Egg Benedict Recipe adapted from masterchef au

This recipe serves 4 pax. 

Ingredients 

250g of Smoked Salmon 

8 Eggs for poaching 

1 Loaf white bread/4 english muffins 

300grams of Chinese baby spinach, only leaf part is needed 

1 Packet of Button mushrooms, sliced/cubed

1 Tbspoon of sliced shallot 

2 Teaspoons of minced garlic

1 Tbspoon of Mirin 

1 Tbspoon of Shaoxing Wine

1 Tbspoon of Oyster Sauce

1 Tbspoon of Thyme 

Salt & Pepper to taste

Ingredients of Hollandaise Sauce 

150grams of unsalted clarified butter 

2 Shallots, finely chopped 

1 1/2 cups of white wine (I omitted this and it tastes fine to me.) 

1 cup of white wine vinegar 

1 Bay leaf 

4 Black Peppercorns 

3 Egg Yolks 

2 tbspoons of finely chopped dill 

Salt & Pepper to taste 

2 teaspoons of Worcestershire sauce 

Hollandaise Sauce 

(1) Melt butter in a small bowel by using microwave for around 5 minutes. Allow the whey and solids to settle, then ladle off the clear melted, clarified butter. Discard whey, and allow clarified butter to cool.

(2) Place shallots, wine(optional, or 1/2 wine 1/2 chicken stock would be a good substitution), vinegar, bay leaf and peppercorns in a saucepan set over high heat, and reduce by two thirds. Remove pan from heat and allow to cool, then transfer mixture to a heatproof bowl.

(3) Add yolks and 1 tablespoon of water to bowl, and whisk until foamy and paler in colour. 

(4) Meanwhile, place a saucepan of water over medium-low heat and bring to a simmer. Set bowl into pan, and continue whisking until the mixture forms a thick ribbon when you lift the whisk from the bowl, taking care not to scramble the sauce.

(5) Slowly pour in butter in a thin, steady stream, whisking constantly. Strain through a fine sieve into a serving dish. Stir in dill and season to taste. Set aside and keep warm. 

To serve, 

(1) Bring a saucepan of water up to a rolling boil. Add vinegar and a pinch of salt. Poach eggs for about 3 minutes until whites are set and yolks are soft.

(2) Coat the bread/muffins with olive oil/butter and toast until its crispy on the outside. 

(3) Pour 1 tbspoon of olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add spinach and oyster sauce, mix well and put the lid on for about 2 minutes until wilted, stir in minced garlic and shallots. Season with salt and pepper. 

(4) Put cubed mushrooms into a frying pan without oil and cook for about 3-4 minutes or until it slightly reduced in size. Add in 1 teaspoon of oil, thyme and minced garlic mix well. Add mirin and shaoxing wine and allow it to reduced. 

(5) To assemble just put toasted bread on a plate followed by sauteed spinach, mushrooms, smoked salmon last but not least the sinful hollandaise sauce. 

Voila you are done! 

Btw I chose to use chinese baby spinach cause it's so much cheaper than imported baby spinach and it tastes the same! I guarantee you would be able to tell the difference ;)

Besides, if you are into cooking at the moment i would recommend you to get a bottle of mirin and shao xing wine each. For me, mirin is absolutely essential for mushrooms and seafood. It absolutely elevates the flavor to the next level. 

Alrighty! I would share my tips on how to get your kids to eat carrots on my next post! Stay tuned. Till then xoxo 

Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe 🍪

Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe 

A 

150 gram of unsalted butter 

80 gram of brown sugar 

80 gram of castor sugar 

B 

1 whole egg 

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract 

C 

225 gram of all purpose flour 

1 teaspoon of baking powder 

1/4 teaspoon of salt 

D 

200 gram of good quality chocolate chips 

(1) Beat ingredient A untold it's fluffy and paler. 

(2) Add ingredient B beat until mix. 

(3) Sift ingredient C and add ingredient C into the mixture, beat until all combined. 

(4) Add D mix until all combined. 

(5) Use ice cream scoop for even distribution. 

(6) Slightly press down the batter. 

(7) Bake at 150c for 10-15 minutes. 

Tadaah, you are done! Now you can have chocolate chip cookie with a cup of milk ☺️

I hope you enjoy this recipe.  Bake away xoxo 

 

LaLa Fried BiHun

LaLa Fried BiHun

Ingredients

1 Red onion, thinly sliced
1 Handful of Thai Basil
1 Red Chili cut into half/sliced
3 Cloves of garlic, chopped
150g of Sliced pork belly marinated with shao xing wine, soy sauce, pepper, and corn flour
100g of Fu Zhok Fish Cake
200g of Steamed LaLa
1 packet of Bihun, soaked until it's soften takes around 15-20 minutes
3 tb spoons of Cooking oil
2-3 tbspoons of Soy sauce
2-3 tbspoons of Dark soy sauce
2-3 tbspoons of  Oyster sauce
1-2 cups of chicken stock/water

Garnish
4-5 tbspoons of chopped scallions
1 Red chili, sliced
1 Lime, cut into wedges

(1) Pan fried the sliced pork and fish cake until it's crispy! Set aside.
(2) Heat up the wok until it's sizzling hot before pouring 3 tb spoons of oil.
(3) Put sliced onions into the wok and fried until it's half translucent, add in chopped dry shrimp, fry until you smell it's aroma.
(4) Add in garlic, chili and Thai basil fry until you could smell it's fantastic aroma, add in steamed lala.
(5) Continue frying for  around 5 minutes before adding in the Bihun.
(6) Toss the Bihun for 2-3 minutes to allow the merging of flavours.
(7) Add in the sauces, tb spoon by tb spoon and tastes as you go!
(8) Add some chicken stock if you think the Bihun it's too dry for your liking. I used about 150g of it.
(9) Now just topped it up with crispy pork belly and fish cakes and you are done 👍 Om nom nom

Always remember to pour soy sauce at the side of the wok, heat helps in enhancing the flavor.

I hope you enjoy this recipe! ☺️ I would definitely post up more recipes soon cause now I could update directly from my phone WOHOOO

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Xoxo

My signature brownies recipe

My Signature Brownies 

Ingredients:
250g of melted unsalted butter
2 cups of caster sugar
90g of good quality cocoa powder
1 cup of plain flour, sifted
1 teaspoon of baking powder
5 eggs (room temperature)
1 cup of chopped dark chocolate

Optional: 1 cup of nuts

Steps: 
(1) Preheat oven to 165 degree celcius.
(2) Line a square baking tin (20cm x 20cm) with baking paper
(3)Add the melted butter and sugar into an electric mixer and mix on medium speed until combined.
(4)Sprinkle in cocoa powder and mix until combined and has a gooey consistency.
(5)Add 1 egg at a time.
(6)Rain in the flour and baking powder and mix.
(7)Stir through chopped chocolate and nuts.
(8)Bake for around 20 minutes or until the sides are firm but soft in the middle.
(9) Serve with chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream. Woila :)


Chocolate sauce

Ingredients:
150ml of water
2 tablespoons of caster sugar
200g of 70% dark chocolate chopped

Steps:
(1)Place sugar and water in sauce pan over medium heat and cook until sugar dissolves.
(2)Add in chocolate, leave for 10-20seconds then stir until everything melts.


Have fun baking everyone :)

Recipe for easy pizza and guilt free onion rings

Made cheat pizzas lately and oven baked guilt free onion rings!  Inspired by hungry girl :) absolutely love her tv program. Easy recipes for eating clean.



Here comes the recipes

Burger pizza
1. Pan fry the burger patty (I made my own burger patty.and cut into chunks
2. Pre toast your tortilla to get that extra crunch!
3. Spread some ketchup and guacamole on the tortilla
4. Evenly distribute chopped garlic, sliced onions/shallots and spice of your choice (I usually use thyme) *you can omit this step if you have store brought marinara/pizza sauce in hand
6. Evenly distribute some mozzarella cheese, chopped garlic, slice onions/shallots, sliced tomatoes and burger patty
7. Top it up with some mozzarella and cream cheese
8. Put it into oven (180-200degrees) for a few minutes
9. Top it up with cucumber
10. Voila you are done!

Tips :
If you love runny egg yolk on your pizza just crack an egg onto the pizza when is almost done and baked it for a 2-3 minutes.
The variation for this recipe is endless!

I made a seafood pizza too! by using mentaiko mayo (you can get it in shojikiya) , tuna and crab sticks.


Onion rings
1. Cut a huge onion (red/yellow) into thin rings
2. Preheat your oven at 180-200degrees celcius
3. Prepare 3 bowls and put in corn starch, egg white , and bread crumbs individually
4. Season the corn starch, egg white and bread crumbs with a touch of salt and pepper
5. First coat the onion rings with corn starch then into egg wash and finally coat it with bread crumbs
6. Spray the baking pan with canola oil for easy removal
7. Arrange the onion rings in single layer
8. Spray some canola oil on the onion rings for crunch
9. Put it into the oven for approximately 5minutes (depends on the thickness of your onion rings)
10. Take it out to flip the onion rings and bake for another 3-4minutes
11. Now you are done! Enjoy your guilt free onion rings with some ketchup ;)

Tips : For variation you could put some dry herbs into the bread crumbs.


Have fun cooking!