Sunday, November 1, 2009

Kabanos



The smell of this in the oven all day is to die for.
Better yet, tradition has it bake it over night and wake up with the whole house full of this divine aroma!
This is Dina showing me how to make it. Thanks Dina!


1 Kg Plain flour
Cold Water
Sugar
Salt
Yeast

Mix all dry ingredients in big bowl.
Slowly add cold water and mix with hand till you get a light spongy thick batter.


Butter very well oven tin with lid

Close.
Bake in low 120c overnight, about 9 hours.
Tip out and enjoy! Eat like bread to soak up sauces or like a cake

Friday, October 23, 2009

Chinese Peanut Cookies





Fah Sang Paeng Chinese Peanut Cookies
Childhood Favouries


As a child my fondest memory of visiting Soho, London's chinatown was scoffing these melt-in-your-mouth cookies. Wrapped in a flimsy foldable box with a gaudy pink ribbon around, (hardly protection) I could never resist slipping my tiny hands in and grabbing some crumbs.

The first time I made them, I stayed faithful to the recipe, second time, I added an egg and slightly manipulated the technique.

To my surprise they came out perfect! To my memory, my stomach and more importantly to my children. My son just loves helping me bake these.... who am I to argue?

300gr Plain Flour
1 tsp (heaped) Baking Powder
1 cup sugar
250 gr of peeled roasted whole peanuts
1 Egg + to brush
130-170ml of Oil

Measure all dry ingredients into the food mixer.
Blitz till peanuts are chunky in size (few seconds only)
Add egg.
Drizzle oil slowly in, till mixture becomes bread-like dough.
If you can, cover and leave to rest for 30mins - 1 hour (easier to shape into balls)
Shape into balls (not too big, bite size best)
Pop into hot oven 180c.
Wait about  5-10 mins. till the cookies have risen and still soft, open oven and flatten with spatula.
Brush liberally with beaten egg, press half a peanut on top of each cookie and brush again liberally with egg, this gives a wonderful gloss.

(Trick: The cookies are so crumbly, I found trying to flatten them before baking only breaks them apart. Flattening them during baking while they are soft and mallable is a great tip.:)

Thursday, October 22, 2009

chicken boil

French Bean Salad


Miriam's Green Bean Salad
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Beans
Onions (chopped)
Vinegar
Salt
Pepper


Cook beans in microwave pressure cooker for about 10 mins. and cool.

Add vinegar,chopped onions, salt and pepper.

Let rest


Enjoy

Miriam'sJuicy Chicken




Mix Chicken and vinegar (vinegar softens the meat!)

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Fruit Cake

Miriam's Fruit Cake
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2 Eggs
3/4 Sugar cup
3/4 Oil
3 tbp Water (cold)
1 tsp Vanilla
1 tsp salt
1 1/4 S.R. Flour (or Plain flour + B.Powder)

Fruit Mixture:

5 cups of fruit (ie pecans;apples;plums)
Sliced or cubed (via food processor - optional)
3 tbp sugar
cinninmon/cognac



Mix all together, add more water if too thick.

Pour 1/2 batter into dish, layer fruit and cover with rest of cake batter
or
Layer fruit on bottomof dish, cover with cake batter

Bake 180c till brown.

Chocolate Cake (easy)

Miriam's Chocolate Cake
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200 gr Bitter Chocolate
200 gr Butter
1 cup Sugar
5 Eggs
5 S.R. Flour


Melt Butter and chocolate in microwave

Add Sugar

Add egg one at a time

Add flour


Bake at 180c for 20/30 mins

TIP: Bring out just before cake is done.

Miriam's Chicken-Mince Balls




Chicken Pieces
Onion - finely chopped
Garlic - minced
Carrots - diced
Bread soaked in water
Eggs x4
Parsley - chopped
Salt
pepper

Mix all in a food processor till right consistency.

Either, fry in light oil or you can boil in stock (delicious method) use the stock later for soup base :)
 
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