Quiche

My elder sister introduce this dish when we had lunch out a while back. Its one of her favorites.

Found this recipe in a recipe book I found in the library. It is just 'awesome'!



Mushroom & Onion Quiche

Pastry case:
Shortcrust pastry

225 gm plain flour } sifted
1/2 tsp salt }
65 gm chilled butter
65 gm chilled vegetable shortening
1 1/2 tbsp cold water

1. Sift & add in chilled butter & shortening, rub in till looks like breadcrumbs.
2. Stir in water till mixture just start to stick together.
3. Rolled dough and lined into a baking dish.
4. Bake at 180C for 10 mins.

Filling mixture
300 ml double cream
3 large eggs
salt & ground black pepper
1 small can of button mushroom - sliced
some sliced onions

Beat eggs lightly, add in cream & pepper. Add in mushroom & onions
Pour into half baked pastry case & bake for 20 mins or till cooked.

More pre ramadhan cookies

I have been busy last week baking cookies for relatives & friends who are going abroad. May you all reached your destinations safely, insya'allah. Hopefully, somebody is happy with these cookies, as this is the least that I can 'courier' without the food getting rotten on the way. Enjoy the cookies!

By the way, I have some recipes posted below.



Mexican Mocha Balls

Ingredients:

1 cup butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp instant coffee crystals
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup finely chopped almonds/walnuts
some icing sugar for dusting

Method:

1. Cream butter, sugar & vanilla till light & creamy.
2. Stir in flour, cocoa, coffee & salt.
3. Gradually, beat (2) into (1).
4. Stir in nuts, mix well. Chill for 1 hour.
5. Form into 1 inch balls.
6. Bake at 175C for 20 minutes or middle is crisp.
7. While warm but not hot, dust with icing sugar.



Biskut Suji Badam

1 kg tepung gandum
350gm badam kisar
400 gm gula icing
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp soda bicarbonate
secubit garam
minyak jagung secukupnya

1. Masukkan semua bahan kedalam bekas kecuali minyak, gaul rata.
2. Masuk minyak sedikit2 hingga jadi doh yang boleh di terap.
3. Bakar pada suhu 170C selama 20 minit.

Selamat menyambut ramadhan

Rainbow cookies

Cookie ni sedap. The kids lovee them, colorful agaknya.

Recipe pun dari aunty yochana's blog, a singaporean.

Rainbow cookies

100 gm butter
60 gm ghee
80 gm sugar - i used castor sugar
50 gm egg - 1 medium sized egg
250 gm plain flour
30 gm custard powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp milk powder
60 gm ground almond
pink & orange coloring
some fine sugar

1. Cream butter, ghee, sugar & salt till light and creamy.
2. Add in beaten eggs & the rest of the ingredients except coloring.
3. Divide into 3 parts, orange, pink & plain
4. Roll & toss in fine sugar & place in small paper cups.
5. Bake at 160C for 20 minutes or till cooked.


rolled beef lasagna

resepi nya sama je macam lasagna biasa, cuma presentation je lain and rasanya lagi senang nak buat..
Lepas dah lembutkan lasagna pieces tu, isi sedikit daging cincang dari red sauce, and gulung macam popiah. Then susun dalam bekas, tuang red sos then tuang white sauce. Saya letak metball sekali dalam red sauce. Lepas tu atas susun cheese. bake macam biasa.
Red sauce kena banyak sikit so that nak tenggelamkan rolled lasagna tu.
Anak-anak suka.

ni belum masak..nampak tak, lasagna tu dah tenggelam dgn red sauce, atas tu white sauce, belum letak cheese lagi.



ni huzaifah punya..dia suruh ibu ambil gambar mangkuk dia..dah 3 helping tu....

Cookies

Baru lepas nangis...enjoying his cookie


Many other shapes too....other than gingerbreadman

My youngest has been pestering me to bake gingerbreadman cookies. He saw the gingerbreadman cookie cutter i bought recently and plus the fact that this 'gingerbreadman' is one of the cartoon that appears in the online learning that he frequently selected.

I used the pressed cookie recipe that i found from the internet at Aunty Yochanas blog, to make this cookie. The last cookie batch was pressed by Alya, zulaikha & huzaifah, and they enjoyed themselves very much. First time 'ibu' allowed them to have ago at cookie making...part of learning process...

Here's the recipe: a very easy recipe

Pressed cookie shortbread

120 gm plain flour
60gm rice flour
60 gm castor sugar
120 gm butter
1 tsp almond essence
1 tbsp fine sugar - for sprinkling

Mix all ingredients together. Do not overwork kneading dough.
Knead lightly and make into small balls. Press with cookie cutter.
Sprinke with sugar.
Bake at 160C for 15 minutes or till cooked and crispy.



My first attempt at making cuppies for wedding.

More Cupcakes for birthdays!

This is a belated entry for another batch of cupcakes for Alya's 7th birthday. My kids are asking me to make Upin & Ipin's cupcakes decoration. I have seen one in a bake shop, but it is for bigger cakes..cannot fit my little cutie cup cakes...think I'll make some before ramadhan..

Cup cakes Craze

First try with chocolate cream topping


Cupcakes with buttercream , the girls just loveee them.

Apple crumble

Life has been quite hectic lately.

We went back to Gebeng twice in March, one wedding and an engagement ceremony of close relatives back home.

The cupcakes were for Iman's 12th birthday. There were some leftover frozen pastry, thus the apple crumble!



Enjoy the pictures !

Traditional vs modern cooking

In this entry, I have several backdated recipes to share, modern and traditional recipes...could not make time to post earlier...my schedule is very tight compared to when I had a 9-5++ job before. But I loveed it anyway...

This cheesecake recipe is taken from the book Favourite Cupcakes and cheesecakes. The kids and me love both cakes. Dear hubby just eat whatever is served on the table...he's gaining weight by the look of it though...


Cheesecake Cookies

Base
70gm butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup plain flour

Filling
1/2 cup sugar
250gm cream cheese (1 packet), softened
1 egg
2 tbsp milk
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 180C.

BASE

2. In a medium bowl, blend butter, brown sugar, and flour with a fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
3. Put 1 cup of the mixture aside for topping. Press remaining mixture into a 20X20X5 cm baking dish, bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

Filling

4. In another bowl, combine sugar and cream cheese, mixing until smooth. Thoroughly beat in egg, mil, lemon juice and vanilla. Spread over the baked base and sprinkle with remaining brown sugar mixture. Bake for 25 minutes or till cooked. Cool, then chill for at least 1 hour. Cut into squares.

Marble Chocolate cheesecake

Resepi kak Liza , dia ni memang terror masak..

Bahan A
180gm butter
170gm gula castor
3 biji telor
20gm serbuk koko ]
120gm tepung superfine ] di ayak bersama
1 tsp baking powder ]

Bahan B
250gm cream cheese, pada suhu bilik
60 gm gula castor
1 tsp vanilla esen
1 biji telor

Cara:

1. Panaskan oven pada suhu 160C.
2. Putar butter dengan gula hingga putih, perlahankan mixer, masukkan telor satu persatu. Putar laju hingga gula kembang dan hancur.
3. Masukkan tepung sedikit demi sedikit hingga habis, gaul rata.
4. Dalam bekas yang lain bersih dan kering, masukkan cream cheese, gula dan vanilla, putar hingga sebati.
5. Masukkan telur dan putar lagi hingga gula hancur dan adunan berkrim.
6. Tuang 1/2 adunan coklat kedalam loyang 8x8x3 yang telah dilenser.
7. Tuang semua adunan cream cheese dan ratakan.
8. Tuang baki adunan coklat dan ratakan.
9. Bakar 40-45 hingga masak. Biarkan sejuk sebelum dipotong.



Kuih Abok-abok

My late mum used to cook this kueh when I was small. I loved this kueh. My next attempt will be kuih lopes.

Bahan:
2 cawan sagu putih
1.5 cawan kelapa parut putih
1.5 cawan gula merah ( yang macam gula tebu tu)
sedikit garam
daun pisang

Cara:

1. Basuh sagu dan rendam dalam 5 minit, toskan airnya.
2. Gaul sagu, kelap dan garam ikut rasa.
3. Daun pisang, di potong segi empat tepat dan layukan atas api sebentar agar senang di bentuk.
4. Bentukkan daun pisang menjadi kon.
5. Masukkan 1.5 tbsp campuran sagu tadi kedalam kon.
6. Masukkan 1 tsp gula merah keatas sagu, dan masukkan lagi sedikit sagu keatas gual merah.
7. Gulungkan kon dengan kemas dan lipat hujungnya.
8. Kukus selama 30 minit atau hingga masak.


Pau

Resepi ni pun dapat dari mat gebu, memang lembut dan gebu.

Bahan:
240 gm tepung pau/hongkong/waterlily
1 tsp Double-action baking powder - ada dijual di kedai bhn kek
1 tsp yis
1/2 tsp garam
25 gm lemak sayur/shortening
100 ml air suam - saya lebihkan sikit kerana adunan agak keras ]
30gm gula halus ]
1/2 tsp cuka ] satukan, kacau sebati
Inti kacang merah

Cara:
1. Satukan tepung, yis, garam dan baking powder, gaul rata.
2. Tuang air yang di campurkan cuka tadi perlahan-lahan, gaul rata hingga jadi doh.
3. Masuk lemak sayur, uli lagi hingga doh jadi lembut dan kenyal.
4. Biar doh naik (dlm 45 min).
5. Bulat2kan doh, isi inti, lapik dengan kertas minyak /daun pisang. Sapu dengan lemak sayur. Rehatkan 25 minit.
6. Kukus selama 15 minit hingga masak.


Ni saje je test buat cupcakes dengan whipped cream deco.