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Beef, Potato, Uncategorized, Vegetables

Beef Potato Stew

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Ingredients:

Beef (cut into slices)

Onion (chopped into shreds)

Potato & carrot ( cut into medium chunk)

Sauce:

Light soy sauce: cooking wine: sugar =3:2:1
1. Heat a little oil in the pan. Put in beef slices and stir fry a bit.

2. Take the beef out in the plate.

3. Add a little more oil in the pan. Put in onion, potato and carrot. Stir fry for 2-3 mins.

4. Add in sauce. Stir fry evenly.

5. Pour in enough hot water covers all ingredients. Also add beef back in the pan.


6. Cover the pan with lid and braise for 20-30 mins till potato and carrot turns softened. Then ready to serve.


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Crispy Almond Twist

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It’s a super easy snack.

Ingredients:

Puff pastry

Egg

Chopped almond or grate almond

Sugar
1. Brush puff pastry with egg.

2. Sprinkle sugar and grate almond over it evenly.

3. Use a rolling pin roll the pastry to press almond and sugar into it. Or you can just use your palm.

4. Flip the pastry over and repeat step 1,2 & 3.

5. Cut pastry into strips. And twist them slightly.

6. Preheat oven to 200 degree C. At the same time, let the pastry rest for around 10 mins.


6. Bake for 15-20 mins. Till they turn golden brown.


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Cashew Nut Cookies

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It’s a traditional Chinese snack. And it’s very easy to make.

Ingredients:

Butter 100g softened

Sugar 60 g

Egg (half for the dough, half to brush on the dough)

Flour 180g

Baking soda 1/2 tsp

Salt 1 pinch

Cashew nuts some

1. Cream butter with sugar in a bowl.

2. Add in half egg. Stir well.

3. Add in dry ingredients ( flour, baking soda and salt).

4. Knead all ingredients into a dough ball. And refrigerate for 30 mins.

5. Divide the big dough into many small ones. Each is around 8-9 g.

6. Preheat oven to 175 degree C.

7. Brush small dough balls with egg. Then press cashew nut on each one lightly.

8. Brush egg on cashew and dough again.


9. Bake for 20 mins.



They smell so good and taste very nice as well. Very crispy.

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Dried Cranberry Shortbread

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It’s super easy and delicious.

Original recipe:

https://www.google.com.sg/amp/www.food.com/amp/recipe/dried-cranberry-shortbread-340103

Ingredients:

1 cup unsalted butter softened

3/4 cup icing sugar

1 tsp vanilla

2 cup flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup dried cranberries finely chopped
1. Preheat oven to 160 degree C.

2. Mix butter , sugar, vanilla, flour and salt by hand in a bowl till just combined.

3. Fold in dried cranberries.

4. Press dough into baking pan.

5. Bake for 30 mins till pale golden.

6. Cool and cut.




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Rosemary Focaccia

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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/

Or

Bacon potato soup

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

Chinese, Pork, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Stir Fry Pork With Cauliflowers 

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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.

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Scrambled Egg with Leek

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It’s a very easy dish. I learned from my father. He seems to like this dish very much. 

Beat two or three eggs in a bowl. Mix well.  Heat a little oil in the pan. Pour egg in. Once the bottom solidifies, stir with chopsticks. And dish out once a little done.

Cut leek into medium pieces. Heat a little oil in the pan. Put leek in. Stir fry till leek turns darker in color and softened. 

Sprinkle some salt. Stir fry for another minute or two. Add in scrambled egg. Stir fry evenly. 

Chinese, Pork, Quick recipe, Uncategorized, Vegetables

Stir Fry Cabbage With Pork

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

2. Add in chopped ginger, garlic and chili. Stir fry a bit.

3. Put in chopped cabbage pieces. Stir fry till softened.

4. Add in 1 tsp light soy sauce, and 1 tsp oyster sauce. Stir fry till cabbage is done.

5. Sprinkle a little salt to season.

Beef, mushroom, Pork, Uncategorized

Easy Beef/Pork Wellington

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My husband wanted to have beef steak, but we didn’t  have any at home. So I cooked Pork Wellington using the recipe of Beef Wellington.

The result was surprisingly good. Pork tested very tender and juicy.

The following is an easy way to cook pork in this way:


1. Season the pork with salt and black pepper.


2. Since the thick steak tests better, I used kitchen twine.


3. Heat some butter in a pan.


4. Put the pork in when the butter is heated. And fry every side of the pork.


5. Frying is done.


6. Stir fry chopped onion, mushroom, and garlic. Add some salt and black pepper powder. ( I don’t have other spices or wine.)


7. Bacon at the bottom, mixture of mushroom and onion in the middle, pork on the top. Do remember to take the kitchen twine off.


8. Roll the pork with bacon and make it a small bun. Wrap it tight and put into fridge for 30 minutes.


9. As to puff pastry, I chose roti prata, which is an easy and quick way.


10. Wrap the pork with roti prata.


11. Put it into fridge for another ten minutes.


12. Preheat oven 200 degree. You can make some decorative pattern on the surface if you want. Then brush it with egg. Put into oven for 20-25 minutes.


13. Dress the dish with some vegetables.

Enjoy your meal!