Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Eggs Salsa
I didn't measured this recipe, feel free to adjust what you like and what you don't like.
Ingredients :
Grind all this :
- Chili...jalapeno, serano, thai, habanero...choose what you like.
- Tomatoes
- Onion
- Garlic
- Oil to fry
- Salt
- Vinegar
- Sugar
- 10 boiled eggs
Heat oil, medium. Add ground stuffs and fry about 3 minutes. Add salt, vinegar and sugar for taste..add eggs cook again about 5 minutes, low heat.
Enjoy !
Tofu, Tempeh and Potato Stew (semur)
In Indonesia we have this dish called "semur" I think from Dutch language "smoor" means, stew.
People make with chicken or beef with potato, this is the vegetarian version of this dish.
Ingredients :
- 8 oz tempeh, cube..fried half done.
- 1 block tofu, cube..fried half done.
- 2 medium potatoes, cube and fried.
Grind spices :
- 4 candlenut or macadamia
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1/2 medium onion
- 1/2 medium onion, chopped
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp coriander
- 1 T sweet soy sauce
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 stack lemongrass, smashed
- 1 tsp shredded ginger
- 2 tomatoes, cubed
- 2 T oil
- water
- salt and pepper for taste
- sugar
Heat oil inside a pan, medium heat. Put chopped onion in the pan, fry until soft.
Add ground spices, keep stirring...add all the spices and tomatoes. Cook about 2 minutes, add water then tempeh, tofu and potatoes. Add salt and pepper, taste it..add sugar if needed.
Cook until the gravy thick.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Pizza Crust
Try to make your own pizza crust, the topping is your imagination....sky is the limit for topping.
Easy enough to make crust.
Ingredients :
- 2 C all purpose flour
- 1 package active yeast or 2 1/4 active yeast (if you buy in bulk like me)
- 1/4 C olive oil
- 1/4 C shortening, omit this if you want your crust crunchy
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 C warm water, no more than 115F
Mix all in standing mixer bowl, use hook..let the mixer working. Once dough become one rough ball, set timer for 8 minutes.
Then let the dough rest for 1 hour.
If you don't have standing mixer. Mix all in a big bowl, be ready with extra flour if the dough to sticky. Just dip your hand in flour and back to knead, until smooth about 10 minutes.
After 1 hour, your dough ready to use.
Happy cooking !
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Basic Butter Cake
I'm using this cake recipe as a basic for many cake. You can make almond or macadamia or marble...the limit is sky. Very easy cake and very moist...
Ingredients :
- 2 C butter, softened
- 3 C sugar
- 6 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 C all purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- a pinch salt
- 1 C sour cream
Preheat oven 350F. Grease 2 pans, 9" or 8" ....or 1 bundt pan.
Sift all dry ingredients, in one big bowl.
Mix with medium speed, butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one by one, add vanilla. Turn to low speed.
Add dry ingredients, a little by a little (maybe about 4 part).
Add sour cream, mix well.
Pour into pan and bake about 50 minutes - 1 hour
Buttercream
This recipe I got from someone blog (I forgot), like usual, made a bit change to make fits to our families taste bud.
Ingredients :
- 4 pounds powdered (confectioners') sugar
- 1 1/2 cups Crisco or hi-ratio shortening
- 1/2 C salted butter
- 1/2 cup corn starch
- 1/3 cup powdered milk mixed with enough water to make 1 cup or 1 C heavy milk
- 1/2 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon clear butter extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 teaspoon Crème Royale or crème bouquet, optional
Viva paper towels
Into the mixer bowl, place the Crisco shortening and cream until fluffy. Add the powdered sugar to the creamed shortening in the mixer bowl and mix. Add 1/2 cup cornstarch and beat well on low for about 15 minutes.
In a small bowl, combine the water and the powdered milk; add the vanilla extract, butter extract, almond extract, and crème royale or crème bouquet, and salt; set aside. Add to the shortening/sugar mixture and combine until well mixed.
This icing needs to be made ahead of time. As it sets up it gets firmer. When ready to use, just re-whip on low and you get a smooth, non-airy buttercream icing. I like this recipe better than Wilton’s buttercream because it tastes less sweet and uses half the amount of Crisco shortening.
Ratatouille
I thought Ratatouille is a mouse (or rat) in Disney movie. Then I found this recipe in a book "Baking in a commonsense guide". I made a little bit change for the recipe, and the result...awesome !
Pastry :
- 3 C all purpose flour
- 3/4 C chilled butter, chopped
- 1/2 C iced water
- 1 T vinegar
Mix all ingredients in food processor, don't over mix. If you don't have food processor, put all dry ingredients in a big bowl and mix them use 2 knife, add liquid a little by little. Until shape like a rough ball.
Cover with plastic wrap and let rest in fridge, while you make the filling.
Filling :
- 1 big eggplant, cut cube
- 1/4 C olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 zucchini, slice or cubed
- 2 tomatoes, cubed
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 T balsamic vinegar
- 1 C grated cheddar cheese
- 1/4 C grated parmesan
- salt and ground white pepper, for taste
Preheat oven 400F
Heat oil in a big skillet, add onion..cook until soft.
Add garlic, cook about 1 minute. Add zucchini and bell pepper...cook until soften.
Add eggplant and tomatoes, cook about 2 minutes. Turn off the stove.
Stir in balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper. Then cover and let cool a little bit.
Roll pastry and put in tart pan. Prick bases with fork.
Bake about 20 - 25 minutes until golden color.
Pull out from oven .
Reduce oven to 350F.
Mix all cheeses with vegetable and pour into the shell.
Bake again for 15 minutes.
Enjoy !
Monday, October 3, 2011
Cinnamon Walnut Coffee Cake
I found this recipe inside my head while jogging and exercise Turbo Sculpt on weekend. This idea insist me to try.. :))
The result not bad and easy to make.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 C all purpose flour
- 3 eggs
- 1 C brown sugar
- 1 stick butter, melted
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 C walnut, chopped
- 1/2 C raisin
- a pinch salt
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Mixing brown sugar and eggs, with mixer (high speed) about 7 minutes.
- Shift flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
- Pour a cup by a cup into egg-sugar mixture, use spatula or wooden spoon to stir slowly.
- Add melted butter, Stir again..
- Add raisin and walnut
- Spray 9 inch cake pan with cooking spray and pour the batter into the pan.
- Bake about 30 -35 minutes or until if you insert toothpick, it come out clean.
Enjoy !!
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About Me
- Yvonne
- Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
- I'm just a house wive with many hobbies. Cooking, card making, baking (especially pastry), diving and the new one caking. I never thought I will decorate cake or cook before. In Indonesia, the country where I came from...maybe with people whom I knew..friends and families, no one vegetarian. Only me and my son...something odd for them. Sometimes I felt uncomfortable when they looked at me strange..I could read their mind " this lady is freak ". Once, I ordered fried noodle in restaurant. Special request..no meat, no shrimp, only vegetable. They added sausage and meat ball (bakso in Indonesia language). When I complained, the waiter said : But that's sausage and bakso. Geez, I didn't know what I have to do. I'm Budhist. So, after that I just said I'm Budhist and they respect more than vegetarian..hahaha. About cake, hhmmm...never made beautiful cake or delicious cake. I like cooking or baking just for myself and my son...until I met my husband Keith. He opened my eyes. I can cook delicious and I found the last thing I can bake nicely too. Thanks Honey !!! I still need to learn still newbie..
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