drunken chicken

sometime back, i was cooking dinner and decided to cook drunken chicken.. this recipe was a lil weird cos it required gula melaka. =S anyhow, i've tweaked it abit so shld b alright


Ingredients:
1L shaoxing (Chinese rice wine)
500ml mirin
1-2L water, or enough to cover chicken
10 drumsticks/a whole chicken
4-6cm ginger, thickly sliced
stalk of spring onion
chinese mushroom
enoki mushroom
pepper
soy sauce (to taste)

Method:
(1) Place the shaoxing, mirin, water and palm sugar in a large saucepan and bring to the boil.
(2) Add the chicken and ginger, then cover and simmer gently for 45-60 minutes.
(3) Remove the pan from the heat and allow the chicken to cool in the poaching liquid.
(4) Serve over mee sua

it was a good meal for me. some found the sweetness weird. heh.. anyhow, just gotta change the recipe to your liking :)

Condensed Milk Lemon Slice

ahhh.. i was having a terrible headache and was getting kinda moody when i chanced upon a food blog and saw this recipe.. its from the back of the condensed milk can. i tried finding the recipe while getting the condensed milk from IGA and turned all the labels to face inside. think the workers muz b annoyed with me. haha.. oopsy.. anw. i didnt find it sad to say.. but baking did make my day. or mayb its cos of the 2 tablets of nurofen that cleared the headache. anyhow, i have something to bring to the dinner later now :) goody.


Ingredients:
Biscuit base
- 1.5 cup plain flour
- 0.5 cup icing sugar
- 150g butter
Lemony bit :)
- 395g condensed milk
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 1 egg
- 0.5 cup lemon juice

Method:
(1) Mix the biscuit base ingredients together and press into base of pan about 20x30cm (i used a disposable aluminium tray)
(2) Bake biscuit base for at 180 deg for 15min till golden brown
(3) Mix all of the lemony bit ingredients together
(4) Pour lemon mixture on top of biscuit base
(5) Bake for another 25-30min till golden brown
(6) Allow cake to cool, dust with icing sugar, cut into slices and serve :)

it wasn't as sweet as i thought it would be. which is great. hehe.. the idea of 1 can of condensed milk kinda scared me.. i wld have prefered a stronger lemon taste. but oh wells.. i'll try modifying the next one i do. hehe..

Lemon Meringue Cupcakes

Cupcakes
- 1 cup pure cream
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 1/2 cups self raising flour
- Finely grated rind of 1 lemon

Lemon curd
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 100g butter
- 1/2 cup caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 egg yolks

Meringue
- 3 egg whites
- 1/2 cup caster sugar

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180'C. Place 12 patty cake liners in a 12 hole 1/2-cup capacity muffin pan.
2. Place cream, sugar and eggs in a large mixing bowl and whisk until smooth. Gradually add flour and zest and continue whisking until mixture is thick and smooth.
3. Divide mixture between prepared liners and bake for 15-20 minutes or until cakes spring back to touch. Cool in muffin pan.
4. For lemon curd, heat lemon juice and butter in a small saucepan and simmer until butter has melted. Add sugar, egg and yolks and cook, whisking continuously until mixture becomes thick and glossy. Pour into a shallow oven tray to cool.
5. For meringue, beat egg whites in an electric mixer until firm peaks form, gradually add sugar, a tablespoon at a time, beating until sugar has dissolved between each addition. Spoon meringue mixture into a piping bag.
6. To serve, preheat grill to medium-high. Cut a small hole in the top of each cupcake and fill with 1-2 teaspoons of lemon curd. Pipe a swirl of meringue mixture on the top of each cupcake and place under heated grill for 60-90 seconds or until golden. Arrange on a serving plate with spoonfuls of lemon curd if desired.














the end product was satisfying :) never made meringue before. hehe. if you don't like sour stuff, then the lemon curd would be abit too much for u.. heh. but anyhow, its nice. kudos to masterchef junior :) hehehe... i shld try macaroons soon. haha.

Green Tea-ramisu

Made this on Thursday with Yvonne.. We had plenty of left overs and made mini boxes to give out. J quite a success.. kudos to House of Annie... heres the recipe for those interested.

Ingredients

· 1 packet of lady fingers

· Green tea (no sugar) cooled to room temperature

· 3 egg yolks

· ½ cup of sugar

· 250g mascarpone cheese

· 2 tsp matcha (green tea powder)

· 1 cup of whipping cream

· 1 tsp vanilla essence or any orange liquor

Method

1. Brew 2 pkts of green tea and allow to cool to room temperature

2. Beat egg yolks with sugar over a double broiler (simmering water) till mixture turns pale and doubles in volume. Leave aside to cool in ice bath.

3. Beat mascarpone cheese till smooth. Add in matcha. Adjust amount of matcha to your liking.

4. Fold in cheese mixture into the already cooled yolk mixture.

5. Beat whipping cream till soft peaks (I personally prefer it beaten slightly more to give a firmer texture.)

6. Fold in cheese mixture into whipping cream till even.

7. Place a layer of mascarpone mixture at the bottom of the container. Dip lady fingers into green tea and make a lay on top of mascarpone mixture. Cover with mascarpone mixture. Repeat till top of container. End off with mascarpone mixture

8. Sprinkle matcha and sugar on the top.

9. To make a cake, start off with lady fingers as base and follow as of step 7. Add in picket fence for presentation and support

Gave out some to people, and the reviews were great! :) u guys shld try. hehehe.

lol

ahh. what a start :) i saw this after dinner with ping+allie (plus cbc n leo who crashed dinner).. made my day. he. its sitting somewhere in the house now so i can randomly go look at it n smile :)