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Saturday, 6 February 2016

Salted egg yolk cookies with bak kwa

I first read the recipe from this blog

http://platepalate.blogspot.sg/2016/02/salted-egg-yolk-cookies-by-angela-seah.html?m=1

I then doubled the recipe but I used only 4 salted egg yolks. I also managed to make using only 1/4 tsp baking powder and omitted baking soda.

I also changed by adding bak kwa bits to the middle .

Ingredients

4 salted egg yolks cooked and mashed

Unsalted butter 190 gm softened

Caster sugar 80 gm

Salt 1/4 tsp

Plain flour 250 gm

Corn flour 20 gm

1 tablespoon milk powder

Baking powder 1/4 tsp

Bak kwa bits

Roasted sesame seeds ( white or black)

1 egg for egg wash

Cookie mold for making cookies.

Firstly steam the 4 salted egg yolks for about 5-7 minutes. I didn't reserve the egg white but threw away.

Then mash them. I removed some hard bits. Set aside.

Cream the butter and sugar with electric beater till sugar is dissolved.

Then add in the salted egg yolks.

Sift the flours and milk powder and salt and add into the butter mixture.

Then mix together with electric beater for a very short while. Then I knead with hands till it forms a dough.

I find the dough just nice and there is no need to refrigerate.

Line your trays with baking paper.

Take a large piece of baking paper and fold into 2.

Put some dough between n roll out dough to about 5mm.

Use your cookie dough to cut out eg stars or flower shape.

Place on the lined tray. I placed about 12 pcs before I egg washed.

Then I sprinkled sesame seeds on the cookies and place a bak kwa bit in the centre.

Preheat oven to 150 Celsius. Bake for 15 minutes.

Do watch the cookies properly. You want to achieve a golden colour.

Oven temperatures vary for different brands. The second batch when I bake have to use slightly shorter time as oven is already hot.

Below are some photos

Salted duck eggs

Please remove the black stuff and throw away

When most outer cover removed

Wash the egg and crack open to get the yolk

The ingredients - mashed egg yolk, flours, butter n sugar and sesame seeds

Before bake

After bake

Keep the cookies in an airtight container after cooling them.

They taste slightly salty and smell very nice!

Happy baking!

Thursday, 4 February 2016

Chinese sausage lunch

Finally took a day of leave to clear my home . Spring cleaning is part of Chinese New Year. Remove the old stuff and receive the new!

My friend reminded me I should get some sausages for Chinese New Year. I bought a packet yesterday and they look so good I can't resist cooking one piece today before Chinese New Year!

This is one method to prepare them . There may be other ways.

Remove one sausage from the packet n tie the rest up n seal properly and store in fridge .

Cut both ends of the sausage and peel off the casing.

Then slice into thin slices and place in a melanin bowl.

Wash 1 cup of rice and add in 1 cup of water into your rice cooker.

Place the bowl of sausage into the rice cooker.

Cook the rice with the sausage.

Serve your sausage on rice with a fried egg.

You can add some vegetables for a more wholesome meal.

I bought this brand

Remove one sausage

Cut the ends n remove casing

Almost done

Sausage is sliced

Put into rice cooker

Rice and sausage cooked!

Saturday, 30 January 2016

San Remo romantic dinner cruise

I had a wonderful dinner cruise on a yacht on Saturday and I wish to share this experience . And of course there is great food served on board cooked by Chef Melvyn, ambassador for San Remo.

I won this trip along with 2 couples after purchasing some San Remo products

The trip starts from One 15 Marina Club

where the yacht Ximula is berthed there.

We are welcomed aboard by Natalie, from Alphico Marketing Pte Ltd.

On board we removed our shoes and are shown around.

Chef Melvyn and his team are already busy preparing our dinner which he has specially planned for.

We enjoyed champagne on the deck in the sunny afternoon skies ( with some dark clouds) and a briefing done by Ximula crew and a welcome by Chef Melvyn.

Relaxing with champagne

All the ladies received a lovely rose bouquet

It's a very thoughtful touch to kick off the romantic cruise

Captain Wong

Our sunshine girl from Ximula

Deck chairs

The mast

Wind in our hair!

Fruit and snacks basket for us to snack on before dinner. Cold drinks too.

Captain Wong and his new 'crew'

Our itinerary included going to the islands St. John, Kusu and Lazarus Island.

Enjoying the sea view with romantic love songs being played

We had time for fun before dinner at 7pm

So most of us gamely went into sea after donning our life jackets. We used the kayaks and paddle boards.

That's me at the back!

Another guest on the paddle board

Soon the sun set and we were seated after the tables were transformed

Wine was served to compliment the delectable dishes prepared by Chef Melvyn and his team . We understood it wasn't easy cooking on choppy waters.

San Remo has thoughtfully allowed us to choose what we wanted to eat and Chef Melvyn came to explain to us how some of his food were prepared and he used the freshest ingredients. Let the pictures speak for themselves.