卤鸡翼

那天突然灵感一现，自创的卤鸡翼食谱。非常简单的一道菜。

材料：

鸡翼中段 x 18 个

洋葱一粒

调味：

生抽 x 5 汤匙

晒油 x 2 汤匙

蚝油 x 1 汤匙

绍兴酒 x 2 汤匙

五香粉 少许

煮法：

1. 洋葱切条状，混合鸡翼及调味料腌制半小时。

2. 先热炉子。用铝纸铺在烤盘上，把鸡翼一个个拼排在烤盘上。把剩余的汁淋在鸡翼上，用铝纸盖上烤盘。

3. 用中火烤10分钟。开炉，把鸡翼翻过来。再烤10分钟。

4.待凉上桌。

Pre-Xmas Party

We had a little party last Sunday, not to say we celebrate Xmas, but just an excuse to have a get together and a chance to have fiesta again.

We started with baking a Christmas fruit cake

Then slowly the dishes get served one by one

All home made, except the “Paper Wrapped Chicken”. Well I have to be honest, the pork belly is ready made which I got from Euro Deli, I only roast it and made the apricot onion sauce.

And finally, the happy family…

For more photos, view here… (Photo edited with PhotoScape using the AGFA film effect)

It’s Gingerbread Time!

It is the time to heat up your oven and start baking gingerbread man again.

This is my first time baking it. I couldn’t even remember when is my last time of baking cookies. Anyway, I was confident enough to (again) modify the recipe due to the complexity of the ingredients.

Honey Gingerbread Cookies

• ~3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• ~1/2 cup (1 sticks) butter (I used the normal butter as I don’t have unsalted butter)
• ~1/2 cup sugar (Soft brown sugar)
• 3 teaspoons five spice powder (Hehe, added chinese influence here. This is to replace the original version of ground ginger, ground cinnamon, ground cloves and ground nutmeg)
• 1 large eggs
• ~3/4 cup honey (I used pure natural honey here)

In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and 5 spice powder. Set aside.

In the electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat well, about one minute. Add honey and mix on low-speed, just to combine.

Add flour mixture and mix until all the flour is incorporated. Divide the batter in two and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate for at least one hour. [The batter is not too hard, but thick enough to hold itself when you use a spade to spoon it up]

Preheat oven to 180°C/ 350°F. On a floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4 inch thick, and cut out using cookie cutters  Transfer the cookies to a parchment-lined baking sheet, and freeze for 15 minutes. [For my cookies, I baked it around 20 minutes]

Bake until firm but not darkened (the time will depend on the cookie sizes). Transfer to a wire rack to cool before decorating.

To view original recipe, click here……

How does it turn out? Well judge it yourself from the photos. It doesn’t look as nice [because I cut out the ginger man using a knife instead of a cutter], but it does taste alright. The occasionally of 5 spice taste is naturalized by the honey. A definite yummy to go with a nicely brewed black coffee.

GINGERBREAD COOKIES, ANYONE?

Tham Gor Birthday Surprise

话说，上星期是君表哥及柠檬的生日。所以君表哥可以说是有幸及不幸的成了妹丁实验蛋糕的对象。

蛋糕由一层巧克力层铺盖，因为放在雪柜多过一天，所以表层太硬，以致蜡烛插不进。

左：君表哥受到这蛋糕是惊喜还是惊吓？   右：巧克力层太硬，塑胶刀切不下。呵呵

瞧，巧克力层硬的可以撑起铁茶匙。

不过，可不要小看妹丁，经过这次“不是很成功”的经验。第二天做柠檬的蛋糕竟然可以是这个样。

嘻嘻，不逊于蛋糕店卖的吧。只能说君表哥与柠檬同月份生不同命咯。

海南鸡饭

上周五，闲来无事，学煮海南鸡饭。食谱是采取于Poh 在 Masterchef @ australia 半决赛所用的, 当然半途还是免不了让我手多多的窜改，自行减这个、加那个。

1） 酱料的原料，少少原料可以变化出两个不同的酱料 -》好料。 （我是说食谱啦）

2） 腌了的鸡、刚出蒸炉、上桌的样子

3） 我的拿手好菜

1）快速冷却土方 – 用扇泼，人力-》表哥

2）表哥施展斩鸡功夫

3）表妹自己一个人洗碗，嘟起嘴吧

4）两个阿姨加入帮手阵容，表妹当然高兴

Masterchef 再次挑战成功！