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October 19, 2008
October 16, 2008
Bran Muffins
Bran Muffins
Ingredients | Grams | Comment |
Baking Soda | 30 |
|
Baking Powder | 10 |
|
Bread Flour | 200 |
|
Milk | 600 | or 500,l water + 50g milk powder |
Brown Sugar | 600 | can be reduced a bit, store in plastic bag |
Whole Wheat Flour | 650 |
|
Salt | 10 |
|
Bran | 150 |
|
Raisins | 200 | Pre-soaked raisins in water |
Walnuts | 150 |
|
Vegetable Oil | 450-460 | don't reduce, or the muffins will |
Water | 300 | |
Eggs | 200 (4) |
|
Vanilla | 5 | if vanilla extract, a few drops |
Yield: 3 doz.
Sift together the Bread flour, Baking soda, Baking powder and milk
powder.
Add
the rest of the dry ingredients (bran, whoe wheat flour, raisins, salt, brown sugar, walnut) to the
above and blend well by hand.
Whisk
eggs + vanilla + oil in a separate bowl.
Add cold water to #3 and mix.
Make
a well in the center of #2 and add #4 into the well. Fold together just until blended. Do not over mix!!Let
the mix rest for approx. 10-20 minutes so that the bran has time
to soak up the liquid. (Or put it in a zipped bag, leave it in the
freezer overnight)
Grease
tops of 3 muffin pans. Paper line with muffin cups.
Once
mix has rested, deposit batter with pipping bag evenly over 3 dozen
muffins. (Using a pipping bag is easier, but if you don't have a
pipping bag, using a spoon to scoop the batter into the muffin pan
is ok too!)
Put
the rest of the walnuts to the top of each muffin.
Bake
muffins at 400F for approx. 20-25 minutes; until the muffin springs
back when touched & top is firm (You may wanna to check it out in 15mins, I found
mine was done in 15mins!)
Remove
muffins from tins directly after baking to prevent "sweating".- Can freeze after the muffins are baked.
Tea Biscuits
Tea Biscuits
Ingredients | Grams | Comment |
Bread Flour | 1125 |
|
Baking Powder | 60 |
|
Shortening | 250 |
|
Milk | 550 | or 500ml water + 50g milk powder |
Eggs | 200 (4) | |
Sugar | 250 |
|
Salt | 20 |
|
Currants | 250 | Cannot replace with raisins, raisins are too moist for this |
Yield: 3 doz.
Sift together the Bread flour, Baking soda, Baking powder and milk
powder.
Add
the rest of the dry ingredients (bran, whoe wheat flour, raisins, salt, brown sugar, walnut) to the
above and blend well by hand.
Whisk
eggs + vanilla + oil in a separate bowl.
Add cold water to #3 and mix.
Make
a well in the center of #2 and add #4 into the well. Fold together just until blended. Do not over mix!!Let
the mix rest for approx. 10-20 minutes so that the bran has time
to soak up the liquid. (Or put it in a zipped bag, leave it in the
freezer overnight)
Grease
tops of 3 muffin pans. Paper line with muffin cups.
Once
mix has rested, deposit batter with pipping bag evenly over 3 dozen
muffins. (Using a pipping bag is easier, but if you don't have a
pipping bag, using a spoon to scoop the batter into the muffin pan
is ok too!)
Put
the rest of the walnuts to the top of each muffin.
Bake
muffins at 400F for approx. 20-25 minutes; until the muffin springs
back when touched & top is firm (You may wanna to check it out in 15mins, I found
mine was done in 15mins!)
Remove
muffins from tins directly after baking to prevent "sweating".- Can freeze after the muffins are baked.
Apple Pie
Pie
Dough
Ingredients | Amt | Notes |
Pastry Flour | 750g |
|
Shortening | 500g |
|
Water | 250ml | As cold as possible |
Salt | 15g |
|
Brown Sugar | 30g | Store in plastic bag to keep soft |
Mix
pastry flour and shortening with hand (no squeezing), until
shortening is broken down into pieces of size of walnut
Mix &
blend completely – Water, salt, brown sugar.
Pour
#2 into #1 all at once, mix @ speed 1 for 1min 30sec – DO NOT
over mix (minimize heat)
Transfer
dough into floured table, shape into a thick roll, cover and allow
dough to rest for a few minutes Before rolling
Apple
Pie
Ingredients | Amt | Notes |
Pie Dough |
| From Above |
Apples | 12 | ~2000g |
Lemon Juice/zest | Tsp |
|
Sugar | 500g |
|
Instant Mod. Starch | 50g |
|
Cinnamon | To taste |
|
Butter | 60g |
|
NEW pie plate |
| Cannot reuse |
Peel
and cut apples into irregular slices, sprinkle lemon zests over
apples
Blend
sugar + starch (+ cinnamon), pour on #1 and mix thoroughly
Boil
butter in water, pour into #2 and mix with hand
Let
#3 sit for 1/2 hour to let the juice come out (don’t want
juice in the pie)
Roll
out the dough (1/2 inch thick), fold into 1/2, put on pie plate,
fold it out
Pack
in apple slices, make sure no valleys and no juice, pile it up like
a little mountain
Prepare
egg wash (1 egg + 50ml water), brush onto the rims of the bottom pie
Roll
out the dough for the pie top, cut a circle in the middle of the
dough
Seal
rim with middle finger (remove the excess dough) and pinch edges
Egg
wash the top of the pie, do not let egg wash sit on the pinched
edges
Bake
@ 350F for 1 hour
Black Forest Cake
Black
Forest Cake
Ingredients | Grams | Comment |
Sugar | 470 |
|
Shortening | 160 | Cannot replace with butter (will give |
Salt | 5 |
|
Water | 320ML |
|
Vanilla | 5 |
|
Pastry Flour | 320 |
|
Cocoa Powder | 90 | I put more |
Whole Milk Powder | 40 |
|
Baking Powder | 10 |
|
Baking Soda | 5 |
|
Whole Eggs | 5 eggs | Large ones |
Cherry Pie Fillings | 500 | Or replace with Whip Cream |
Maraschino Cherries | 16 pcs |
|
35% Cream | 1L |
|
Whip Topping | 500 | Roughly 4 scopes |
Chocolate Shavings | 300 | Or how ever much you like |
Yield:
Two 9 inch cakes.
Sugar
+ shortening + salt use a
paddle to mix together, scrape the bowl
Sift pastry flour + cocoa
powder + milk powder + baking powder + baking soda
add to #1 with water (1st speed while adding water)
Mix on 2nd
speed for 5 mins. Scrape the bowl
Mix on 2nd
speed for 1 min. Scrape the bowl
Gradually add eggs on 2nd
speed until blended. Scrape the bowl. (DO NOT over mix after eggs
are added)
Mix on 3rd
speed for 1 min.
Scale batter into TWO 9 inch
floured (and greased) cake tins. Smooth out the top of the batter
Bake at 380F for approx.
30-40minutes
Put cake in freezer to
cool it down for decorating (until not very soft)
Whip the 35% cream to firm peaks
Whip the whip topping to firm
peaks
Folder the cream and topping
together until blended (use hand). Set aside.
Cut the cake into 3 layers
Play the top layer on the cake
board and soak with simple syrup (100g sugar, 200ml water, alcohol?)
Place a thin layer of
cream on top of the cake Using a #5 star tip pipe a rim of cream
around the edge of the cake layer
Fill the center of the cake with
cherry filling
Pipe a small amount of cream on
top of the cherry filling and then place another layer of cake on
top
Repeat steps 14-18
Soak the top layer with syrup
Mask the entire cake
Use a pastry comb for decorating
the sides
Divide the cake into 12 pieces
Pipe a rosette on the top outer
edge of each piece
Place a cherry on top of each
rosette
Cover the center of the top of
the cake with chocolate shavings
Place chocolate shaving around
the bottom edge of the cake approx 1” high
Strawberry Shortcake
Strawberry Shortcake
Ingredients | Grams | Comment |
Sugar | 450g |
|
| Bread Flour | 450g | |
Salt | 2g | to taste |
Eggs | 15 |
|
Vanilla | 5g | to taste |
Whip Cream | 1Lt |
|
Strawberries | 3 pints | |
Baking Soda | 5 |
|
Whip Topping | 500 | Roughly 4 scopes |
Yield:
Two 9 inch cakes.
Whip together eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla @ 3rd speed for 7mins. The foam (thick) structure should be light but at the same time should be of a rather firm consistency.
While whipping: slice 4 strawberries in 1/2, dry them, dip in chocolate. remaining strawberries are to be washed & sliced into pieces
Sift flour, fold by hand, slowly but steady. Pour into greased and floured pan. Smooth out top with hand before bake.
Bake @ 350F for 15-25mins (or until done). Should be of a dry appearance and spring to the touch
Whip 35% cream to firm peaks (3rd speed 3 mins)
Whip whip topping to firm peaks
Fold cream and topping together until blended, set aside.
Place chocolate over water bath until melted - dip strawberries half way and let dry.
Flip cake upside down then put in freezer
Cut cake into 3 layers - brush with sugar water (100g sugar 200ml water & boil) to moist sponge.
Bottom layer: cream & mask + strawberries + cream on top of strawberries
Middle layer: cream + strawberries + cream
Top layer: flip it, cream & mask
Quiche Lorraine / Pie Pastry
Pie Pastry
Ingredients | Grams | Comment |
Flour | 300g | All purpose flour |
| Lard | 150g | or butter or non emulsified shortening (KEEP COLD) |
Salt | 3g |
|
Water | +/- 100g | as cold/icy as possible |
Brown Sugar | tt | optional - for sweet pie crust |
Yield: 1 pie crust
Sift flour and salt together.
Add fat and rub with the flour until pea sized nuggets, bigger pieces of fat = flaky texture
Add water, mix just enough to form a ball, DO NOT OVERWORK the dough (or you'll end up with a very tough crust).
Let dough rest 20mins in fridge
Roll out to 5mm thick and put onto pie plate, crimp edges dock lightly.
Put back to the fridge for 5-10mins before putting into the stove
Blind bake: put rice/beans inside the pie crust to keep it from rising during baking, or poke holes gently with the knife on the inside of the pie
Bake in 325F for ~15mins or until cooked
NOTES:
- Can you different flours
- Can add herbs and/or ground peppercorn
Quiche Lorraine
Ingredients | Grams | Comment |
Pie Pastry | from above | |
| Cheese | 150g | Emmenthal or Gruyere, grated |
Egg | 3ea |
|
Milk | 170ml | homo |
Butter | 5ml | |
| Onion | 1/2ea | i also added shallot |
| Mushroom | 40g | |
| Bacon | 5 slices | don't keep all the fat |
| Cayenne Pepper | tt | i omitted |
| Nutmeg | tt | i omitted |
| Salt | tt | |
| Pepper (white) | tt |
Yield: 4 portions
Heat butter and fry mushrooms and bacon till half crisp.
Add onions and sweat till sweet.
Break eggs into stainless steel bowl and beat well. Add seasonings (the tt stuff).
Scald (just starting to warm, no steam, no bubble) milk with nutmeg and pour slowly into egg mixture, stirring continuously.
Whisk egg mixture till you get lots of foam
Spoon garnish (fried mushrooms/bacon/onions/etc) into egg mixture. Add cheese. (Try to keep the foam from 5 - they hold the garnish up so the end product won't be separated into 2 layers).
Pour egg mixture into pie shell
Bake in 325F for ~30mins or until set (best to take it out when its just cooked - it cooks on its own after you take it out from the oven)
NOTES:
- DO NOT increase oven heat to over 350F - will cause custard to turn hard/tough
- Can add herb and/or Parmesan cheese
October 06, 2008
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元若藍 - 半情歌
作詞：陳靜楠 作曲：方文良
花 接受凋零
風 接受追尋
心的傷還有一些不要緊 我接受你的決定
你將會被誰抱緊 唱什麼歌哄他開心
我想著天空什麼時候會放晴 地球不曾為誰停一停
你的明天有多快樂不是我的 我們的愛是唱一半的歌
時間把習慣換了 傷口癒合 也撤銷我再想你的資格
你的祝福 一半甜的一半苦的 像我手中冷掉的可可
最最教人殘念的總是未完成的 我只能唱著一半的歌
你將會被誰抱緊 唱什麼歌哄他開心
我想著天空什麼時候會放晴 地球不曾為誰停一停
你的明天有多快樂不是我的 我們的愛是唱一半的歌
時間把習慣換了 傷口癒合 也撤銷我再想你的資格
你的祝福 一半甜的一半苦的 像我手中冷掉的可可
最最教人殘念的總是未完成的 我只能唱著一半的歌
我的明天快不快樂都是我的 我們的愛是唱一半的歌
時間把習慣換了 傷口癒合 也撤銷我再想你的資格
你的祝福 一半甜的一半苦的 像我手中冷掉的可可
最最教人殘念的總是未完成的 另一半的歌
花 接受凋零
風 接受追尋
心的傷還有一些不要緊 我接受你的決定
你將會被誰抱緊 唱什麼歌哄他開心
我想著天空什麼時候會放晴 地球不曾為誰停一停
你的明天有多快樂不是我的 我們的愛是唱一半的歌
時間把習慣換了 傷口癒合 也撤銷我再想你的資格
你的祝福 一半甜的一半苦的 像我手中冷掉的可可
最最教人殘念的總是未完成的 我只能唱著一半的歌
你將會被誰抱緊 唱什麼歌哄他開心
我想著天空什麼時候會放晴 地球不曾為誰停一停
你的明天有多快樂不是我的 我們的愛是唱一半的歌
時間把習慣換了 傷口癒合 也撤銷我再想你的資格
你的祝福 一半甜的一半苦的 像我手中冷掉的可可
最最教人殘念的總是未完成的 我只能唱著一半的歌
我的明天快不快樂都是我的 我們的愛是唱一半的歌
時間把習慣換了 傷口癒合 也撤銷我再想你的資格
你的祝福 一半甜的一半苦的 像我手中冷掉的可可
最最教人殘念的總是未完成的 另一半的歌
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