文章分類: Cooking (菲比的世界－戲劇‧教育‧生活隨感)

西班牙凍湯

phoebelanlan — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:07:36 +0800

第一次喝凍湯是在Ottawa的IDEA Congress ，給我的感覺是凍的湯很沒誠意，故也一直沒怎麼研究過凍湯食譜。

直至在Take Home Chef節目中見Curtis Stone做了一個西班牙凍湯(Gazpacho)，加了兩隻蝦；受了那兩隻蝦吸引，試照著他的食譜來弄，結果愛上了這凍湯！而那兩隻蝦，確實有畫龍點睛之妙！（我嘗試再加入兩片煎脆了的鼠尾草葉 (sage leave)，效果更絕！）

Curtis Stone確實是我最欣賞的廚子明星，他比起Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson, Kylie Kwong都平實得多（Kylie Kwong近年扮懂中國菜，更開始令我十分反感）。看正統學廚出身的他做菜，大大豐富了烹飪知識呢！

Yummy Rum Balls

phoebelanlan — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:16:00 +0800

What better way to make use of stale cake?

Recipe: I haven't kept it, but you can easily find one on the internet.

Trifle

phoebelanlan — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:12:26 +0800

Now this is truely English.

TRIFLE!!!

Ingredients
1 Swiss Roll
4 fl oz sherry
1 pack jelly powder
fresh fruit (strawberry, blueberry, kiwi, banana)
4 egg yolks
2 cups of cream
whipping cream
vanilla essence
2 Tbsp sugar

Method

Lay thickly-sliced Swiss Roll on the bottom of bowl. Sprinkle the sherry.
Mix jelly powder with half of normal amount of water. (¼ hot water, ¼ cold water or ice cubes to quicken cooling). Put in freezer to chill until it begins to set.
Put jelly on top of the cake base.
Dice and dry the fruit and put it on top of the jelly.
Chill until jelly is fully set.
Making the custard: Beat together egg yolk and sugar. Heat milk, and slowly add to egg. Blend well and return to pan. Cook over gentle heat. Keep whisking to prevent lumps from forming. Add vanilla essence. Remove from heat when the custard starts to thicken.
Add custard to the trifle and chill until fully set.
Whip the cream and add to the top of the trifle. Use remaining diced fruit to decorate.

Cookies & Cream Cupcakes

phoebelanlan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:31:05 +0800

I always find cup cakes very English - It's all about indulging in sweetness (with a cup of tea, of course!)

Recipe: cake mix from supermarket

Birthday Cakes

phoebelanlan — Sun, 31 May 2009 01:41:20 +0800

I am bent on making my husband's birthday cake every year.

2005, Chocolate Cake - This one's hilarious!

2006, Charlotte Malakoff - This one's pretty, and very tipsy! (We got drunk after having it!)

2007, Baked Alaska - It was a disaster!

2008, Mandarin Cake - Cute looking owls!

2009, Raspberry Cake - Still need to work on how to whip the cream.

They're sometimes awful to look at, but all of them are good to taste, and surely hearty to make!

Baked Alaska

phoebelanlan — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:37 +0800

I once tried making Baked Alaska, and I was improvising, and the whole thing turned out to be a "Baked Disaster"!

This time, I consulted You Tube and got to understand why I failed.

I should have frozen the ice-cream before adding the meringue, and then frozen the meringue before baking. Skipping all the freezing procedures, no wonder my Alaska just collapsed!

This time I also added some lemon juice to the meringue to make it stand firmer.

A good success at last! (Though I still haven't figured out how to do the flambé!)

打風吃罐頭

phoebelanlan — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:43:10 +0800

今天想吃住家飯，但又不想弄太複雜的。

老公說：「不如吃罐頭餐？今日打風。」

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An Omelette Recipe

phoebelanlan — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:31:55 +0800

Delicious & Easy to Make!!

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