Chicken Pot Pie 杯式鸡肉派

I have been making this chicken pot pie for lunch but have never record it down the exact recipe as i always in the rush when preparing this for lunch. Finally i was able to record down this recipe today, and have it record in my blog here.

Kluang Mooncake 居鑾月餅

Do you know this famous mooncake from Kluang 居銮 ( a small town located at the state of Johor in Malaysia) ? I also recently know this mooncake. According to Johorkaki, Yuen Fatt 源發餅家was the first bakery shop to introduce the Shanghai style of mooncakes in Malaysia. And they shaped the Shanghai mooncake in an unique way that look like rugby ball for me, but some said it look like a mouse, a fox or fish. When my mom first look at this mooncake, she said it look like tortoise ^_^ (For Chinese, tortoise is a good symbol of long life). Anyway, i didn't get a chance to try the real Kluang mooncake. So i have to do it myself according to the taste that i read on few website. The outer pastry as described is melt-in-mouth type, immediately i think of my pineapple tart's pastry.

Siew Bao / Flaky BBQ roasted chicken buns 鸡肉烧包



This is another work under 吃饱饭没事做 ? (Having nothing better to do after being fed) ^_^. Actually I was busy yesterday but some how I decided to make this Siew Bao which I have been wanting to get my hands on how to homemade this yummy Siew Bao.

Easy Portuguese egg tarts 简易葡式蛋塔

I have to clear the store-bought puff pastry and dairy whipping cream before they expired. So I try made these easy version of Portuguese tarts instead of the earlier version. Using store-bought puff pastry to make the case, it was a breeze and so quick can enjoy this yummy Portuguese egg tarts at home.

Easy Strawberry Mille-feuille a.k.a Napoleon 拿破仑千层草莓酥

We just came back from a short trip to Cameron Highlands. I bought some very fresh and large strawberries. I immediate thought of this French pastry Mille-feuille or Napoleon which made up using three layers of puff pastry, and alternating with two layers of pastry cream. I made an easy version, using store-bought puff pastry sheet, sandwich with whipping cream that flavoured with strawberry flavours and fresh strawberry from Cameron highlands.

Puff Pastry with Homemade Blueberries jam 蓝莓果醬酥



I bought a pack of puff pastry few months back, but now I totally forgot what actually I was planning to make at that time. Before the pastry getting expired, I have to quickly use it. First I tried this puff pastry with homemade blueberries jam. And today I use it to make pork and fennel puff rolls (picture posted in my Instagram account).

Lemon Meringue Pie 柠檬蛋糖派 , CNY bloggers gathering

Today is the last day of February, I have to finished update those foods that I made during CNY. I prepared this Lemon Meringue Pie when a group of bloggers came to my place during CNY time (sorry for this poor photo, I was no time to take proper photo at that time).

Fraisier Eclairs (Eclairs with Pistachio White Chocolate Ganache and Strawberry) 闪电泡芙

An éclair is an oblong French's pastry made with choux dough filled with cream.The word comes from French éclair 'flash of lightning', that's why Chinese also named as 闪电泡芙. And a traditional Fraisier is crème mousseline (pastry cream with extra butter) and strawberries sandwiched between two sheets of heavily imbibed sponge (genoise) cake, you can read more here. When Fraisier and Éclair combine together, it became an awesome pastry !!
When I read this post talking about Christophe Adam (a French patissier who specialises in eclairs) creation of Fraisier Eclairs, I immediately decided to create this pastry at home.

Spinach, Feta and Potato Pies 菠菜乳酪马铃薯派

The other day when i bought two bundles of Chinese baby spinach from the usual stall at the market, not sure why the boss gave me extra one bundles for free (maybe due to i am their loyal customer ^_^). With this extra spinach, i immediately decided to make this pie that i saw from the Food & Travel magazine (i bought this magazine because Nami Just One Cookbook was one of the recipe contributor).

After i eaten a very nice Borek during my trip to Queen Victoria Market Melbourne, i have been thinking to try the similar filling that using spinach and cheese..I prefer savoury pie more than sweet pie..

I am glad that this pie turned out so good, love the flaky and crumbly crust , and yummy spinach and cheese filling!

Pork and fennel puff rolls

When i posted up the chicken and bacon puff rolls, few blogger friends suggested me to try this Pork and fennel pull rolls. They said this pork roll is good and tempted me to make this pork roll at home. This was 1st time I tried pork roll as we could not easily find pork related bakery items selling in the bakery shop here due to Halal issue..I would say this pork roll taste is as good as chicken roll.

Chicken and Bacon puff rolls

Yesterday i was reading through the Bourke street bakery book-the ultimate baking companion ( Christmas gift from my two lovely blogger friends Jane and Helena) and try to understand the tedious steps on how to make my own bread starter, also admiring the beautiful croissant in the book. After i spent quite some time and i still don't quite understand how to make the starter ^_^, so i gave it up and continue flipping thru the book and this chicken and bacon rolls was caught my attention. So i decided to make this for today lunch.

Homemade Tau Sha Piah (Flaky mung beans biscuits) 豆沙饼

This is another work under 吃饱饭没事做 (Having nothing better to do after being fed). I just like to try out making this "Tau Sha Piah" even i can easily buy this from the outside shops...when this biscuit hot came out from oven, it tastes like the one which is selling in the shop as it is very flaky and smells good !

Butter cake tarts

This month's Aspiring Bakers#10-Easy as Pie just come in the right time, so I can practise the pie, tarts and quiches's recipes that i learnt from Academy of Pastry Arts, Malaysia.

A fun day in Academy of Pastry Arts, Malaysia (Sweet Tarts)- Day 2

I have to quickly update what i learnt in Academy of Pastry Arts Malaysia in Day 2 since my memory still fresh..On the 2nd day, Chef Lejuene taught us on how to make the basic Sweet Pastry and Linzer dough, and few type of fillings-Ganache moelleuse, Almond cream, Lemon cream and Meringue Italienne.

Choux with durian cream with Craquelin (Durian cream puff )

Today, I made this choux with durian cream again after my family asking more as they have not eaten enough when i made this yesterday. They especially like the "Craquelin" that place on top of the choux, a thin layer of brown sugar crumbs. Thanks to Chef Guillaume Lejeune from Academy of Pastry Arts Malaysia for this lovely recipe which i learnt on the 1st day of "Tart" class that I attended last week.

Lady fingers / savoiardi biscuits

This morning, I have been busy making this lady fingers/savoiardi biscuits.

Homemade fluffy Pancake with maple syrup

I just realized that pancake serve with maple syrup is very nice and love the fragrant smell from maple syrup...This morning we just having this yummy pancake at our favourite spot in our house, a wooden decking oversee our little garden...what a lovely morning..

Cottage Pie

I just learnt that a Shepherd’s Pie is made from ground mutton/lamb where a Cottage Pie is made of ground beef. So today I preparing a British classic-Cottage pie but not a Shepherd's pie.

Yorkshire Puddings, Merderka Meal 3

I’m planning to cook Tunku’s (Father of Malaysia) favourite dishes in conjunction to this Merderka (Independence) month. The 1st Merderka meal “ Ayam Golek” was dedicated to Rebecca a.k.a Chow and Chatter. The 2nd Merderka meal was Daging Bakar (roast turmeric beef) and Air Asam (red chili and lime dipping sauce).
This is the 3rd Merderka meal, Tunku would eat his roast beef with Yorkshire pudding. I'm new to Yorkshire pudding, and there is no detail of this Yorkshire puddings recipe written in Flavours food magazine, but luckily i found this recipe in xxx (this blog was removed).

Recipe was adapted from XXX (this blog was removed) as she followed to Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook. I changed a bit on the method as I just too lazy and simply mix all ingredients together and added little lemon juice, but the result was good, I like the buttery and milky taste.

Yorkshire Puddings
*makes 11-12 pcs

Ingredients
125 g plain flour
2 eggs
250 ml milk
A pinch of salt
1tbsp lemon juice (not in original recipe)

Shortening (i changed to butter)

1. Put all ingredients in a mixing bowl, stir and whisk till a smooth batter.
2. Sift the batter into a clean water jar, cover and stand for at least 30mins.
3. Put some butter into each cup of a 12-hole muffin tin and heat in a preheated oven at 200C for 2mins or until very hot.
4. Remove the tin from the oven. Whisk the batter and pour into the cups in the tin(about 80-90% full)
5. Bake the Yorkshire puddings in the oven for 20 minutes at 200C or until well risen, golden, and crisp.
6. Serve immediately with Daging Bakar / roasted turmeric beef.




Put some butter/shortening into each cup of a 12-hole muffin tin


Sift the batter into a clean water jar

Remove the tin from the oven. Whisk the batter and pour into the cups in the tin(about 80-90% full)

Hot from the overn, well risen, golden, and crisp.But it shrunk once cooled.

 

Happy Baking!!

Chocolate chips pancakes & chocolate sauce

My 1st time prepared pancake at home, can you believe this? Believe it.....
Yes, is true..I don't know why somehow pancake never listed in my baking list before...even I have done so many type of baking..

Recipe adapted from ReeseKitchen, but I replaced cheese with chocolate chips and prepare some chocolate sauce as my family are chocolate lover. This pancake recipe is good, the texture is just nice and perfect. Thanks Reese for kind sharing !!

Chocolate Chips Pancakes & Chocolate sauce
*makes about 10 pancakes

(printable recipe)
Pancake Ingredients:
150g Self raising flour
60g Sugar
1/4 tsp salt
110ml Fresh milk
2 egg yolks (Large)
2 egg whites (Large), lightly whisk
1 and ½ tbsp Corn oil
70g chocolate chips

Pancake Method:1. Mix flour, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl.
2. Add in egg yolks, milk and corn oil, use a hand whisk to stir well.
3. Add in egg white and stir to combine, then add in chocolate chips, lightly mix well.
4. Spoon batter onto a non-stick pan (without oil) to pan fry until golden brown on both sides

Chocolate sauce- Melted 30g dark chocolate over double-boiler, and add 2tbsp of heavy cream and mix well, set aside.

Happy Baking !!