowl. Sift in the pudding powder and vanilla powder. Mix well. Add in egg yolks, 100 grams of sugar and stir to combine. Beat the egg whites with the rest of sugar until stiff. Fold the egg whites into the batter until incorporated.
- Remove the crust from the freezer and sprinkle the chopped walnut on the bottom of the crust. Arrange the prepared apricot on the curst, then pour in the cream mixture and bake for 50-60 minutes in the center rack of the preheated oven. Remove and cool the cake completely. Dust with icing sugar if desired.
Teriyaki Marinated Fish with Sweet Plum Sauce
Wednesday, August 26, 2009Teriyaki is a cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which the food are being basted with a sweet soya marinade and then grilled. To make teriyaki sauce, you need soya sauce, mirin, and sugar. If you don't have mirin, you can substitute it with sake and sugar. If you want the dish with the beautiful shiny look, then get the sweet rice wine - mirin!
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- Clean and cut the fish filets into chunks. Mix the fish with marinade for 30 minutes. Heat up enough oil in a pan until very hot.
- Dip the marinated fish into the egg mixture and thinly coat with cornstarch. Deep-dry them until crisp, about 5 minutes. Drain and place them in a plate.
- Heat up a sauce pan, add in plum sauce, (and a pinch of salt if you like), cornstarch and water. Cook until it thickens. Pour over the fish and serve immediately.
Gooseberry Blueberry Streusel Squares
Friday, August 21, 2009"Streusel" is a crumbly topping made from a mixture of butter, flour, golden sugar, and ground cinnamon. The word 'streusel' comes from the German word "streuen" which means 'to sprinkle' or 'to scatter'. "Streusel" was originally used as a topping for the "StreuselKuchen" but you can use "Streusel" for any coffee cakes, muffins, tarts, dimsum bread, etc. etc. .
This recipe was inspired by Spiked-blueberry-crumb-bars@Cooking Canuck and Kuchen vom Blech@Dr. Oetker
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- Line a 30cmx25cm rectangle baking tray with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 190C/375F.
- Combine the gooseberry, blueberry, lemon juice, half of the sugar and 2 tablespoon of flour in a mixing bowl.
- In another bowl, mix together the remaining of the sugar, flour, salt, ground cinnamon and baking powder. Cut in cold butter and rub until coarse crumbs form. Add in the egg and vanilla extract.
- Pour half of the mixture into the prepared baking tray. Spread on the berry mixture and cover with another half of the flour mixture. Bake for about 40-45 minutes until the surface has become golden and crisp.
Stir-fried Mushrooms With Satay Sauce
Tuesday, August 18, 2009This thick creamy Satay sauce is widely used in Indonesian, Malaysian, Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese cuisines. It is a peanut-coconut based sauce, a balance of hot (from chilli), salty (soya sauce), sour (fish sauce), and sweet (brown sugar). if you love peanut butter, then don't miss the satay sauce.
Satay sauce is typically paired with grilled chicken, pork or beef skewers. This rich creamy sauce is just for the meat dish, but also perfect for making tofu, and vegetable dishes.
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- Clean the mushrooms and slice. Soak the dried mushrooms in water. Drain and cut into small pieces.
- Heat up a skillet with some oil. Add in garlic, onion and dried mushrooms and stir until fragrant. Add in sliced mushrooms. Stir briefly. Sprinkle rice wine, satay, salt and chicken powder. Stir until the mushrooms are coated with the sauce. Serve immediately.