Blueberry Tarts

Blueberry Tarts

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Shepherd's Pie

Ingredients for Shepherd's Pie 

Shepherd's Pie

Ingredients

1 large onion, diced

2  tbsp Olive oil
1 tbsp garlic

900g Minced Chicken

1 carrot, diced

1 cup garden peas

1 cup mushroom

2 tbsp Plain Flour

4 Bay Leaves

4 Sprigs fresh thyme

1 cup chopped tomatoes

4 tbsp Worcesterine sauce

450ml chicken stock
1 egg, beaten

salt and freshly fround black pepper

grated parmesan cheese

Mashed Potatoes

700g  potatoes, quartered
75g  butter
55ml milk
1 egg yolk
salt and freshly ground black pepper.

- For the mash, boil the potatoes, then drain them in sieve and place into a clean bowl.
- Add the milk, butter and egg yolk. and mash together
- Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

 Methods

1.   Preheat oven at 200 degrees celcius.
2.  Saute the onion and garlic and cook for a few mins.
3.  Add the carrots and mushroom until starting to tender, then add the meat.
4.  Season with black pepper, thyme and bay leaves.
5.  Add the butte and peas.
6.  Sprinkle with flour and stir through.
7.  Add tomatoes, worcestrine sauce.
8.  Let this reduce slightly then add the chicken stock. Allow to reduce down until you have a thick
     meaty gravy. Season to taste.
9.  Remove from heat.
10.Grease an oven proof dish with butter and add the cooked meat.
11. Spoon or pipe the mashed potatoes over top. Brush with egg and sprinkle with Parmesan Cheese.
12. Bake for abt 20 mins or until the potato is nice and browned on top.
  

Fruit Pastry

Love this Fruit Pastry, full of fruits and very apetizing..Saw this in one of the food forum, can't remember which one, luckily I still remember the recipe.

Fruit Pastry

Ingredients.

1 1/2 cups cake flour
1 cup sugar + 2 tbsp
100g butter
2 tbsp sour cream
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp lemon or orange zests
3 eggs
500 g fruits ( apricots, peaches, strawberry, blueberry, cherries,pineapple)

Method

1. In a strainer, place the prepared fruits cut into not too big pieces), sprinkled them with 2 tbsp sugar.
2. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius.
3. Beat butter, sour cream and sugar together.
4. Add eggs one at a time.
5. Add vanilla, zests, flour and baking powder and mix until everything is smooth.
6. Butter and flour a 9 inches round baking pan.
7. Place the batter in the pan.
8. Plae fruits on top ( don't press).
9. Bake for 60 to 70 mins depending on your oven.

Tiramisu

Tiramisu

Ingredients

For the sponge (Genoise) cake
3 whole eggs
1/3 cup + 3 tbsp granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup plain flour, sifted
2 Tbsp butter, melted

For the coffee mixture
2/3 cup of strong Espresso coffee
1 Tbsp granulated sugar
1/4 cup Brandy

For the Mascarpone cream
1/2 pound Mascarpone cheese
1/2 cup icing sugar
2 large egg yolks
3 Tbsp Brandy

For the whipped cream
1 pint heavy whipping cream
1 Tbsp icing sugar
1 Tbsp vanilla extract

1 ounce chilled dark chocolate, finely chopped (you can use a food processor)

Directions

To make the Genoise cake

1. Preheat oven to 350° F.

2. Grease a 9 inch round cake tin.

3.  Beat the eggs and 1/3 cup of sugar at medium speed in a double boiler over very hot water, until the mixture is smooth and pale yellow in color. Add the remaining 3 Tbsp of sugar and beat at high speed until the mixture reaches a consistency that forms ribbons when poured.Remove from the heat, stir in the vanilla extract, and slowly fold in the cake flour.Fold in the melted butter

4.  Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake at 350° F for 30 to 40 minutes

To make the coffee mixture
Mix the sugar into the coffee. Evaporate down (by boiling) the coffee-sugar mixture until only 1/3 cup remains. Add the brandy and stir.

To make the Mascarpone cream
In a bowl, beat the sugar into the Mascarpone cheese until well blended. Add the 2 egg yolks and brandy and beat more, until the mixture is smooth.

To prepare the whipped cream
In a bowl add the whipping cream, sugar and vanilla essence and stir until ingredients are blended. Beat the mixture with an electric mixer until glossy and stiff.

Tiramisu Assembly
Slice the Genoise cake in half.

Place the first slice of the Genoise cake at the bottom of a serving bowl or pan and sprinkle half of the coffee mixture over it. Spread half of the Mascarpone creme on the cake, using a spatula. Spread half of the whipped cream over the Mascarpone cream and sprinkle half of the chocolate gratings over the whipped cream.

Put the second slice of the Genoise cake on top and repeat the above procedure with the coffee mixture, Mascarpone, whipped cream and chocolate gratings to finish the Tiramisu.

Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 6 hours.

Chiffon Cake

Pandan Chiffon



Orange Chiffon

Ingredients

Part A

5          Egg Yolks

60g      Sugar

20ml    Pandan Juice

80g      Coconut Milk

50ml    Corn Oil

75g      Plain Flour

1/2 tsp Baking Powder

1/4 tsp Pandan Flavour

Part B

5         Egg White

70g     Sugar

1/8 tsp Cream of Tartar

* Pandan Juice - 2 to 3 pandan leaves blend with 20ml water)

Method

Part A

1. Beat egg yolks and sugar at max speed for abt 1 min.

2. Mix pandan juice, coconut milk, pandan flavour and corn oil and add into the egg mixture at slow speed.

3. Sift flour, baking powder and corn flour into the egg mixture.

4. Whish till well blended.

Part B

1. Whisk egg white, sugar and cream of tartar until stiff.

2. Add Part (A) into meringue and stir well until batter is smooth and glossy.

3. Pour into chiffon mould.

4. Bake at 180 degrees celcius on the lower rack for abt 40 mins.

* For orangge chiffon cake, used 100ml orange juice with 1 tsp orange flavour.
   I add a bit of orange zests to enhance the flavour orange flavour.

Reipes adapted from Richard Goh Baking Class.