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elindra SG

I have to add that if you add a few dashes of worchestershire sauce, it tastes even better!!

Rhonda SG

Finally found a recipe for Cornflake Cookies that looks close to the ones sold by Sweet Secrets for Chinese New Year. Too bad the cookies aren't a staple item of that bakery. Sad

CORNFLAKE COOKIES

Ingredients:
120g butter
1/2 cup caster sugar
1/4 cup soft brown sugar
1 egg
150g plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp Bicarbonate soda
2 cups cornflakes (enough meh? 2 cups nia! Razz )
1/3 cup raisins (definitely not enough one! I'll definitely add more raisins! Laughing )

Method:
1. Sift plain flour, bakin powder and Bicarbonate soda together.

2. Beat butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add egg and beat for a while.

3. Add sifted flour, raisins and 1/4 cup of crushed cornflakes and mix well. Refrigerate.

4. Shape 1 tsp of the ingredients into a ball. Coat with crushed cornflakes. Press hard and flatten.

5. Bake at 180 deg C in a preheated oven for 20 mins until golden brown. Serve.

Very Happy

Rhonda SG

Argh! Forgot to add the final step to the above recipe!

6. Pack them in a nice container, dress it up with a lovely bow, get a small bunch of flowers, and present them all to Miss Rhonda! Mr. Green

Mucho gracias, merci!!

Rhonda SG

This one looks pretty interesting!

APPLE CHEESE PIE

Ingredients :

For Base :
100g butter
160g plain flour
1/2 egg (give your cat / dog the other half and pray it doesn't kena salmonella! Razz Laughing )
40g icing sugar

For Filling :
2 green apples
250g cream cheese
150g cream
2 eggs
1/4 cup golden raisins
1 tsp grated lemon rind
2 tbsps plain flour

Method :

1. Beat butter an dicing sugar until light and creamy. Add eggs an dmix well. Add plain flour and mix to make a dough. Refrigerate.

2. Sprinkle the worktop with flour. Roll the dough thinly to make pastry.

3. Place the pastry over the 20cm x 30cm rectangular tin. Prick evenly with a fork. Bake at 180 deg C in preheated oven for 15 mins. Remove.

4. Beat cream cheese until light and creamy. Add egg and sugar and mix well.

5. Add cream, plain flour, grated lemon rind and raisins, one by one. (Nooo! NOT one raisin by one raisin, but one ingredient by one ingredient! Twisted Evil )

6. Wash green apples and slice thinly. Arrange sliced apples onto base.

7. Pour filling over the base. Bake at 180 deg C in preheated oven for 1 hour until golden. Serve.

Very Happy

Rhonda SG

Sounds so nice, can't wait to bake it! Very Happy

ORANGE AND PRUNE CHEESECAKE

Ingredients :

For Pastry :
150g Digestive biscuits
60g butter
200g pitted prunes
1/2 cup orange juice
4 tbsps water

For cake :
750g cream cheese
3 eggs
90g sugar (divided into 2 portions)
1 tsp grated orange rind
2 tbsps orange rind jam

For Topping :
2 tbsps orange rind strips
1 tbsp sugar
2 tbsps water
3 tbsps orange rind jam

Method :
1. Crush biscuits. Add melted butter and mix well. Spread the mixture into a round cake tin with baking paper.

2. Finely chop prunes. Add orange juice and water. Cook over medium heat for 10 mins. Mash. Place the mixture onto biscuit mixture base.

3. Beat cream cheese until smooth. Put in 1 portion of sugar. Add egg yolk and mix well. Add grated orange rind and orange jam. Mix well.

4. Beat egg white until stiff. Add the remaining sugar and mix well. Add cheese little by little. Mix well and spread onto pastry.

5. Bake cheese cake at 180 deg C in preheated oven for 50 mins. Remove and leave to cool.

6. Scald orange rind strips. Add water and sugar and cook for 5 mins. Add orange rind jam and bring to the boil. Pour the mixture over pastry and refrigerate.

Very Happy

Rhonda SG

ALMOND CRISPS (Cookies)

Ingredients :
1 egg white
1/4 cup icing sugar
40g plain flour
2 tbsps honey
30g butter
1/4 tsp vanilla essence
100g almond flakes

Method :
1. Beat egg white. Add icing sugar and beat. Add honey and vanilla essence and mix well. Add plain flour and stir for a while.

2. Add melted butter and mix well. Leave to cool. Add almond flakes.

3. Put 1 tbsp of ingredients into greased baking tray. Flatten until thin.

4. Bake at 180 deg C in preheated oven for 12 minutes until golden. Remove and leave to cool. Serve.

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Rhonda SG

DESSICATED COCONUT CHIPS

Ingredients :
6 tbsps dessicated coconut
45g butter
4 tbsps caster sugar
2 1/2 tbsps plain flour
2 tbsps milk
1 tbsp coconut milk powder

Method :
1. Mix butter and sugar. Beat until light and creamy. Add plain flour, milk, dessicated coconut and coconut milk powder and mix well.

2. Put 1 1/2 tbsps of the mixture into baking tray with baking paper. Shape it into a 4cm chip with a knife. Repeat the process with the remaining ingredients.

3. Bake at 180 deg C in preheated oven for 6-8 mins until golden. Leave to cool. Roll with rolling pin to add a gentle curve to the chips. Serve.

Very Happy

Rhonda SG

I've tried this recipe before and it works! Very Happy (Of course, it tasted better with a li'l tweaking here and there during cooking! Wink ) I'm going to share the recipe here so that when I'm over in Australia, I can refer to the recipe here.

KOREAN BEEF BULGOLGI

1kg lean beef or tenderloin (rump or fillet)
1/2 cup light soy sauce
1/4 cup dark soy sauce
1/2 cup wter
3 tablespoons finely chopped green onion
2-3 teaspoons crushed garlic
2 teaspoons finely minced fresh ginger
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons white sesame seeds, roasted and ground
1 tablespoon sesame oil

1. Cut the beef across the grain into very thin slices, then cut into narrow strips. In a glass or stainless steel dish, mix all remaining ingredients together. Add the beef and stir thoroughly. Cover and let marinate for at least 3 hours.

2. Preeat a tabletop broiler (griller), protecting the tabletop with an asbestos mat or other suitable heat shield.

3. Each diner places a portion of meat on the broiler (griller) and cooks it quickly on both sides.

* When I tried this recipe, I didn't use a broiler but rather, I cooked it in a Japanese flat-bottom electric non-stick wok, which was a gift to me from mom, and it worked too. Wink

the Bear SG

here's the Bear's version of the sugar buzz bomb breakfast cereal

what:

Froot Loops or any other colourful over-sugared cereal
1 bowl
1 can cold Pepsi (the ordinary kind.. Must worry, there's a lot of sugar! Twisted Evil )
1 spoon

how:

pour a whole heap of the over-sugared crap into a bowl
open can of Pepsi
pour contents of can over the stuff in the bowl (careful else it'll foam over)
spoon fizzy mess into mouth
chew and swallow
continue until bowl is empty
bounce off walls from the sugar buzz

Twisted Evil

ben1406 SG

you can make a bechamel sauce if you can't get cream.. just make a roux (equal parts of milk and flour), milk & an onion pique.

ben1406 SG

i would sweat off some bacon and use the fatty oil instead of the oilve oil. it gives more flavour and texture.

Rhonda SG

This is another recipe that goes into my "Must Try" recipes collection here. Wink
Got it from an Aussie mag too, no less! Very Happy

MUSHROOM PASTA

Serves 4

375g fresh lasagne sheets
1 tbsp olive oil
50g butter
2 cloves garlic, crushed
3 spring onions, sliced, plus extra to serve
200g field mushrooms, thinly sliced
1 cup chicken stock
300 mls cream
Cracked black pepper, to serve

1 Tear the lasagne sheets into large pieces.

2 Heat the oil and butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Add garlic and spring onion and cook for 3 mins.

3 Add the mushroom and cook for 5 mins, or until browned.

4 Stir in the stock and the cream and then bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 mins, or until the sauce thickens.

5 Cook the pasta in boiling water until al dente, then drain well. Toss the sauce through the pasta. Sprinkle with the extra spring onion and some cracked black pepper.

Rhonda SG

Here's an easy recipe that can be used to whip up snacks when you have company! Wink

STICKY FRUITY SAUSAGES

Makes 20
Calories per serving : 110
Fat per serving : 8g

20 cocktail sausages
454g can pineapple cubes in syrup
2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
2 tablespoons soy sauce
Cocktail sticks

Heat the grill. Put the sausages in a shallow baking tin and grill for 10 minutes, turning them occasionally, until brown all over.

Meanwhile, drain the syrup from the can of pineapple into a small pan. Put on high heat and reduce it down to 2 tablespoons of sticky syrup. Add the tomato ketchup and soy sauce to the pan and stir well.

Put the pineapple cubes in the baking tin with the sausages. Brush them all with the sauce and put them back under the grill for 5 minutes, turning them once, until coated and sticky.

Serve a sausage and a chunk of pineapple per cocktail stick.

(The sauce can be made the day before and the sausages cooked the day before. On the day, just glaze and cook for 10 mins, then they're ready to serve.)

Not suitable for freezing.

Very Happy

Rhonda SG

PASSION FIZZ

Serves 10
Calories per glass : 134
Fat per glass : 0g

500 mls (1 bottle) freshly squeezed orange juice
500 mls pineapple, mango and passion fruit smoothie or similar
125 mls peach schnapps
1 bottle sparkling wine, chilled
2 limes, for decoration

Mix the fruit juice, smoothie and peach schnapps with plenty of ice in a large container or jug.

Strain into the glasses and top them up with sparkling wine. Add a slice of lime.

browniebaobao SG

anybody gt recipe for 'malay potato' ar?

the one u see at nasi padang stalls.. mashed potato..

heard my fren say fry or boil the potato first, then mash it, mix with ingredients and fry again..

mum and I tried but failed.. duno is it bcos mum put too much floor.. it became soggy..

anybody help?

ben1406 SG

cool the potatos down 1st in the fridge, then flour w/ seasonings (not floor) it up and deep fry.

browniebaobao SG

ehh.. can give me specific instructions or not? Embarassed

how much floor is needed?

arigato ne~

ben1406 SG

boil your potatoes, mash em, add your stuffings into the mashed potatoes, shape em into balls, season your flour with salt & pepper, just lightly coat your potato balls with flour & deep fry for no longer than 3 mins for each ball.

Rhonda SG

That one's called Bergedel. (pronounced as "Burger-dale", I think! Razz )

the Bear SG

actually.. you should say... bugger-Dale

i think Dale would object strongly to the buggery Twisted Evil

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