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Soft tofu with dried shrimp roe

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:14:01 +0100

Cut tofu in cubes, blanch and cool down.
Mix sauce ingredients: oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar, sake and water.
Heat wok, add dried shrimp roe, heat till fragrant, add ginger and sauce ingredients, mix well.
Add tofu to the sauce, mix gently to cover tofu in sauce. Simmer 10 minutes.
Mix potato starch…

Japanese rice with chestnut

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:04:11 +0100

Peel chestnuts and soak them in water for 30min.
Soak 1 cup of rice for 30 minutes, drain before cooking.
Halve chestnuts.
Place rice in a pot, add chestnuts and 1 cup of water. Once water starts to boil, reduce heat and simmer slowly. Add soy sauce and red sake.
Serve sprinkled with lemon…

Japanese style chicken wings

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:56:43 +0100

Clean chicken wings, marinate in red sake for about 1 hour.
Wipe dry wings, sprinkle with salt, curry and white pepper.
Put potato starch into plastic bag (kind of food storage bag), place 2 wings at a time, zip bag, shake until wings are covered in starch. Continue with all wings.
Heat oil,…

Grilled eggplant marinate with red sake

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:05:19 +0100

Cut skin of each eggplant piece to make it soft faster, brush eggplant pieces with oil, grill until soft.
Meanwhile mix marinate ingredients.
Soak eggplant in marinate for 2 hours.
Serve chilled as side dish.

Pistachio ice cream

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:13:03 +0100

Mix potato starch with 1/2 cup of milk.
Heat up remaining milk, add sugar, stir till it dissolves. Don't boil it. Once it's close to boiling remove from heat and add potato starch dissolved in 1/2 cup of milk, stir vigorously. Let it cool down.
Once it's cool add pistachio paste and…

Squid ink pasta with pumpkin sauce

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:47:32 +0100

Cook pasta al dente. Drain and pour with cold water.
Heat olive oil, fry pumpkin till soften about 3 minutes, sprinkle with salt and freshly ground pepper, add parmesan cheese, nutmeg and poppy seeds.
Add pasta to frying pan, mix with pumpkin sauce.
Serve sprinkled with parmesan.

Miso braised daikon radish

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:10:52 +0100

Cook daikon with rice about 20 minutes till tender.
Drain daikon.
Mix miso with sugar, mirin and water. Pour into sauce pan and simmer to thicken.
Pour miso glaze over daikon slices.
Serve as side dish.

Braised yuba knots

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:05:01 +0100

Dehydrate dried yuba knots in warm water about 1 hour. Drain and set aside.
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil and saute yuba, remove from frying pan.
Heat remaining oil, fry garlic and ginger.
Mix remaining sauce ingredients except spring onion.
Add sauce to frying pan, reduce heat, add yuba and simmer 20 minutes, if…

Braised chinese cabbage

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:41:03 +0100

Soak dried scallops in 1 cup of boiling water about 1 hour.
Cut Napa cabbage in bite size pcs.
Heat oil in a wok, add ginger slices, fry 1 minute, add cabbage, stir, pour in water remained after soaking scallops.
Simmer 20 minutes.
Slice scallops, add to wok.
Mix cold water and potato starch, pour…

Sweet corn patties with matcha salt

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:57:34 +0100

Mix corn kernels, eggs, salt, pepper, wheat flour and panko breadcrumbs.
Heat oil.
Deep fry till golden brown.
Serve with salt mixed with matcha.

Pumpkin risotto

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 07:23:34 +0100

Melt butter, fry onion, pumpkin, zucchini till onion change color.
Add rice, mix till rice is covered with butter, add wine and wait till it evaporates.
Add chicken stock, bit by bit, 1/2 cup at a time, once it evaporated add another 1/2 cup, keep mixing. Continue cooking this way about 15…

Pumpkin scones

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 06:40:10 +0100

Mix both flours with baking powder and spices.
Add sugar and butter, mix gently, not too long.
Add kefir, pumpkin, nuts and raisins, mix and knead, add flour if needed.
Form 12 scones, brush with whipped egg, sprinkle with pumpkin seeds.
Bake in preheated oven in 200 C degrees about 15 minutes.

Beetroot gazpacho

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:19:22 +0100

Mix tomatoes, bell pepper, beetroots, olive oil and vinegar in blender.
Season with salt and pepper.
Cool in a fridge.
Pour into serving glasses, garnish with smoked salmon, anchovies and basil leaves.

Chanterelle tart

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:45:54 +0100

Mix all dough ingredients and knead uniformed, smooth dough.
Let it rest in fridge for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile prepare filling, fry beckon, add garlic, spring onion and mushrooms.
After 4 minutes add wine, herbs and dried tomatoes, simmer 3 minutes. Cool down.
Roll out dough, transfer to baking tray, place mushrooms filling, fold…

Water melon sorbet and lime ice creams

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:38:35 +0100

Remove skin from water melon, cut in cubes, remove seeds.
Use blender to mix water melon, icing sugar, lime juice and vodka.
Use ice cream maker to freeze sorbet.
Whip heavy cream.
Mix condensed milk, lime juice and zest, add whipped cream and mix gently.
Pour mixture into ice cream maker.
Serve scoop of water melon…

Blackberries & yoghurt ice cream

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:25:38 +0100

Mix all ingredients using blender.
Use ice cream maker, pour in yoghurt mixture into a bowl and wait about 20-30 minutes till ice creams are ready.
Serve with fruits and mint leaves.

Prawn thai curry

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:49:59 +0100

Heat oil in a wok, add garlic and red curry paste, fry 1-2 minutes till fragrant, add red onion, lime leaves and coconut milk. Let it boil, reduce heat and place prawns in a wok.
Simmer 6 minutes, add brown sugar, fish sauce, lemon juice, cauliflower, half of coconut flakes and…

Snail like buns with red pesto

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:24:31 +0100

Dissolve yeast in warm water with teaspoon of sugar and 1 tablespoon of flour. Keep in warm place till it doubles in size.
Sift flour, add salt, oil and yeast mixture. Knead dough.
Let it rest in warm place about 1 hour.
Roll out and smear with pesto, sprinkle with oregano. Roll up,…

Thai style pickles

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:24:47 +0100

Prepare vegetables.
Dissolve palm sugar in hot water.
Place chili peppers, garlic and sichuan pepper in blender, pulverize.
Use pickling container, pour in dissolve palm sugar, rice vinegar, light soy sauce, fish sauce, blended spices, dried coriander and black pepper, mix well.
Place vegetables, weight them down, place container in the fridge.
Ready next day.

Leeks with bechamel

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:40:54 +0100

Wash leeks and cut into sections.
Smear heatproof dish with butter and arrange leeks.
In saucepan melt butter add flour, mix well, heat 2 minutes, slowly add milk on low heat and stir continuously till sauce thickens.
Add nutmeg, black pepper and parmesan, mix well.
Pour bechamel sauce over leeks.
Heat oven to 180 C…