Cash Bakery

Its actually my little kitchen that I experience all kinds of recipe that I come across. Its also the place where I make favourite food for my loved ones.

Homemade Kueh Pie Tee

An excellent party food affair that involves hands on by your guests. They are thin and crispy pastry tart shell filled with a spicy, sweet mixture of thinly sliced vegetables and prawns.

Bamukuchen

Baumkuchen is a kind of layered cake. It is a traditional dessert in many countries throughout Europe and is also a popular snack and dessert in Japan. The characteristic rings that appear when sliced resemble tree rings, and give the cake its German name, Baumkuchen, which literally translates to "tree cake".

Saturday 22 February 2014

Eggs Benedict with Parma Ham


Too late to go out for brunch? Why not whip up a simple eggs benedict at home ...

Did this over the weekend... and enjoy it with orange juice...
My boss is enjoying his breakfast in bed with his DOUBLE espresso else he will not get out of bed ever...


Very simple... as long as you have the following ingredients..



3 tbsp white wine vinegar
4 eggs
2 english muffins
(I found them at jasons market and mark and spencer) 
1 batch hot hollandaise sauce 
4 slices Parma ham/bacon/smoked salmon (your choice...)

Hollandaise Sauce

2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp white wine vinegar
3 egg yolks
125g unsalted butter, melted
salt and pepper


Directions
1. First make the Hollandaise sauce.
~ Put the egg yolks in a glass bowl and add the vinegar. Place the bowl over a pan of simmering water and whisk until it has nice creamy texture. Gradually add the butter, whisking constantly else it will be splitting. Then whisk off the heat for a few mins and season with salt and pepper, the texture should not be too thick as long as it coat the back of the spoon that is fine.

2. Next, pan fried the parma ham on a hot pan with some olive oil until slightly crisp and fragrant then used the remaining oil on the pan to lightly toast the muffins halves.

3. Next, the poached eggs, bring a deep saucepan of water to the boil (at least 2 litres) and add the vinegar. The vinegar will help the eggs to hold together. Once boiled, lower the heat.

4. Work with eggs one by one, crack an egg into a coffee cup or ramekins. Swirl the vinegared water briskly to form a twirl and slide in an egg. It will curl round and set to a neat round shape. Cook for 2 mins, then remove with a spoon and place on paper tower to dry the excessive water.

5. Assemble the muffin, top with ham and then put a poached egg on top and pour some hollandaise over. Served with a good drink of your choice.


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Thursday 6 February 2014

Yu Sheng ~ A Tradition during Chinese New Year

Lo Hei

Today is Ren Ri "人日", the seventh day of Chinese New Year, which according to Chinese customs was the day human beings were created. Therefore today is everybody's birthday!!!

And our practice here in Singapore and Malaysia is to eat YU SHENG, although nowadays we can eat it on any day during Chinese New Year, too many celebrations!!!


Usually its easier to buy them from restaurants or supermarket, however I did not eat raw fish and some other ingredients and I am always ended up eating only the golden pillow (deep-fried crackers). This year I decided to do my own version so I can finally enjoy them and not just looking at others.



For the fun of it, you can also recreate your own version....



Salad Ingredients


Abalone (鲍鱼) to replace raw fish 


Carrot, julienned and soaked in cold water


White raddish


Pomelo/mandarin oranges, 
peeled and separated into smaller chunks


Chuka Wakame


Chuka Kurage/Chuka Hotate


Strawberries


Green Papaya/Mango


Roast peanuts, crushed


Deep fried crackers (they sell at supermarkets nowadays)


Sesame seeds


1 tsp Chinese 5 Spice Powder

1 tsp Cinnamon powder
1 tsp pepper
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Some other ideas:

Red Coral Lettuce, washed and dried
Sundried tomatoes, sliced
Salmon Roe
Pomegranate, peeled and broken into segments
Crab Kani
Dried apricot
Sunflower seeds
Pistachio nuts

Dressing Sauce

3 tbsp Chinese Plum Sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tbsp hot water, adjust to your liking

Method:

1. Assemble all the pre-prepared yu sheng ingredients
2. In a bowl mix the dressing well.
3. Start the YU SHENG (LO Hei) activity!!! You should know what to say right???

First:

Dash Pepper, Cinnamon Powder and 5 spice powder around and say 招财进宝 Zhao Cai Jin Bao
Meaning “Attract wealth and treasures”.

Second:
Pour the oil in circle and  say: 一本万利 Yi Ben Wan Li, 财源广进 Cai Yuan Guang Jin
Meaning “Make 10,000 times of profit with your capital” and “Numerous sources of wealth”.

Third:
Dust Peanuts on the dish and say: 金银满屋 Jin Yin Man Wu
Meaning “Household filled with gold and silver”

Fourth:
Dust Sesame seeds and say: 生意兴隆 Sheng Yi Xing Long
Meaning “Prosperity for the business”.

Fifth:
Drizzle the sauce generously over your salad and say 甜甜蜜蜜 Tian Tian Mi Mi
Meaning “May life always be sweet”.

Sixth:

Deep-fried crackers and say: 满地黄金 Man Di Huang Jin
Meaning “Floor full of gold”.

And Lastly:

Toss them around and say all the lucky wishes for the year... Toss them hard and well ...and just ENJOY!!!

FYI



Carrots indicate blessings of good luck.(鸿运当头 Hong Yun Dang Tou)

Pomelo or Mandarin Orange symbolize luck and auspicious value. (大吉大利 Da Ji Da Li)

Raw fish/Abalone symbolising abundance and excess through the year.(年年包有余 Nian Nian Bao You Yu)

Green Items symbolize eternal youth (青春常驻 Qing Chun Chang Zhu)

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