Recipes
Recipes
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Brown Butter Pecan Brownies
It has been a while since i blog and it’s been a while since i baked . I was thinking about baking coconut cake , which i haven’t made for years by now .. but i changed my mind after seeing , i needed 3 sticks of butter just for the cake . Partly i was guilty because i had just finished my morning run and the thought of 3 sticks of butter .. made me re-think . My solution .. well .. was brownies .. though it still uses butter .. but somehow i felt better with my choice LOL This is brown butter pecan brownies , you can…
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Arancini
Usually when i made risotto for dinner , i always ended up making too much for our little family . It is family of three after all . And then nobody wanted to touch the risotto the next day because truth is .. who really wants leftover risotto ? Risotto is always the best when it’s just got done being cooked , overnight ? not so much .. So that was the story last night , i cooked risotto , with seared scallops , and of course by the time we finished , there was no scallops left LOL .. just risotto and there it went to the fridge ,…
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Sourdough Bread
Originally posted on Jan , 30th Now we’re on to the real stuff ! Baking sourdough bread . You now have the seed that you store either on the counter if you bake a lot of bread , or in the fridge if you bake bread say once or twice a week , like me . And you have made the mother starter or the preferment , whatever you want to call it . Now we can bake bread . Except it’s not quite that simple and fast .. well the ingredients are simple , you can create bread from just water , flour , and salt . That’s pretty…
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Levain and how to take care of your Starter
The last time we left off , we were around mixing the ‘ mother starter’ or we can call this Levain . That previous entry was all about the starter , without the starter we won’t be able to create a levain to make the bread . So how did the mother levain looks like ? Well after leaving it on the counter for few hours . probably around 4 to 6 hours . This really depends on the temperature in your house , mine was at 68 F , warmer and it will double quicker for you and how strong your strarter is . Remember i have 2 batches…
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Growing Sourdough Starter
A while back ago , i bought Peter Reinhart’s bread book , it has how to step by step to grow seed for sourdough starter . I was always tempted to try it , but at the time i thought such it was such a hassle to make the seed culture aka starter . What is actually seed culture anyway ? Well , it is a mix between flour and water and when you let it sit for a day in room temperature , ideally about 70-80 F , it will eventually grow into seed ( starter ) , where you will turn this mixture when it’s totally developed ,…
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Tres Leches Cake
Never heard of tres leches cake when we were back in Indiana . When we moved to Texas , our friend said tres leches was her favorite , so on her birthday , we had tres leches cake , but it didn’t do any good impression to me because to me the cake was overly sweet . It was just an okay cake , put it this way , i wouldn’t spend $25 for cake like that . It was .. yes .. store bought . Fast forward , my mother in law came to visit over this past holiday , i was too busy to make dessert , so…
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Cinnamon Swirl Bread
It was a hot day , there is basically nothing i wanted to do . Well i do want to something .. but it’s too hot , too hot to go out , wanted to get my pedicure done , too hot just to drive there , wanted to visit a friend .. don’t feel like it because it’s too hot !! What to do ? what should i do ? I asked my husband .. He said ” just make a bread .. you know cinnamon swirl .. ” Me ” cinnamon buns ? ” He said ” No .. the swirl .. ” Oh .. great idea ..…
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Coconut Cream Pie
Coconut cream pie is really yummy , although , for the longest time , i never had interest in trying them when we go out to a pie place , or even when i am in the mood of baking pies . I’ve done many type of pies , from classic apple pie , to pumpkin , all the way to blueberry pie or fruit pie . But never in my life i would try making coconut pie .. it’s just so .. coconut .. nothing really interesting in there . When i was younger , living in tropical island , i had the advantage of eating fresh young coconut…
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Spicy Pulled Pork Pop
Lately i have been a fan of a quick easy and last forever meal .. I just hardly had the time to spend in the kitchen with running around here and there , and homeschooling , and the new hobby of mine of knitting . The kitchen took a step back , but that doesn’t mean i can forgo my family’s meal . I still am a make from scratch kind of a girl , but i love how easy some meal can be prepared but it still delicious and nutritious . Not that this recipe is very healthy for you .. since it has pop / soda in it…
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Breakfast Burrito
The other day i was invited to a friend’s house for a breakfast . She made us breakfast burrito , which was very yummy . I never had breakfast burrito , but as the name calls , it contains tortilla shell ,with scrambled eggs , potatoes , chorizo and salsa . It was delicious . So this morning i thought i should give it a try , beside my family loves chorizo . It turns out really good , not to mention it’s so easy , barely anything to it . The chorizo gives out all the flavor you need so you don’t even need to add any more seasoning…
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Lemon Madeleines
I’ve made Madeleines few times before . And i remember the very first time i was skimping on buttering the mold and ended up ruining madeleines . But they all turned out nice as far as i can remember . Fast forward , the other day i decided to try this recipe from Baking Chez Moi book that my hubby ordered for me around Christmas time . I did mention i wanted this book , i like Doris Greenspan’s cook book , so i figure i might enjoy her french baking book just like the french cook book . The first recipe i tried was the marble cake , it…
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Spanish Chicken with Chorizo
This was our dinner last night .I think i’ve made them few times already , just forgot to blog about it . Although i don’t know how i forgot .. because this meal is totally awesome . Months back i borrowed a cooking book by Nigella Lawson from the library . She used to have a show on the cooking channel and i used to watch her show . One of the recipe that attracts me in that book was this spanish chicken with chorizo . Me and my family are a big fan of chorizo . This spanish sausage is full of flavor that would burst out in your…
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Oatmeal – Raisin Cookies
After a month long full of sweet last December , to be honest with you , though i baked a lot of them , i hardly had any of them . So , last night suddenly , we had the urge to bake easy simple cookies , my choice landed on oatmeal raisin cookies . I always loved oatmeal raisin cookies . So here is easy simple recipe of oatmeal cookies , you can omit the raisin , it’s your choice , but to me , it has to have raisins for me to like them ! Ingredients : 10 tbsp. of softened butter 3/4 cup of white sugar (…
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Praline Rounds
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Frosted Bourbon Brownies
How to make easy brownies !
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Jamaican Jerk Chicken
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Indian Butter Chicken
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Chocolate Orange Loaf
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Grilled Rib Eye Steak with Vegetables
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Boston Cream Pie
easy boston cream pie for delicious dessert
