Vanilla Ice cream with almond slices and chocolate pieces

Just learnt how to make ice cream from a nice book. The book is bilingual, in english and chinese, ingredients are simple and instructions easy to follow. I managed to make 2 batches of delicious and healthy ice cream ( ok ice cream are sinful but at least there is no preservatives and colourings from commercial ones :P). Today I decide to make one more batch of ice cream, to finish up the big packet of whip cream I bought from Phoon Huat. The big packet of whip cream cost me $6 plus and I made 3 big boxes of ice cream. Really worth it, it's great for a party!

Ingredients
(A)
3 egg yolk
60g sugar
2 tsp vanilla essence
150g dairy whip cream or 100g fresh milk

(B)
250g Non-dairy whipped cream

(C)
Almond slices
Chocolate chips















Method
1)Mix A well and double boil till slightly thickens. Leave aside to cool.
2)Whipped up the non-dairy whipped cream till stiffen.
3)Add in mixture A and (C) into the stiffened cream. Mix well.
4)Pour into a box and freeze overnight.

















NOTE: 1) The non-dairy whipped cream has to be whipped up at degree between 5 to 7.
2) Non-dairy whipped cream can be bought from phoon huat, just ask for assistance.
3) Leave the mixture overnight so it will harden, preferbly for 1 and half day so the consistuency will be thicker and harder.

Cheese cake

It's hubby's birthday tomorrow and I made a cheesecake for him. Strawberry cheesecake with jelly topping. :)

Ingredients
(Base)
1/3 block of butter
7 pieces of digestive biscuits mashed

(Fillings)
4 big strawberries pureed
125g philedelphia cheese
50g Condensed milk
4 strawberries chopped
3 tsp gelatine
1 tbsp hot water

(Jelly topping)
4g agar-agar powder (any colour)
350g water
2 tbsp sugar (or more if you like it sweeter)

Method
1)Oil a 7 inch pan with butter.
2)Cut the butter into the mashes digestive biscuit.
3)When the butter is well mixed with the biscuit, press the mixture onto the base of the pan.
4)Place the pan into the fridge to chill the base so it can be firmer.
5)Mix the cheese, pureed strawberry and condensed milk and mix it well.
6)Add in the chopped strawberries and mix well.
7)Mix the gelatine with the hot water and add into the cheese mixture.
8) Make sure the mixture is well mixed and pour into the pan mould, spreading the fillings well with a spatula.
10)Garnish the top with strawberries.
11)Put in the fridge for at least 4 hours.
12)Stir the agar powder into water of normal temperature.
13)Add sugar into the liquid and boil with low heat.
14)Leave the mixture to cool.
15)When the mixture is just slightly warm to the touch, pour gently on top of the cheese cake. It should be around 3 cm in thickness.
16)Cover the pan with a plastic cover and leave it for at least 3 hours.

NOTE: 1)Do not pour in the agar mixture when it is too hot. It will melt the cheese cake.
2)The pouring of agar mixture should be gentle, if not air bubbles will form on the surface.

Donuts to go with coffee or tea!

I bought a fantastic book on baking bread, the title is "The World of Bread" by Alex Goh baking class. "Popular" bookstores carry the book, cost around $14. The ingredients are simple and instructions easy to follow. Today I decided to make donuts.

Ingredients
(A)
150g Bread flour
100g Plain flour
10g Milk powder
30g Sugar
5g Salt
1/4 tbsp baking powder
2 tsp yeast

(B)
1 Egg yolk
150ml cold water

(C)
25g Shortening

Chocolate Topping
50g chocolate
15ml milk
Roast almonds slices

Method
1)Mix (A) until well blended then add (B), knead to form a dough.
2)Add (C) to knead into a smooth dough.
3)Leave the dough to prove for 45 mins under a wet cloth.
4)Mould the dough into a ball and leave it for another 15mins.
5)Roll the dough out into 10mm thickness.
6)Use a doughnut cutter to cut out individual donuts.
7)Put the donuts onto lightly floured tray under wet cloth. Leave for 35mins.
8)Heat the oil and fry the donuts till slighly browned.
9)If you want sugared donuts, coat with fine sugar when it is still hot.
10)If you like chocolate coated ones, melt the chocolate by double boiling method, coat the top of the donut then sprinkle the almonds slices on top.

Healthy lunch

Had disappeared for a long time, really busy at work, and felt rather tired after doing alot of baking recently. :) Dotter had to do a healthy lunch with my help as a project over the long National Day weekend, so she did the planning and managed to come up with a healthy and yet delicious dish.

Ingredients

Broccoli washed and cut into smaller pieces
Carrot julienned
Fishball 6 pieces halved
Mushrooms 4 pieces chopped
1 tbsp oil from fried onion
Egg white from an egg (optional)
2 tbsp soya sauce











1)Arrange the broccoli in the outermost ring.


2)Next place the carrots in the middle of the plate.







3)Place the fishball in a ring on top of the carrots.







4)Next add the chopped mushroom right in the middle.
5)Drizzle onion oil and soya sauce on the ingredients.
6)The ingredients are now ready for steaming.
7)Steam the ingredients for 10mins.

8)Add the egg white on top of the fishball and mushrooms and steam for another 5mins.


9)Remove from steamer and the dish is ready.