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Mini Sausage Rolls


In a small bowl, mix melted butter,  a little salt, black pepper and mixed herbs.

Use a fork to poke a few times on mini sausage. Cut puff pastry (or roti prata) into long and thin strips. Dip the sausage in butter first. Then roll it with pastry strips. Brush egg mixture on the pastry’s surface.

Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Bake for 25mins.

Easy Banana Pie


It’s super easy. All you need are one banana, one puff pastry (or you can use a roti prata pastry like I did), one egg.

1. Cut roti prata in two halves. 

2. Put banana slices on one half. And put the other half on the top. 

3. Use a folk to press the edge. Put banana pie back to fridge for 10 mins.

4. Preheat oven to 180 degree C. 

5. Brush egg on the pie’s surface. And bake for 25 mins.

 

When it’s almost done, the whole kitchen is full of good smell. 

My husband loves it and soon finished it.

Chicken Vegetable Soup


It’s an easy soup to make.

Ingredients:

Chicken ( I used 2 big chicken wingsticks)

Shiitake 

Bamboo shoot ( cut into medium pieces)

Carrot ( chop into medium pieces)

Snow pea ( put in boiling water for 1 min. Take out and drain)

Oil

Light soy sauce

Salt

Hot water

1. Heat a little oil in the pot. Put in chicken. Stir fry a bit till the color turns a bit golden.

2. Add in carrot and bamboo shoot with a little light soy sauce. Stir fry a little.

3. Pour in hot water covers all ingredients. If you have soup-stock, that’ll be better. Add in several shiitakes. Cover the pot with lid. 

4. When all ingredients are done, add in snow peas. Then simmer for another 4 or 5 mins. Spread some salt.

Easy Chocolate Lava

   
Part A:

Butter around 25g

Chocolate 40g

Heat butter and chocolate in a bowl which is in hot water.

Keep stirring till they melt.

Remove them from hot water to get cool.
   

Part B

Whip an egg with around 15g sugar till the color becomes light.   
1. Pour Part B into Part A. Do make sure the chocolate is cool already.

2. Put around 15g flour into the mixture. Stir evenly. Then put the bowl into fridge for 30 minutes.

3. Preheat oven with 200 degree. Brush butter onto the inner wall of baking bowl.

4. Pour the chocolate mixture into baking bowl.

Put into oven for ten minutes.

When there are some small cracks on the surface of cake, the cake can be removed from the oven.


   

If you like, you can spread some icing sugar.

Try to scoop it with a small spoon.


And you will be surprised!
   

Stir Fry Stingray With Vegetables

1. Cut stingray fillet into small pieces and marinate it with a little salt, cooking wine, light soy sauce and corn starch.

2. Heat some oil in the pan. Put stingray pieces in. Stir fry them till a bit golden brown.and take them out.

3. Stir fry chopped garlic in the pan. Then add in chopped vegetables ( I used carrot and celery. Carrot was cut into thin slices, and celery was cut into small pieces). Stir fry till vegetable gets softened.

4. Put stingray in the pan. And stir fry with vegetables. Add in a little light soy sauce and a little water. 

5. Quick stir fry a bit. If it tastes plain, add in a little salt. And it’s done.

Stir Fry French Beans


It’s an easy and quick dish.

1. Cut French beans into medium pieces. Or you can just break them by hands.

2. Heat some oil in the pan. Put in chopped garlic and stir fry a bit.

3. Put in French beans. Stir fry till their color turns dark green.

4. Sprinkle some salt. And pour in water covers half French beans.

5. Cover the pan with lid for a while. Stir them a bit. And braise for a while till water is almost dry.

6. Add in 1 tsp oyster sauce. Quick stir fry evenly. And it’s done.

Banana Cake


Ingredients:

Butter 80g

Sugar 140g

Egg 1

Flour 140g

Milk 2 tsp

Baking Soda 1 tsp dissolved in milk

Baking powder 1 tsp

Bananas 2

Vanilla 1 tsp

Salt 1 pinch

Cinnamon powder 1 tsp

1. Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy.

2. Add in egg, vanilla and baking soda that’s dissolved in milk. Stir well.

3. Add in bananas. Stir well.

4. Add in flour, salt and cinnamon. Mix them well and pour into baking pan.

5. Preheat oven to 180 degree C and bake for 30-40 mins.


The cake is very moist and full of fresh banana flavor. My husband is a big fan of it.

Lobster Soup

1. Cook lobster in the boiling water. When it’s done, take out the lobster meat.

2. Prepare vegetable part. I used 1 medium potato, 1 medium onion, 1 medium carrot, 2 small tomatoes, 2 pieces of celery. Chop them into small pieces.

3. Heat some oil in the pan. Put in onion first. Then add all the rest vegetables in. Stir fry a bit. Add in a little salt and black pepper. Pour in enough water covers all ingredients ( I used the water cooked lobster). Cover the pan with lid.

4. When all the vegetables get softened, take them out and put in blender. Blend them well till smooth.

5. Pour vegetable smoothie back into pan. Heat it with low heat. I added some water (cooked vegetable) so that it won’t be very condensed.

6. Add in 2 tsp light cream. Keep stirring till it boils again. Mix in a little herbs you like and a little salt if it tastes plain.

7. Put lobster meat bits in the soup plate with some cheese. Pour soup into plate.

I also put the lobster head in the plate for decoration. My husband said it looks like a swimming lobster. πŸ™‚

Cheese Swirl Brownie


Original recipe:

http://m.xiachufang.com/recipe/100640998/

Chocolate batter:

Chocolate 50g

Butter 50g

Sugar 50 g

Egg 1

Vanilla 1/2 tsp

Flour 50 g 

Cocoa powder 10 g

Salt 1 pinch

1. Melt butter with chocolate. Stir well and add in sugar. Stir.

2. When chocolate mixture cooled, add in egg and vanilla. Mix well.

3. Mix flour, cocoa powder and salt well. Then add into chocolate butter mixture. Mix them well.

4. Take out 1/4 chocolate batter. Pour the rest 3/4 in baking pan.

Cheese part:

Cream cheese 125g

Egg  half

Sugar 30g

Vanilla 1/2 tsp

1. In a large bowl, stir cream cheese till smooth. 

2. Beat in egg, sugar and vanilla.

3. Pour cheese part onto chocolate batter in the baking pan.

4. Use a spoon to scoop the reserved 1/4 chocolate batter onto the cheese part.

5. Draw pattern with a toothpick.

6. Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Bake for around 30 mins.