Monday 17 November 2014

pan-fried sweet sour pork

The result was to my liking but oh, what a lot of work! I won't try it often unless I can think of an alternative way to chop or prepare the ingredients quicker.

Ingredients:
Red, green, yellow bell peppers, diced
onions, cubed
pork shoulder, cubed
canned pineapples, cubed
3 tbsp vinegar
3 tbsp tomato sauce
2 tsp sugar, mix vinegar, tomato sauce and sugar
marinate the pork with soya sauce and hua tiao wine
coat pork with potato starch

Cooking part
Heat olive oil(I didn't pour alot, just my usual amt when pan frying)
add pork cubes slowly
flip and turn till cubes are cooked. Remove them.
using back some oil from the wok, stir fry the vegetables till cooked
add back the pork and fry again
drizzle the sweet sour sauce over and let simmer, stirring occasionally

Done! Love the traffic light colors!

Sunday 16 November 2014

nutty chocolate chiffon cake

Love this soft spongy cake. The original recipe calls for smooth choc to be melted but I can't find any, so I crossed my fingers and used nutty choc. My concern was the cake might sink due to the nuts as chiffon cakes are light. Whew! Turned out good and one faithful tester (not my hub) told me should add more nuts! A nutty discovery! I used black sugar instead and it's able to hold the meringue well too. Healthier alternative!


A:
6 egg yolks (small)
60g oil
90g fresh milk
130g chocolate
25g cocoa powder, unsweetened
70g cake flour

B:
6 egg whites
70g sugar

Steps:
Preheat 140°c (shall try 120 as the top cracks)
Melt chocolate
mix yolks, oil, milk using whisk
add melted choc
sieve cocoa powder and cake flour
Beat whites and sugar till stiff
fold batter in
Pour batter and bake for 1hr




Monday 3 November 2014

dual color chiffon cake

Using back my banana chiffon cake. Steps are exactly the same.

After folding the final step of the batter, pour half of it into a clean bowl
sifted the desired amount of cocoa powder and fold again till combined
pour the cocoa mix into the tin
Add the other batter in
tap to remove air bubbles
bake 140°c for an hour
remove and invert to let cool



mini oreo cheese cake

It's super easy to assemble and I'm secretly happy that all were snapped up within minutes when I brought it to church...

My version
Makes about 34-36 mini cuppies

Ingredients:
Mini oreos
1 block philidelphia cheese cake, softened
1/2cup black sugar
2 small eggs

Method:
Preheat oven @ 140°c
line cupcake papers in the wells of the muffin trays
place whole mini oreos into each lined wells
Cut softened cream cheese into big cubes
dump into blender and and add the sugar
Crack the eggs in and blitz till well mixed.
Use a spoon and scoop the batter to cover the oreos.
bang the trays to allow mixture to cover the oreos and even the top.
Place in oven and bake for 15 min or till done.
Remove and let cool.
freeze the cuppies immediately once cooled to set the cuppies.

These can be eaten right out of the freezer or let them sit in room temperature for a while. Best eaten while frozen or semi-frozen. I love these mini cuppies as I can eat them without the guilt in small quantity.