Cooking Recipes as promised

Hi Carol,

can i check with u, in ur hazelnut cookies, wat is heavy cream? where can i get it?
 


Hi carol

It me again. Sorry to bother u again.

Can I have recipe to bake chiffon cake pls? Thanks

And also recipe to make pineapple tart for cny. I like the pineapple pastry to be soft and once put inside the mouth will melt one instead of those hard pastry.

Thanks so much
 
Hi cutedi,
Heavy cream, also known as whipping cream, is a rich dairy product with a butterfat content of at least 36 percent. For the best flavor and cooking properties, buy 100 percent natural fresh cream with a short shelf life printed on the carton; avoid long-lasting varieties that have been processed by ultraheat methods. Heavy cream is also known as double cream.

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Hi esparto,
Chiffon Cake

2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil
5 egg yolks
3/4 cup cold water
2 teaspoons vanilla
Grated rind of 1 lemon
1 cup egg whites (8 to 9), (warmed to room temperature)
1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar

Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a mixing bowl. Make a well in these dry ingredients, and add (in this order) the oil, egg yolks, water, vanilla, and lemon rind. Beat until smooth. In a separate bowl beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar until the whites form stiff peaks. Do not underbeat the egg whites or the texture and volume of the cake will suffer. Pour the flour mixture gradually over the egg whites, folding in gently with a rubber spatula. Do not stir. When blended, turn into an ungreased 10 inch tube pan.

Bake at 325 degrees F. for 55 minutes, then increase temperature to 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the top springs back when pressed lightly. Immediately invert the tube pan to stand on it's legs, or hang the pan by putting the tube over a bottle neck. When cool, loosen from the pan and remove.

Pineapple tarts Recipe
 
Hi islandpub,
If you have seen the old types of nian gao. The base is covered with banana leaves. just cover the whole base & sides with leaves.

You can get those mini ones, about 6cm Diameter.

You can use both types of steamer. No steamer? can steam in a wok too! The timing is almost the same.
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Hi Carol,

thank u very much, din noe tat choosing whipping cream also got so many knowledge..
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really learn alot from u..
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Hi Carol,

For hazelnut cookies, the flour you saying is wat kind of flour?is it top flour?
Do I need to sift the flour?
 
Hi Carol,

I tried your kueh bangkit recipe over the weekend and hubby said it was too hard. Did I do anything wrong? I followed your recipe closely. He said it should break into powder in the mouth but mine doesn't really happen......
 
Jolene,
Check the following for failure:
1. Did you Over-bake?
2. Oven temp. too hot?
3. Let the cookies cool on the pans for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks.

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Hi

Read a delicious sounding recipe for mixed mushrooms but have lost it in the sea of archived postings... wld be v grateful if someone cld either repost it or tell me roughly when it was posted pls? Tks so much!!!
 
Hi coo,
Thre are quite many recipes in the thread on mushroom, do you remember the name of the dish? or is it a western or chinese dish?
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Hi Carol,

I've a question on Kueh Lapis:
1) How long do you bake for 1 layer? In the recipe I have, it says bake for 5 mins or lightly brown. I baked for abt 8 mins and can only see light brown on top. I repeat the process and after the baking, I check out my cake, the lines are not very obvious one. I heard that cocoa can be used to darken the line. Or any idea how can I improve on it.

thanks
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Hi Carol

Tks for the quick response. I think it was a western dish - olive oil was one of the components - just wanted to know the proportions of types of mushrooms etc. Sounded very yummy! Yes, so many recipes, so got lost unfortunately....
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Hi Dolphin,
I never tried doing that to darken the lines. Hummmm.. must try to find out about this.

I bake for 7mins per layer as I'm using a larger tin.
 
Carol,

Really appreciate your explanation, thks so much.
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oh, what i mean is
1 cup water=??ml
1 cup flour=??g
 
Carol,

sorry, one more question...

glutinous flour and sweet rice flour, which one is better to make nian gao? thks...
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Carol,

that means the lines in between are also not obvious... hmm... does it look like those kueh Lapis selling outside or not?

I saw the recipe you posted earlier, it requires abt 30 egg (if I remember correctly). Do you really use so much egg? My recipe require 7 eggs and the tin I'm using is abt 17cm by 17cm.
 
Hi Carol,

Thanks so much...
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Dolphin,

I haven't tried yet, so don't know leh...
 
Hi Dolphin, I think Jolene tried the Kueh Bangkit recipe. But not very successful leh. I'll try this weekend so wish me luck, ok?
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Cheers
 
Hi Giggler,

Happy Baking & good luck to you. I'm thinking of baking, most probably another weekend. And I also intend to take leave a few days before CNY to do some baking.

Keep me updated on your kueh Bangkit.
 
forgetmenot,
I can't find the shrimp paste used to make shrimp paste chicken in supermarket leh. My mum bought the paste from a zhi-cha stall downstairs.

I only see shrimp paste for rojaks in supermarket.
 
Hi all,

wah.. reading all the archives til my eyes red red liao... hahaha.
anyway, looking for some recipes, wonder if anyone can share?
1. chinese yam cake
2. egg-corn soup? aka "dan hua tang". got corn bits and scattered egg. quite thick one.
3. pasteries/cookies made of egg white. look whitish n brown on the peaks.
4. baked oysters. with bacon n cheese?

Sorry for the poor descriptions, cos long time nv eat, so vaguely remember. Thanks!!!
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Hi neece,
Yam Cake (Wu Tow Ko)

Ingredients:
250g yam — diced
1 cup water

(B)
Mix together then sieve
125g rice flour
20g tapioca flour
1 cup water
1/4 tsp alkaline water

For seasoning:
1 tbsp Maggi chicken stock granules
Salt to taste
Dash of pepper
1/4 tsp sugar

For garnishing:
50g dried prawns — soaked and chopped coarsely
4 shallots — sliced
Chop 2 stalks spring onions
2 sprigs Chinese parsley and
2 red chillies

For chilli sauce:
Mix together till sugar dissolves
10 red chillies — pounded
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp salt
2 tbsp lemon juice

Method:
1. HEAT 4 tbsp oil and saute shallots till crisp. Remove and leave the oil in the wok. Add dried prawns and saute till fragrant. Remove and set aside for garnishing.

2. Add 2 tbsp oil to the remaining oil in the wok, add yam and stir fry well. Mix in water and bring to a boil. Add in (B) and seasoning and cook till batter is fairly thick. Pour thick batter into a well-greased 25cm round tray.

3. Steam till kuih is set and cooked through. Leave aside to cool, then garnish and cut into diamond shapes.

Serve Yam Cake with chilli sauce.

Dan Hua Tang recipe
Serves 2 - 4
Ingredients
4 cups chicken broth or homemade stock
2 tomatoes, cut into 6 equal pieces
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1-2 green onions, cut diagonally into thirds
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
1 tablespoon sugar
Salt to taste
A few drops of sesame oil (if desired)

Directions:
1. In a wok or saucepan, bring the 4 cups of chicken broth to a boil.

2. Add the tomatoes, sugar, white pepper, salt, and the sesame oil if using. Cook for about one more minute. Very slowly pour in the eggs in a steady stream.

3. Use a fork to gently stir the eggs in a clockwise direction until they form thin streams or ribbons.
Garnish with green onion and serve hot.

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Hi Carol,

May i know what is vegetable oil mentioned in Nian Gao recipe? Last night went to NTUC, seached up and down, can't find leh...
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And i've registered a Chinese New Year Cookie class next week, will learn 2 recipes, share with you gals if it tastes good...
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Hi Luckybird,

<FONT COLOR="0077aa">Vegetable oil</FONT> is one of the liquid substances that is extracted from the vegetable. Vegetable oil is almost entirely made up of the fat of the vegetable.

Olive, corn, soybeans and all other seed oils fall into the general family of oils known as vegetable oils.

You can look for corn oil, soybean oil or even sunflower oil under the oil section in the supermarket.

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