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Rosemary Focaccia

January 5, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

It’s an easy and yummy bread.

Ingredients:

Bread flour 200g

Water 150g

Yeast 4 g

Salt 4 g

Rosemary

Olive oil 50 ml

1. Mix flour, water and salt in a big bowl.

2. Knead into dough till smooth and cling together around 10 mins.

3. Brush olive oil in a bowl and place dough into it. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let it rise till 2 times as big as before.

5. Press the dough into baking pan. Sprinkle rosemary, salt and black pepper. Also sprinkle some olive oil.

6. Cover the dough with plastic wrap for another 20 mins.

7. Poke the dough by finger for several times. Sprinkle some olive oil again.

8. Preheat oven to 200 degree C. And bake for 25 mins or till surface turns golden brown.

The bread is really delicious. It can also be served with soup:

Pumpkin soup

https://chewbaccascook.wordpress.com/2016/08/21/pumpkin-soup/

Bacon potato soup

https://chewbaccascook.wordpress.com/2016/09/11/bacon-potato-soup/

Chinese, Soup, Uncategorized

Soy Beans & Pig’s Feet Soup

January 4, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

Pig’s feet are very popular among women due to abundant collagen.

1. Soak soy beans in water for hours till they get a bit softened.

2. Add enough water in clay pot. ( clay pot is perfect for slow cooking dishes). Put pig’s feet in pot. Turn to high heat. When water boiled, flip pig’s feet over and braise for another minute or 2. Then turn off the heat. Take pig’s feet out. Rinse and drain.

3. Add clean water in clay pot and put pig’s feet in again. Also put in soaked soy beans, several ginger slices, and star anise. Turn to low height. Cover the pot with lid and slow cook for 2 hours.

4. Before serving, sprinkle some salt and chopped spring onion.

My husband loves it.

baking, Cake, chocolate, Uncategorized

Easy Chocolate Cake

December 31, 2016 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

I followed this recipe:

http://www.food.com/recipe/sue-bs-chocolate-cake-31804?photo=3558
Ingredients:

3/4 cup cocoa powder

3/4 cup boiling water

1 cup buttermilk

1 cup canola oil

4 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 cup sugar

2 cups flour

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp baking soda
1. Mix cocoa powder with boiling water.

2. Mix buttermilk, oil, eggs and vanilla.

3. Mix sugar, flour, salt and baking soda.

4. Add dry ingredients into buttermilk mixture.

5. Add cocoa mixture into batter.

6. Pour into baking pan.

7. Preheat oven to 180 degree C and bake for 30 mins.
It’s really an easy cake to bake. Yet, it’s very moist and delicious.

mushroom, pizza, Uncategorized

Mushroom & Bacon Pizza

December 9, 2016 chinesetuition88 2 Comments

For the pizza dough, please refer to:

https://chewbaccascook.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/easy-thin-pizza/

For the white sauce, please refer to:

https://chewbaccascook.wordpress.com/2016/10/25/spinach-bacon-pizza/

1. Use a fork to poke on the pizza dough several times.

2. Brush pizza dough with white sauce.

3. Spread Mushroom slices.

4. Sprinkle bacon bits.

5. Sprinkle cheese.

Preheat oven to 230 degree C and bake for 10-15 mins.

Chinese, Pork, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Stir Fry Pork With Cauliflowers

December 7, 2016 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

I like this dish very much. There are usually two kinds of cauliflower. One is the type having long stem, and the other’s stem is short. I prefer the first type. It tastes better. And it’s ideal to be stir fried.

1. Heat a little oil in the pan. Put in pork slices. Stir fry till a bit golden brown. Then take pork out.

2. Leave the oil in the pan. Heat it again. Add in a little chopped garlic and ginger. Stir fry a bit.

3. Add in cauliflower (torn into small parts already). Stir fry till the edge of cauliflower becomes a bit golden brown.

4. Put pork slices back in the pan. Stir fry with cauliflower evenly.

5. Add in chopped red chili and 1 tsp of light soy sauce. Stir fry evenly.

6. Because my cauliflower pieces were kind of big, so I added 2 tsp water, turned to medium heat. And covered the pan with lid for 2-3 mins.

7. Remove the lid. Turn to high height. Sprinkle some salt and stir fry evenly.

Chicken, Uncategorized

Sweet & Sour Chicken Meatball

December 6, 2016 chinesetuition88 2 Comments

Chicken meatball was bought from supermarket.

1. Melt some butter in the pan. Put in chicken meatball. Pan fry them till the surface becomes a bit golden brown.

2. Add in 3 or 4 tsp tomato sauce and 2 tsp sugar. Stir them well to let meatball be coated with sauce.

3. Pour in water reaches half height of meatball.

4. Turn to medium low heat. Cover the pan with lid. Simmer for around 30 mins or till sauce becomes condensed. Flip them several times while simmering.

5. Once sauce becomes condensed, they are ready to serve.

bread, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Salted Butter Spread For Bread

December 6, 2016 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

My husband loves spreading salted butter on bread. Yet, today we only had unsalted butter in the fridge. So I made this spread by myself. It’s very easy to make.

Soften butter you need in a small bowl. Sprinkle some salt, a little mixed herbs and garlic powder. Then stir and blend them well.

It tastes great. My husband loves it more than salted butter. I saw his eyes light up when he had a bite of bread with this spread. 🙂

Chinese, Soup, Uncategorized

Big Bone White Gourd Soup

December 3, 2016 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

It’s an easy soup to cook. But it needs at least one hour.

Put big bone in a deep pot with enough water. Turn to high heat.

When water boils, take the big bone out and rinse. Pour the water in the pot out.

Big bone in the pot again with enough water. Turn to medium heat. When water boils, turn to low heat. And slow cook for at least half an hour. I cooked it for 1 hour.

Add in white gourd pieces and some wolf berries. Simmer for at least another half an hour.

Sprinkle salt to season and some chopped spring onion. And ready to serve.