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baking, chocolate, Cookie, Uncategorized

White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

February 26, 2018 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

The original recipe:

http://naturallyella.com/2010/02/08/white-chocolate-cranberry-cookies-and-a-great-weekend/

I changed it a bit.

Butter 170g

1 cup dark brown sugar ( you can also use light brown sugar)

1/4 cup white sugar

1/4 tsp vanilla

3/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 egg

2 1/4 cup flour

2 cup white chocolate

1 cup dried cranberries

1. Preheat oven to 190 degree C.

2. Cream butter with brown sugar & white sugar till light and fluffy.

3. Add in vanilla, baking powder, salt, baking powder and egg one after another.

4. Add in flour. Mix till just combine.

5. Fold in white chocolate chips and dried cranberries.

6. Place small dough balls on baking tray and bake for 12 mins.

Cookies are soft and white chocolate melted. Actually, I already reduced sugar. But these cookies are still a little too sweet for me. So if you don’t want them to be very sweet, you can also use less sugar.

salmon, Uncategorized

Plum Sauce & Garlic Salmon

February 24, 2018 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

This is my first try on salmon with plum sauce. It turns out not bad.

1. Prepare a salmon fillet around 400 g. I cut it into medium pieces.

2. Sprinkle a little salt and black pepper over it. Only a little salt is needed, because it will be marinated for a while.

3. For marinade:

4 tbsp plum sauce, 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, 3 minced garlic cloves and 1 tsp minced ginger.

4. Place salmon in a zip bag. Pour the marinade into it. Let salmon rest for 20-30 mins and have a good soak in the sauce.

Preheat oven to 200 degree C.

Put salmon on the baking pan. Spread sauce with garlic on salmon. Bake for 20 mins.

Very juicy and tender.

https://flic.kr/p/Gm7vNo

duck, Uncategorized

Oven Roasted Orange Duck Leg

February 23, 2018 chinesetuition88 1 Comment

My husband loves roasted duck. I used to make roasted duck leg in this way:

Roasted Duck Leg

But this time I want to try something different. It’s Chinese New Year, which means there are so many mandarin oranges. So i just have that thought, using oranges to cook roasted duck leg.

First, make the marinade:

Juice of a medium orange
1/2 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp honey

Mix them well.

Sprinkle a little salt and black pepper over duck leg. To make duck more tasty, I poked it with toothpicks. But I didn’t poke skin just want to keep skin complete and looks great after cooking.

Cut the duck leg at the point like one finger below the joint. So when it’s baked, it will shrink and expose the bone. Put duck leg in a zip bag. Pour the marinade in. And let duck stay in fridge for overnight.

When you are ready to cook, first preheat oven to 170 degree C. Take the duck out and drain. Don’t discard the marinade, it would be used to make sauce. Wipe the skin with kitchen towel. In a small bowl, mix 1/2 tsp honey, 1/2 tsp vinegar and 1/2 tsp water. Brush it over the duck skin. After it got dried, brush again. Repeat for like 2 or 3 times. Put the duck leg into over and roast for 40 mins.

Pour the marinade into sauce pan. Add in 1 tablespoon water. Heat with low heat and keep stirring till condensed.

Spread orange sauce in a plate, put the roasted duck leg over it. You can also garnish the dish with orange peel. But remember to remove the white part first.

My husband loved it very much.

https://flic.kr/p/23waCRS

Cut duck leg at one finger below the joint. Poke duck with toothpicks for severest times. Marinate duck leg with 1 fresh orange juice, 1/2 tsp lemon juice and 2 tsp honey for overnight.

Preheat oven to 170 degree C. Mix 1/2 tsp water, 1/2 tsp honey, and 1/2 tsp vinegar in a small bowl. Brush duck skin with it for 2-3 times. Brushing should Wait till it’s dry. Roast duck leg for 40 mins.
Heat marinade in a sauce pan. Add in 1 tablespoon water. Keep stirring till condensed.
Serve the duck with sauce

Fish, Uncategorized

Braised Fish in Brown Sauce

February 23, 2018 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

Fish is a must-have dish during Chinese New Year. In Chinese fish is 鱼（yú）, which sounds like another character 余. 余 means extra or surplus. So we always say 年年有余（nián nián yǒu yú），that means May you always get more than you wish.

Braised fish in brown sauce is a regularly-seen dish on Chinese dining table. And it’s kind of my husband’s favorite way of cooked fish.

This cooking method is ideal for those fish from lake or river, not very very skinny type. And if the fish is from deep sea, this method is not recommended. Braised with sauce is a good way to add more flavor to plain fish and it will also reduce fish’s original freshness at the same time.

Ingredients:

2 rabbit fish

Oil 2 tsp

Dark soy sauce 1 tablespoon

Light soy sauce 1 tablespoon

Cooking wine 1 tablespoon

Sugar 1 1/2 tbsp

Ginger 3 slices

Garlic slices of 2 cloves

Bay leaves

Star anise

Hot water 1 cup

Shredded spring onion

1. Wipe the fish with kitchen towel to make them dry.

2. Heat 2 tsp oil in the pan. Put fish inside. Fry each side for 2-3 mins or till a bit brown.

3. Add in ginger, garlic, bay leaves, star anise. Stir till aromatic.

4. Add in dark & light soy sauce, cooking wine, sugar and water.

5. Cover pan with lid. Braise with medium heat for 10 mins. Then flip fish over and braise for another 8 mins.

6. Take the fish out into the plate. Keep heating the pan to reduce sauce to the consistency you want.

7. Pour sauce over fish and garnish with shredded spring onion.

You can also heat another 2 tablespoon oil and pour over spring onion and enjoy the sizzling.

https://flic.kr/p/24AWrhz

Chinese, Pork

Sweet & Sour Pineapple Pork

February 22, 2018 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

Ingredients:

Pork ( cut into small cubes or slices)

Corn starch

Egg 1

Pineapple cubes 1/2 cup drained

Onion 1

Spring onion

Tomato sauce 3 tablespoon

Sugar 1 tablespoon

Water

Salt

1. Put pork slices in a bowl. Add in a little salt and 1 tablespoon corn starch. Mix with hand. Let them rest for 10-15 mins.

2. Beat one egg into the bowl. Mix well. Then add in 3-4 tablespoon corn starch. Mix well with hand again.

3. Deep fry pork slices in oil. Take them out when turns a golden brown.

4. Heat the oil and fry the pork for the second time to make the Shell hard and crispy.

5. Heat a little oil in the pan. Add in chopped onion. Sauté till aromatic.

6. Add in pineapple cubes, 3 tablespoon tomato sauce, 1 tablespoon sugar ( if you don’t want it to be very sweet, you can reduce sugar). Dissolve 1 tsp corn starch in 2 tsp water. Also pour starch water into pan.

7. Keep stirring the sauce. When the sauce reduces to condensed. Put the fried pork back into the pan. Stir to let each pork be coated with sweet & Sour Sauce.

8. Garnish with chopped spring onion. And serve hot.

https://flic.kr/p/ETwp7D

baking, pizza, Quick recipe, tomato, Uncategorized

Thin Tomato Pizza

February 22, 2018 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

For the pizza dough, please refer to:

https://chewbaccascook.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/simple-pizza/

Press dough into baking pan. Poke with fork several times.

Brush pizza dough with pizza paste and any paste you like. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese slices over it with cherry tomato slices.

It’s really easy and quick.

Preheat oven to 220 degree C.

Put pizza into oven and bake for 15-18 mins till cheese melts.

Beef, Potato

Potato Wedges & Steak

February 21, 2018 chinesetuition88 2 Comments

This is the first time for me to try potato wedges at home.

The recipe I referred to :

http://natashaskitchen.com/2013/01/18/oven-baked-potato-wedges/

1. Rinse 3 potatoes under water. Cut into halves. Then cut the half into 3 or 4 pieces.

2. Soak potato wedges into icing water for half an hour.

3. Preheat oven to 220 degree C.

4. Wipe potato wedges with kitchen towel and make them dry.

5. Put all the wedges into big bowl or a zip bag. Add in 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper and 1/2 tsp paprika powder. Mix them evenly. Add in 1 tsp oil. Mix again to let each one be coated with seasoning and oil evenly.

6. Line wedges on baking pan.

7. Bake for around 30 mins or till potato gets burnt on edges.

For the steak.

1. Wipe steak with kitchen towel to make sure steak is very dry on surface.

2. Season with salt and black pepper.

3. Heat a little oil in a pan. When it’s smoky hot. Put the steak in. Fry for 5 mins.

4. Flip the steak. Cut in 2 tablespoon butter, add in 2 or 3 cloves garlic and thyme. Fry for another 4 mins. If you want steak to be a bit more rare, you can shorten the frying time.