Name: Wafu zucchini / courgette tart
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 to 5 persons
Ingredients: 1 puff pastry sheet; 1 zucchini - slice thinly; 2 garlic cloves - grated; 1 or 2 onion - roughly chopped; Ingredient A; a dash of white sugar; 1 tsp soy sauce; 5g unsalted butter; 80g grated cheese; For the sauce; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1/2 tbsp soy sauce

April 26, 2016

Wafu zucchini / courgette tart

Persons

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

35 minutes

Total Time

1 hour, 5 minutes

Ingredients

1 puff pastry sheet
1 zucchini - slice thinly
2 garlic cloves - grated
1 or 2 onion - roughly chopped

Ingredient A

a dash of white sugar
1 tsp soy sauce
5g unsalted butter
80g grated cheese

For the sauce

1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tbsp soy sauce

Instructions

1. Heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil in a fry pan and fry garlic until it is fragrant or lightly brown and then add onion. Continue to cook till the onion is soft. Add the ingredient A (not cheese) and cook for a few minutes. Let it cool to room temperature.
Pre-heat the oven to 200 ℃ degree.
2. Line a pie pan, easing the crust onto the base. Trim the excess crust edges with scissor or knife.
3. Spread the onion/garlic mix and then sprinkle the cheese over it.
4. Neatly arrange the sliced zucchini. Mix the sauce ingredients (soy sauce and olive oil). Brush the zucchini with the sauce.
5. Place it in the oven and bake for about 30 mins or until the top crisps and the top turns golden brown. Serve hot!

April 12, 2016

Lemon cake

Serving Size

6 lemon cake

Ingredients

1 egg
30g white sugar
dash of salt
1/2 tbsp honey
1/2 zest of lemon
1 tsp lemon juice
45g unsalted butter - melted
55g plain flour/cake flour
5g almond powder
1/3 tsp baking powder

For the coating

80g white chocolate - cut into chunks
1g cacao butter - optional

Instructions

1. In a small bowl, sift cake flour, almond powder (flour) and baking powder together. Set aside. Pre-heat the oven to 170℃ degree.
2. In a medium bowl add egg, sugar, salt, honey and beat them in warm water (hot bath method) using an electric hand mixer for about 3 min or until creamy.
3. Add zest of lemon, lemon juice, melted butter and give a few stirs with a cooking whisk.
4. Lastly add the sifted flour mixture and mix to combine evenly using a spatula.
5. Grease your lemon cake mold lightly with butter or [https://amzn.to/39oZGmi] and spoon the lemon cake batter inside.
6. Bake the cake for about 15min or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean.
7. Remove the cakes from the mold and place them onto a wire rack to let them cool down.
8. In a heat-resistant bowl, add chocolate and cacao butter (optional) and place the bowl in a hot water (55~60℃ water bath method). Leave for a few minutes or more. It will start melting. Using a spatula, gently mix until chocolate is soft enough to stir. Then stir till smooth.
9. Soak the lemon cake to coat with melted chocolate on top. Sprinkle any of your favorite flakes. Today I used "chopped hazelnuts".

January 21, 2016

Nutella Pizzelle

Nutella pizzelles

Serving Size

about 20 pizzelles

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Total Time

1 hour

Ingredients

150g cake flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp almond powder/almond flour
a dash of salt
70~80g white sugar
2 eggs
80g unsalted butter - melted
1 tbsp coconut oil
80g nutella
70ml milk

Instructions

1. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, almond powder and baking powder. Set aside.
2. Mix in the eggs and sugar with a whisk in a medium bowl until the mixture is smooth.
3. Add lukewarm melted butter, coconut oil, nutella, milk, gradually and mix together well. Add the dry mixture to the egg mixture. Whisk it to combine evenly with a whisk.
4. Heat a pizzelle iron and brush lightly with oil or butter. Spoon about 1 table spoon of the batter onto the center of the patterns and cook them until golden brown on both side. Test the cooking time on the first one, because each machine heats differently so it depends on how brown you like your Pizzelles.
Carefully remove pizzelle from iron, and place it on a flat plate. Once cooled, store them in an airtight container to keep them crispy!

January 5, 2016

Ice box cookies

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Total Time

1 hour

Ingredients

60g unsalted butter
45g confectioner's sugar
12g egg yolk
1/4 tsp vanilla paste (optional)
85g cake flour - sifted

Instructions

1. In a medium bowl, mix the butter and the confectioner's sugar until pale and fluffy. Add egg yolk and vanilla (optioanl) and mix well.
2. Add the sifted flour and mix well until combined.
3. Divide the dough equally in half. Here I add or coat with sweet potato powder, hazelnut praline powder, white chocolate chips and coarse sugar.
4. Shape each piece of dough into a disc or square shape (your choice) and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill until firm for about 1 to 2 hours.
5. Preheat the oven to 170 C degree.
6. Slice the cookies dough about 0.5cm thick and place on the baking sheet you prepared.
7. Bake the cookies for about 10-12 min or until the edges are lightly browned.
8. Let them cool a little bit on the baking sheets, then transfer to the tray to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

November 5, 2015

Ginger garlic rice (Shouga gohan)

Ginger garlic rice (Shouga takikomi gohan)

Serving Size

4 people

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

40 minutes

Total Time

55 minutes

Ginger garlic rice (Shouga takikomi gohan)

Ingredients

2 rice cooker cups of rice - about 300 to 320g (uncooked Japanese rice, short grain)
20g fresh ginger - into fine julienne
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1/2 (about 15g) aburaage (well, if you can find some around your place)

For the soup :

1/2 tbsp Hon Dashi powder
1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp Japanese cooking sake or white cook wine
1/2 tbsp mirin
300ml water

Instructions

1. Measure rice and rinse it under water until the water clears. Place them in your rice cooker. Add ginger, garlic, abura-age. Then add all soup ingredients (dashi, water, soy sauce, sake, mirin).
2. Start the rice cooker. When rice is cooked, let the rice steam for about 5 to 10 minutes before opening the lid of cooker.
Serve hot!