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Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Mango Pancake (芒果班戟)









去年看到Jessie家的这个芒果班戈才想起了有这么一回事 ~: 几年前,记得香港好友Emily带我和老公到元朗(发记甜品, Lucky Dessert)去吃这个芒果班戈,我家老公特爱, 吃了还打包了两合回酒店。怎知第二天打开来,班戈竟然是青色的,老公很失望,怎么店员把芒果班戈打包成榴莲班戈了呢!  我安慰他说:“这个不是容易,回去我做给你吃”! 这么一等因该也有三四年了,我的班戈才做出来,兑现了承诺。。。都归功于你Jessie

这个班戈果然不难,而且这个食谱很容易操作,我也一连做了两次。到姐姐家拜年集会也做了这个班戈和新旧朋友们分享。

谢谢Jessie 的好分享。
 都是姐姐的朋友,后来一番吃笑后也变了我的朋友,这里有Helena,Diana,Anna,Vivian,Yvonne, Renie,Jane还有小朋友。


Mango Pancake
芒果班戟

Pancake Ingredients:                                                                  
1 Egg
80g Cake Flour,sifted                    
240ml Fresh Milk
16g Butter, melted
20g Icing Sugar
3-4 drops of OrangeFood Colouring, (optional)
2 Mangoes, cut in cubes

Whipped Cream Ingredients:
200ml Whipping Cream
30g Icing Sugar

Making Whipped Cream:
Whip cream and icing sugar together until stiff peak. Refrigerate for later use.

Making Pancake:
1. Whisk together the eggs, icing sugar, milk and food colouring.
2. Slowly add to flour, stirring only until smooth. Blend in melted butter.
3. Sieve the batter and rest for 30 minutes.
4. Cook on a hot, lightly greased (20cm) griddle, using about 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake. Cook until a little dry around the edges, remove the pancake carefully and place it on a big flat plate. (only fry one side)
5. Place one big tbsp of whipped cream in the middle of one (cool) pancake.  place mango slices (cubes)on top of the cream, and top up with a tbsp of cream. Wrap the pancake in rectangle shape


Step by step pics refer to : 简单好


















Friday, 15 February 2013

Lychee Mousse Entremets (荔枝慕斯甜点)




每次看到部落格朋友布的entremet,心里都是蠢蠢欲,很想试试看。我喜看小小模型做出来的小甜点。在我眼里它们显得特吸引,特别精致。不知道可不可以用“sexy” 来形容,但是我就是这么认为的。以前看到“Entremet”这个字眼,觉得很生疏,翻查了一下,才知道它是在法国餐里配搭主菜的小食品又或者是小甜品。

去年在巴黎时,去了Laduree几次,因为很爱看它店里美到什么都想要吃的蛋糕甜点。因为不准拍照,只好用眼睛把美丽的蛋糕照在脑海里了。甜品虽小,要办的事还真的不少。不论层次,口感,视觉感观,和组合的步骤都是不可忽视的。每每看到一大篇的准备功夫,我又把打开了的食谱暂时收藏了起来。大年初一,邀了姐姐一家人来家里聚餐,我于是提起勇气,成就了我第一个Entremet。因为迎合新年气氛,所以我选用了比较有春意的荔枝口味,用了彩色candy topping做装饰,让甜品跟添色彩。无奈candy topping的颜色容易融掉,所以建议在吃前才把它洒上去。

我喜欢看这个半圆形模子模出来的蛋糕,所以在巴黎逛烘培用具店时(Mora),也把模子带回来了。如果有机会到巴黎一游,不要忘了到Mora店里逛逛,那里可是各地烘培师傅办货的好去处。店铺不大,所以很拥挤,要很有耐心的满满挑选,而且一直要“excuse me excuse me“的才可以挤到要到的位置呵呵。。。老公很不耐烦逛烘培店,我也不好意思逗留太久,急急的买了几样就走人。我想如果跟几位烘焙好友去逛的话,肯定可以在那里呆上半天叻。



Chocolate Chiffon sponge (refer here)
(A)
2 Egg Whites

35g Fine Sugar

1/4 Tsp cream of tartar



(B)
2 Egg Yolks

20g Fine Sugar

50g Milk

24g Corn Oil


48g cake flour

20g cocoa powder (Sift together
with cake flour)


Method

1) In a clean bowl, whisk egg white and sugar. Add cream of tartar and whisk till stiff peak.



2) In another bowl, whisk egg yolks, sugar until combine.
add milk and corn oil to egg yolk mixture then fold in sifted flour mixture.



3) Fold in egg white mixture into egg yolk mixture in 3 portions.

4) Bake in a 20cm round baking tin at 170°C for about 20-20 minutes or till skewer comes clean. When cake is out of the oven, immediately invert the tin and leave the cake in the tin to cool completely. Cut into 6x5cm round shapes.

Lychee Mousse
150 ml milk
20ml water
115 g lychee puree ( fresh lychee /  I used can lychee)
10 g gelatin powder
½ tsp lemon juice
200 g heavy cream

Method:
1. Whip cream until soft peak. Keep in the fridge for later use.
Strain lychee and blend in food processer. Sift lychee puree to get smooth texture. 

2. Place gelatine and water in a small bowl to allow the gelatine to soften. Place milk and lemon juice in a saucepan heat on low until mixture come just to boil. Add gelatine stir until the gelatine dissolves completely.

3. Stir in lychee puree. Let the mixture cool to room temperature.

4. Fold in the whipped cream until smooth.

Mnago slices
1. Cut mango into thin slices and set aside.

Syrup
1. Mix 1 tbs lychee juice with 2 tbs of Mango Volka


Lychee Milk Glaze
120 g milk
30 g hot water
100 g lychee syrup
50 g glucose
6 g sheet gelatine

Method:
1. Combine all ingredients, heat using microwave & stir until gelatine is dissolved. Cool to below room temperature and mixture slightly thickened.

Assembling
1. Pipe in the lychee mousse in a hemisphere mould, place in the fridge for about 10-15 minutes until mousse slightly set.

2. Place mango slices and a thin layer of lychee mousse. Place a round chocolate sponge, drizzle cake with syrup and top with mousse to fill up the mouse. Chill in the fridge for at least 4 hours or overnight.

3. De-mould lychee mousse. Make lychee milk glaze. When glaze come to pouring consistency, pour over mousse and place in the fridge to chill until glaze is set.

Recipe adapted from :月の工作坊



P/s : thanks Micheal for being my hands model







Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Kuih Bahulu (传统鸡蛋糕)








那天看到Sonia感动得要流泪得传统鸡蛋糕时,就决定了非试不可的这个蛋糕。原来她参考了姐姐家的食谱,姐姐家的食谱又源自阿嬷,兜兜转转的,那不就是我家阿嬷的食谱吗?哈哈。。

因为鸡蛋糕保存期有限,所以阿嬷每次都在年二八二九才做这个蛋糕,那么初一我们去拜年时就可以享受到新鲜的蛋糕。这是我第一次烘鸡蛋糕,有点战战兢兢的,第一tray就试试放七分满的,八分满,九分满和全满的蛋糕糊看看那里一个法得就好看和有较好的口感。我个人比较喜欢九分满的那个。也打电话问姐姐,她也喜欢九分满。。。那就决定九分满的蛋糕糊,成品样子不赖,口感也好。当我看到一粒粒美美的鸡蛋糕出炉时,我不单感动,也很雀跃。

这里就和大家拜个早年: 祝大家新年快了,万事如意!


5 eggs (large),
150g sugar
1/8tsp salt
½ vanilla essence
170g plain flour or all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
3tbsp soda drink or fizzy drink

Cooking oil, for greasing

Method
1. Preheat oven to 200C, put flour in a baking pan, bake for 2 mins. Stir flour on 1 min interval. Set aside to cool. Add in baking powder and stir well and sift for two to three times.

2.  Add salt and sugar and vanilla essence into eggs, use a hand mixer beat over low speed in a water bath until egg mixture become fluffy and warm (about 40C).

3. Continue to beat the mixture on a stand mixer for 20mins until thick and pale. Beat over slow speed for another 1 min.

5. Add in fizzy drink slowly. Then slowly add in sifted flour over egg mixture and mix over low speed till combined and smooth. Do not over mix.

6.. Grease oil and heat Bahulu mould in the oven for 2 minutes.  Remove Bahulu mould from the oven, spoon 1 tbs mixture into mould until 90% full.

8. Bake for 8 mins at middle rack or until golden brown.

9. Remove the mould from oven and use a toothpick to carefully prick cake with skewer and lift out. Cool on wire rack.

10. Grease warm mould again before use and put into oven to re-heat for another 2mins. Continue to bake until all mixture finished.

11. Cool on wire 10.Store in air-tight container once cooled.

 Recipe refer to : Nasi Lemak Lover & Jane's Corner







I am submitting this post to Chinese New Year Delights 2013 hosted by Sonia aka Nasi Lemak Lover *