Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Bolognese Beef Spaghetti

- onion, chopped
- garlic cloves, crushed
- lean minced beef
- mushrooms, drained
- fresh or dried bay leaves
- dried oregano or a small handful of fresh leaves, chopped
- dried thyme or a small handful of fresh leaves, chopped
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- fresh basil leaves, torn into small pieces
- 800g-1kg/1¾-2¼lb dried spaghetti
- Lots of freshly grated parmesan, to serve
- Heat the oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan and fry the bacon until golden over a medium heat. Add the onions and garlic, frying until softened. Increase the heat and add the minced beef. Fry it until it has browned, breaking down any chunks of meat with a wooden spoon. Reduce the temperature and stir in the tomatoes, drained mushrooms, bay leaves, oregano, thyme and balsamic vinegar.
- Either blitz the sun-dried tomatoes in a small blender with a little of the oil to loosen, or just finely chop before adding to the pan. Season well with salt and pepper. Cover with a lid and simmer the Bolognese sauce over a gentle heat for 1-1½ hours until it's rich and thickened, stirring occasionally. At the end of the cooking time, stir in the basil and add any extra seasoning if necessary.
- Remove from the heat to 'settle' while you cook the spaghetti in plenty of boiling salted water (for the time stated on the packet). Drain and divide between warmed plates. Scatter a little parmesan over the spaghetti before adding a good ladleful of the Bolognese sauce, finishing with a scattering of more cheese and a twist of black pepper.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Butter Cake with Genoise creme Anglaise

- Flour
- Sugar
- Baking Powder
- Vanilla Essence
- Icing Sugar
- Butter
- Eggs
- Milk
- Egg Yolk
- Mint Leaf
Combine & sieve flour & baking powder. Prepare & lineup mould for cakes. Heatup oven to baking temperature. Cream butter, sugar & vanilla essence until creamy & light. Add in eggs one by one. Mixwell add in milk. Putin prepared cake mould & bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes at temperature 160’c. Prepare cream anglaise & nape consistency. Portion garnish & dust with icing sugar. serve with creme anglaise.
Lamb Stew

- Onion
- Carrot
- Thyme
- Parsly
- Potatoes
- Challot
- Garlic
- Celery
- Leeks
- Tomato Puree
- Cheese Powder
Prepare mirepox carrot, onion, leeks, celery & mix with tomato paste. Sit for 5-30 minutes until turning brown. Add some butter into flying pan & put some onion, garlic, carrot, rosemary & thyme. After that, put all the lamb & add on stock (juice of the stocks) .
ChocOlate Chips Cookies

Baking Soda
Gralunated Sugar
Brown Sugar
Salt
Vanilla Essence
Bread Flour
Walnuts
Chocolate Chips
Butter
Eggs
Prepare Basic Dough : Sift baking soda & soft flour. Cream Butter & both sugar.
Add in eggs to the butter mixture.
Add in salt and vanilla.
Mix in the flour mixture.
Lastly combine in walnuts & chocolate chips.
Method : Shape dough into small balls & put on baking tray.
Bake at 190celcius until golden brown.
Store in an airtight container when it is cold.
Bolognese Spaghetti
American Chocolate Cake

Butter
Brown Sugar
Vanilla Essence
Eggs
Plain Flour
Baking Soda
Baking Powder
Cocoa Powder
Whipping Cream
Chocolate Bar
Line & Grease a 10” round baking tin. Preheat oven at 170’c. In an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar & essence until light & fluffy. Gradually add in eggs until well-mixted. Add in sieved ingredients alternate with cocoa mixture on low speed. Pour into prepared tin & bake for 1 hour. Cool cake & sloce cake into 3 layers horizontally. Spread one layer with half of chocolate filling & top with another layer. Spread with remaining chocolate filling & top with the last layer of cake. Pour warm chocolate topping & tilt cake around to coat & let the excess flow down the sides.
Swiss Roll

sugar
milk
vanilla essence
soft flour
corn flour
melted butter
Method :
- Prepare Basic :Whisk egg, sugar, milk & vanilla essence with a balloon whisk over double boiler. Beat continuously, lifting the whisk in order to trap as much air into the mixture. Continue until mixture is light, creamy and double in bulk. Remove from heat and fold in flour very gently. Gently put in melted butter.
- Set Sponge to Bake : Greased trays & lineup with greaseppeper. Pour in sponge mixture & bake at 200’c for 20minutes.
- Prepare Swiss Roll :Turn out sponge on to a sheet of paper (Sprinkled with castor sugar). Remove the lining paper. Spread topping onto the sponge. Roll sponge thighly & keep in the chiller.
- Dress Swiss Roll : Remove paper & cut into pieces. Sprinkled with icing sugar when serve.
Tarte Alsacience "Tarte aux pommes"

-apple
-sugar
-cinnamon powder
-water
-lemon
-butter
-soft flour
-egg yolk



