hey ya all!!!

it's been like months since i made cakes.. i miss the smell of cream cheese.. oh wtf.
i was inspired by The Scent of Green Bananas . i like the Matcha Tiramisu that she made.. it looked really awesome.. so i decided to give it a try.

I'm not a fan of tiramisu. because usually. no... Tiramisu is made of lady fingers / sponge fingers dipped in coffee... which is something i dont really fancy. so i've kept my mouth of tiramisu..

"Tiramisu is an Italian dessert typically made from Lady Fingers, espresso coffee, mascarpone cheese, eggs, cream, sugar, marsala wine, and cocoa. The name tiramisł means "pick-me-up", referring to the two caffeine-containing ingredients, espresso and cocoa.

The Lady Fingers are sprinkled with or briefly soaked in a mixture of the coffee, wine, and sugar. They are then embedded in a mixture of mascarpone cheese and a custard made from eggs, sugar, and cream known as zabaglione. Cocoa powder is then sprinkled on top.

The dessert has become one of the most popular types of dessert served in upscale restaurants of all types, not just Italian restaurants. The recipe has been adapted into cakes, puddings and other varieties of dessert made with coffee-flavoured custard."

from wikipedia.com

right... so, i decided to give the green tearamisu a try...

mascarpone cheese.. not as easy to get as cream cheese.

Recipe (this recipe is modified from alex goh's cheesecake cookbook)

Lady Fingers

(A)
2 egg yolks
50 g sugar
2 tbsps Grand Marnier (i did not add)

(B)
1 tbsp Gelatine
35g Water

(C)
250g Mascarpone cheese

(D)
150g whip cream, whipped

Green Tea

Method
1. Whisk (A) over a pan of simmering water until it thickens
2. Premix (B) and place over a pot of hot water. Sitr until gelatine dissolves. Add it into (A) and mix until well blended. Set aside to cool.
3. Beat (C) until smooth. Fold in the above mixture and mix until well blended
4. Fold in (D) and mix until well combined
5. Dip ladyfingers into the brewed green tea, then layer them on the bottom of a serving dish.
6. Spread the mascarpone cheese mixture ontop. Repeat layers.
7. refrigerate for a few hours till set.
8. dust with green tea powder before serving.

Ok... so... this was the recipe i used.
i dind't buy any ladyfingers cause it was out of stock. so i decided to make myself. I translated it from a japanese website. 

6 yolks
6 egg whites
150g sugar
150g flour

1. Whisk egg whites to stiff peaks. Add in sugar.
2. Fold out half of the egg whites. mix with the yolks.
3. fold in the rest of the egg whites, fold till well blended.
4. add in seived flour.. mix till well incorporated.
5. Pour mixture into piping bag with a round cap. squeeze them out. looking like sausages. (but shorter)
6. Bake at 180 C for 25-30 mintues

*the egg whites really have to be "stiff" or else the ladyfingers would be... flat instead of cylinder*
*if u dont need so much, just reduce the amount*

Flaws :
1. ok.. my version of ladyfingers came out... abit flat..and wasnt hard enough
2. i dont think adding gelatine would be good, it makes the texture like pudding.... next time i should not include it.
3. maybe i should add whisked egg whites to make the tiramisu has more volume
4. the ladyfingers.. urgh... it tasted like sponge cake after chilling them with the mascarpone cheese
5. Mascarpone is EXPENSIVE!

Praises:
1. Mascarpone smells very milk-powdery.
2. after adding some green tea powder, it tasted more like green tearamisu.
3. it did turn out after all.. hahahahha

see the sponge fingers... it wasnt' GREEN enough!!!!!! and it's suppose to be... round... not .. flat.. -.-"

AH.. nevermind.. i'll make that that again... since i still have mascarpone cheese.. tsk

Monday, March 20, 2006 04:08 pm by Swee San
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ah... i was checking my stats one day.. i found alot of links to the Portuguese Egg Tarts Recipe

first was from Global Voices Online

Have you ever prepared "Portuguese Egg Tarts"? Are you still having those recurrent nightmares about your puff pastry not puffing up? The girls from the Just Heavenly blog: Swee San, YeeMei & Melisa, share their secrets and recipes with very nice step by step photos, to help you prepare the perfect "Apple Strudel" with a puff pastry made from scratch, and the traditionally delicious "Portuguese Egg Tarts".

Then, a girl made it as well..

Then Human Beams linked it too...


ok.. NOW i feel like eating Portuguese egg tarts....but i dont feel like making it.. can someone buy for me tomorrow ? i'll be without car... hehehe.. please !?



oh but thanks peeps.. for featuring it.. and trying it!

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:36 pm by Swee San
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Blog Party 8 - Brunch

hosted by : Dispensing Happiness

    " Blog Party is a virtual cocktail party for food bloggers. It's a chance to make those little bites and fantastic drinks we all love, but never make. Blog Party is about taking time for us: setting aside some time to cook (which, clearly, we all love), to prepare appetizers we want to eat but never get around to. And best of all, it's about getting together, albeit via the Web, with like-minded friends."....

   "So this month, we're making our little bites from breakfast dishes. Bite-sized quiches and frittatas, tiny cups of fruit salad...mimosas, champagne cocktails!

Create all your favorite breakfast foods, but in appetizer form. Small bites, for breakfast...at night!"....

This is my first ever blog party.. em.. i dont really know if i'm doing the right thing or not .. but it was just impulsive.. i just wanted to make something..

first up

mini scrambled egg

very very easy to make..
I LOVE scramble egg.. with bacons or ham.. yummmyyy...

ok.. first, get some eggs, crack it in a bowl. Then, add say abt 2 tbsp of milk for each egg .. then add a tiny piny of salt.
Heat the wok, sprinkle some olive oil, wait for it to heat up.
Pour egg mixture, use (i like to use..) chopsticks and just scramble it.. just mix it around till it's all scramble up..
when it's almost done, turn off the fire.. scramble eggs are best served when its abit moisted.. not totally cooked..

ok, so since it's hors d'oeurves.. i decided to put it in spoons.. easier to eat..

get a nice clean soup-spoon, lay baby romaine, or baby cod, or small lettuce.. put in the eggs.. then twist abit of black pepper.. just a LIL bit.. oh.. optional i guess..

Next... ok, this time, i felt like eating spring rolls.. u know those with veges inside.. the ones u eat during yumcha in dim sum restaurants ?? i suddenly felt like eating it.. so i just made it..

ok.. seriously, i dont really know how to make it.. ahha... i just ... whip it up ...=P

Spring Rolls

the ingredients are abit.. messy.. i didn't really measure it.. it was just ... impulsive-kinda-thing.. ok..
so, first... slice some carrots, and sengkuang
chop some green beans, and some button mushrooms.. u can use shitake mushrooms if u want..
Heat wok, pour in some oil, sautee hte carrots and sengkuang. add some oyster sauce
same goes to the beans and mushrooms.. add some pepper / salt
ok.. then get some spring rolls sheet (can be bought in grocery stores)
place a sheet infront of u so it forms a diamond shape, place the vegetables in the middle.. make sure it's not too full..
spread the 4 sides of the spring roll sheet with egg..
roll it from the bottom, fold in the 2 sides on left n right .. then roll again till the top.. make sure hte tip is 'glued' onto
it should form a 'cylinder'..like this

ok.. pour in oil for frying.. wait for it to heat up...
fry the spring rolls till golden brown.
then... eat !

For drinks.. i so wanted to drink some ice lemon tea..hot weather.. crispy spring rolls.. a glass of icy cold ice lemon tea would be great...

- Make breakfast tea. slice some lemon, 3 or 4..
get a tall glass, fill with ice, pour in breakfast tea.. add lemon..
then u get.. this

alright.. that's abt it... my First Blog Party... do drop by Dispensing Happinessa few days later for a round up! and join the party ! tsk tsk

 

 

Wednesday, March 15, 2006 07:37 pm by Swee San
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melba toast. poached egg. anchovies. crispy bacon. cashewnuts. parmesan. baby cod

nice ? good ?? quite exp.
anchovies too salty.. looks like centipede -.-"
cashewnuts ? almond flakes would be better

Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:47 pm by Swee San
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boiled eggs. salad leaves. turkey ham. cheese. almond flakes. tomatos. cruotons (tho i couldnt eat)

yummmmmm

Monday, March 13, 2006 10:11 pm by Swee San
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Osaka's one of my family's fav place to eat.. (like for any occasion.. or weekends..) It's a Japanese restaurant in Bukit Raja, Klang. recently, it's extended another floor up.. so i guess the business must be blooming. the chef is my mum's friend.. well that's actually how we found out abt the place lah.. ahha

anyway.. i'm on a diet with no rice... so.. i dint eat any sushi.. hahaha.. but i ate some sashimi, salmon steak, chawanmushi... great place ... their Black Dragon Sushi is orgasmic.. just had to resist it .. arrgghh...

we sat at the bar that day.. because it's so full! the place is so packed.. anyway.. was good that we sat the bar.. could chat a lil with the chef as well.. haha.. the amazing thing is, when we're all talkin n all... his hands are still moving n moving.. wrapping sushi rolls.. cutting salmon, tuna.. etc etc..

oh yeah.. thats chef ben behind the bar

what i like abt this place is they have alot variety of sushi.. not like those normal sushis u find in Genki Sushi.. or Sushi Kind.. this one has crispy soft shell crab in it.. *and i couldnt eat.. ggrrr*

well.. then i had to keep myself to this... *well.. i dont mind.. ahha*
it's Salmon Special.. basically just pounded salmon with onions served with soy sauce.. it's so easy to swallow the whole plate.. haha

Sashimi set.. tuna, cuttlefish, salmon.. i couldnt figure out whats the one far right ... octopus ??

that japanese seaweed and .. em... i dont know what's it called.. jelly-kinda texture.. both are my faves.. *gosh.. i should brush up my japanese-food-name skills.. -.-"*

chawanmushi.. nyaaamm nyaaammmmmm

salmon steak with teriyaki sauce.. abit salty.. but fantastic!!

we had quite a few more food... but i dint manage to get all the pics of it.. we're sitting in the bar.. and i was at the other end.. hahaha

a'ight...

have a nice day everyone!

 

Thursday, March 09, 2006 10:52 pm by Swee San
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hello all!!

pretty long absense huh.. anyway, i've started my South Beach Diet Program.. lets just see, what happens after 2 weeks

so.. the first phase of this diet actually prohibits one from carbs (rice, potato, pasta, bread...) and fruits.. so.. i survived so far! 2 days.. hehe AND BEST IS... i can feel a wheee bit difference at the waist line..

so.. for dinner, its ... er... shrimps and broccoli and an egg, with veges
HEY!!! IT TASTED GOOD !!! trust me.. its the nicest 'meat-less, rice-less, pasta-less' meal i made...

looks ok right ?? ahhaha

tada!!

simple recipe

5-7 shrimps
a few chunks of brocolli
plum tomato, quatered
few leaves of baby butterhead
3 button mushrooms, sliced
1 egg, hard boiled
1/2 lemon
olive oil
salt and pepper

First, boil the egg. Then, sautee the shrimps, mushrooms and broccoli in a pan with little oil. add some salt n pepper to taste (optional i guess). when it's almost done, squeeze some lemon juice into it.. just a lil.

serve with the baby butterhead and plum tomatoes

well.. enjoy!!

Wednesday, March 01, 2006 10:12 pm by Swee San
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