胀卜卜的泡芙

泡芙的外层酥酥脆脆的

配搭着浓厚的蛋黄酱内陷

外酥内软的，深受着大家的喜爱

而泡芙的制作程序不算复杂

只是过程有点累人

第一次做的我，从没想过会成功
因为一直听到别人说泡芙很难

然而我却固执的想尝试看看
因为没试过，又怎么懂成功或失败呢

于是就上网搜索了大大小小的网页
最后选择了『君之』的食谱
跟着『君之』的手工烘焙坊 

就成功了~
开心~~~

异地情怀，法式经典甜品~舒芙蕾 Souffle

舒芙蕾又称之为蛋奶酥，源自于法国
而法文Souffle意思是‘吹气’
舒芙蕾的质地松松泡泡，吃起来像云朵般软软绵绵的
然而，这梦幻般的甜点，却要趁热吃
因为，一旦离开了烤箱，就会在短短的一分钟内迅速的扁塌
可以说是一种稍纵即逝的梦幻甜点

舒芙蕾大约在中世纪时代就产生了
是当时富裕人家的餐后甜品
由于当时的法国人一餐往往要花上三至四个小时品尝将近20道佳肴
吃到最后，都吃不下了
所以，当时的厨师想出了这种
过度膨胀，吃了也没什么感觉的甜点

舒芙蕾大部分的组织都是空气
将打发的蛋白和牛奶等混合成的奶黄酱
烤制而成的
由于蛋白里含有大量的空气
一受热便会向上膨胀，高高地耸立在烤杯之上
十分壮观

资料来源 爱在厨房

材料：
A：牛油 适量
砂糖 适量

B：牛油 30g
牛奶 100g
玉米淀粉 15g
砂糖 5g
蛋黄 2个
香草精 1小勺

C：蛋白 2个
砂糖 30g

做法：
1. 将牛油均匀地涂在烤杯上，然后撒上一层砂糖备用。
2. 牛油，牛奶和砂糖加热至牛油融化，倒进玉米淀粉煮至浓稠，离火放凉。
3. 牛奶混合物放凉后，加入蛋黄和香草精搅拌均匀。
4. 蛋白加砂糖打至湿性发泡，尖端呈弯钩状即可。将打发的蛋白和奶黄酱混合均匀，倒入撒了砂糖的烤杯上，送入烤箱烤20-30分钟，180度。

附上几张照片~

胀的好高哦...开心~

没拍几张，就开始塌陷了~

没一会儿就吃光光了~^.^

欣赏

当你做了某些事或者作品时

却没人欣赏

那感受很不好

而所谓的欣赏，不只是给予好评

但也会给予你批评

指出哪里好，哪里需要改进

进而可以改善，做得更好

回忆起以前中学时期和大学时期

烤了蛋糕饼干给朋友们试试

他们都会露出开心的脸

就算是失败品，还是不是很好吃

但他们还是会欣赏

那让我感觉欣慰

前几天想到我就快完成我的实习

刚好我也有回家乡，有充足的设备

所以决定烤些小点心给我的同事们

以答谢他们的照顾

可惜，捧着问他们，要吃吗？

他们都不要和不感兴趣

这让我很受挫

 图取自Google Image

Cute! Octopus Spaghetti were enjoyed hot bath!

Bored with ordinary pasta,

such as Bolognese Spaghetti, Olio Aglio Angel Hair, Macaroni and Cheese and etc?

Let's make your spaghetti looks cute!

Try this out!

Octopus Spaghetti Hot Dogs

It is very easy and fun to make

^.^

Ingredients:

One pack of Spaghetti (I used Vermicelli)

Sausages or Cocktail sausages

One can of Prego Alfredo Pasta Sauce (You may use any flavour of sauce you like)

2 Cheddar cheese slices (Optional~)
Plenty of favorite vegetables

Method:

1. Cut the sausages into big chunks.

2. Stick your sausages with few sticks of spaghetti and set aside.

3. Prepare a pot of boiling water, add in salt and oil, then cook the octopus spaghetti for few minutes (depends on what type of spaghetti you use).

4. Drain it and set aside.

5. Reheat your choice of pasta sauce, since mine is Alfredo sauce, so i add in 2 slice of cheddar cheese to make it more rich.

6. Scoop some of the sauce to the ready spaghetti. Serve it when hot. =)

Notes:

* Do not cut the sausages into too big size, make it small chunks will look nicers

* Do not stick too much spaghetti in one sausage chunk

* I personally think that Vermicelli Pasta is the best to make this octopus spaghetti because it only need 6 minutes to cook it. 

Enjoy your day with this cute Octopus Spaghetti! 

xoxo

Pork Dating @ Betty's Midwest Kitchen

As you know, Malaysia is consider a Muslim country,
so never ever thought of there is a shop that is selling ALL pork menu in Malaysia

Hell yeah! It has ONE in Malaysia

oppsss! Maybe there is two, three, four and ... ... ... etc? Lolz

Betty's Midwest Kitchen @ Aman Suria Damansara

Nice environment, just the space inside is a bit small

It might be one of the lifestyle in US?! 

People love to sit closely

Perhaps

 There are a lot of cute piggy pictures on the wall, cute right?

You have to be early as it will full of crowd when it is almost 7pm

Well, let me show you the picture of the food,

It will tell all the story without words

Side dishes

It has a very unique name, "Dog Food" RM10

You definitely will think, "What the hell, why name it as Dog Food instead of Human Food?" 

Just kidding

but it was the best fries I ever ate

Can you imagine the fries is crispy outside and soft inside, 

dip with the gravy and melted cheese on top

Oh My Goodness! It is just so so so so so so yummy!

Next, main course!

Grilled Beer Braised Boston Butt RM27.50

Classical Meat Loaf RM16.50

How to say this, the first few bites, it is very ncie

but afterwards, you will feel that it was too sour,

too much tomato sauce? Might be?

But it was a good try, you could order and share with your partners

instead of finish it your own, correct?

Pork Chop with Apple RM23

Unbelievable this is just nice and match!

You will not feel it is too much

because the apple sauce is refreshing

Pork Chop with Country Gravy RM23

All of the pork chop is tender, well cooked

It will be too hard if the cook overcook the chop

So ... ... doens't need to say out right?

By the way, they have a very nice and tasty Gravy sauce, seriously!

Second Birthday Cake - Choco Velvet Cake

Red Velvet Cake, was so famous in Western Country
Many of them, I mean bakers love to bake this lovely cake!
And I was fall in love with Red Velvet Cake with my first try at Dreamz Bakery

The sourness make you feel like have 2nd...3rd...4th...5th  and more bite on the cake

You definitely will say "May I have one more piece" 

Lolz

Actually, the charming colour of Red Velvet Cake is comes from a plant,
which called Beets
Beets or beetroots is belong to the Chenopodiaceous family.
There are several benefits of beets such as:
1. Good for heart
2. Avoids birth defects
3. Prevent certain cancers
4. Good for liver
5. Prevent respiratory problems
6. Boosts energy
7. Prevent cataract
8. Capillary fragility
9. Mascular degeneration
10. Stroke

Beets juice helps in the production of human sex hormones. In ancient times, beets was used to cure fever and constipation. In the Middle Ages, beets was also used as a remedy for digestive disorders. Besides that, beets leaves are also good for curing wounds.

However, beets contain oxalates which also called organic acids. If one is have too much of beets, it can cause body fluid to crytallize. So people with kidney or gallbladder problems should avoid beets.

*Information retrieved from Organic Facts*

Ok, since it is my Grandpa's birthday
So I decided to make a birthday cake instead of buying from bakery shop
So, switch on Ipad, gear up and google search for the recipe

found a lot of Red Velvet Cake recipes
most of it using artificial colouring to make it red in colour

but I personally think that

Although the RED colour is very attractive and beautiful

but for the sake of our health
and it is so difficult to get beets in Kampar market

It is better not to put any artificial colouring

Especially it is bake for my grandpa

So just make it as Choco Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

My Masterpiece - Not as decorative as Bakery Shop

But still consider good right?

Sorry that couldn't take the picture of the process due to I am rushing to finish it at the evening on that day

So...

Only have this few

The recipe was retrieved from Martha Stewart 

and the Cream Cheese Frosting was retrieved from Pinch My Salt

Please refer to the links above for ingredients and methods

Note: 

(1) The cake body from Martha Stewart is too sweet, so I reduce the amount of sugar to 1 cup, but it is still sweet. Maybe you could reduce more since the ingredients of frosting are mostly sugar.

(2) Personally added about 10 teaspoon of lemon juice into the Cream Cheese Frosting.

It was a bit too liquid, have to modify a little bit next time. First time was the experiment.

By the way, according to my colleague,
she claimed that Red velvet Cake from The Bee & Ben's Cafe is used beets!
Should pay a visit next time!
xoxo

It's been a while

It's been a while, away from my blog

Why?

There are several reasons why I'm not active in blog all this while

(1) My laptop is not perform well, it is gonna hurt my eyes if I continue using the stupid laptop!

(2) I having my internship now

(3) Prepare own lunch box is tiring, so....

(4) Busy for CNY stuff like baking CNY cookies and etc, busyyyyyyy

(5) Since CNY, I was back hometown almost every week
(6) ... ... .... anything else?

Lolz...

I think that's all

By the way, time flies

Today already week 10 for my internship programme

another 3 weeks, then I will end my 3 years of study

It's time to enter to the REAL world

Can I go back to kindergarden which has a lot of joy?

During this 8 weeks of internship
Honestly, didn't do much in PR things
it is more on admins work
but at least I able to write news release twice
although it is being edited by my mentor and senior

Well, only a few months, what can I expect?
It is takes time to learn everything
It is still ok at least, I able to work little bit of things that related to the course I study

By the way, tomorrow I am going to send goodies bags to editors
It is consider one of the PR task
as PR have to maintain good relationship with media

Although I'm handling most admins works
but it is also a good platform for me practice how to talk to others through phone
as PR always need to do so too, right?

But it is one major thing I NEED to improve
which is my language, ENGLISH!
It is the weakness of me
Due to the poor English no matter in spoken or written form
It makes me feel embarrass when wanna to talk with others
Especially my colleagues all are English educated
=="
haizzzz....