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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Sweet Corn Soup
Ingredients:
Veg Broth-3 cups
Cream style Corn -1/2 cup
Veg(carrot,beans)finely chopped
Corn starch-1 tbsp
rice wine vinegar-1 tsp
Salt
Sugar-1 tsp
Method:
Combine first 3 ingredients and bring it to boil.
Mix cornstarch with little water and add to the boiling mixture.
Add the sugar ,rice wine vinegar and salt .
when the soup thickens to a required consistency,simmer and serve with spring onions.
If needed you can also add a tsp of soy sauce and chili vinegar.
Note:
You can use any vinegar but rice vinegar gives it a taste.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Tiramisu
Tiramisu is one of the the most popular Italian cakes. It is made of biscuits dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of egg yolks and mascarpone, and flavored with liquor and cocoa. The recipe has been adapted into many varieties of puddings, cakes and other desserts.
Making tiramisu is somewhat tricky and takes some time to do.After the entire process is done it has to be refregirated for longer time.Otherwise it might get soggy and end up looking like a pudding.If you want a firm Tiramisu, place it in the freezer for about an hr before serving.
Ingredients:
3 egg yolks
1/4 cup whole milk
1 cup grandulated sugar
3 cups mascarpone cheese (this is an Italian cream cheese)
8 ounces cream cheese
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
20 – 24 lady fingers
1/4 cup cold espresso
1/4 cup Kahlua coffee liqueur
2 teaspoons cocoa powder
Directions:
1.Fill a medium saucepan halfway with water and bring it to a boil over medium/high heat, then reduce heat so that the water is simmering. Whisk egg yolks, milk and sugar together in a medium metal bowl, then place the bowl on top of the saucepan (you can also use a double boiler for this step). Stir the mixture often for ten minutes. After the sugar dissolves the mixture should begin to thicken and turn light yellow. Remove it from the heat to cool.
2.Use an electric mixer to combine mascarpone, cream cheese and vanilla in a large bowl. Mix until mostly creamy, but with a few small chunks remaining.
3.Add egg yolk mixture to the cheese mixture and mix just until well-combined.
4.Combine espresso and Kahlua in a small bowl. Pour this mixture onto a dinner plate. One-by-one touch the bottom of each lady finger in the espresso. The lady finger will quickly soak up the espresso/Kahlua mixture, but you don’t want the lady finger soaked — just a dab will do. The top half of each lady finger should still be dry. Arrange the soaked lady fingers side-by-side on the bottom of an 8×8-inch serving dish or baking pan.
5.Spoon about half of the cheese mixture over the lady fingers, then add another layer of soaked lady fingers on top of the cheese mixture.
6.Spoon the remaining cheese mixture over the second layer of lady fingers and spread it evenly.
7.Put two teaspoons of cocoa powder in a tight-mesh strainer and gently tap the side of the strainer to add an even dusting of cocoa powder over the top of the dessert.
8.Cover and chill for several hours. To serve, slice the dessert twice across and down creating 9 even portions (the first serving is always the hardest to get out).
Monday, November 1, 2010
Buttermilk Pancakes
Ingredients:
1 cup All-Purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbsp granulated white sugar
1 large egg lightly beaten
1 cup buttermilk
3 tbsp unsalted butter melted
plus extra butter for greasing the pan.
Directions:
In a large bowl whisk together the flour,sugar,baking powder,baking soda and salt.In a separate bowl whisk together buttermilk,egg and melted butter.Keep the two mixtures separate until you are ready to cook.
pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture,using a wooden spoon or fork to blend.stir until it's just blended together.Do not over stir!
Heat a frying pan or griddle over medium high heat until a few sprinkles of water dropped on the pan or griddle splatter.Brush the pan with a little melted butter.
Using a small laddle or scoop pour about 1/4 cup of pancake batter onto the pan. when the bottom of the pancake turns brown and bubbles start to appear on the top surface of the pancake,turn over.Cook until lightly browned.
Repeat with the remaining batter.
serve immediately with butter and maple syrup.
makes about 8-3inch pancakes.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Vegetable Puff
Ingredients:
Stuffing:
1 cup Chopped Vegetables(Carrot,beans,peas,potato)
1 green chilli finely chopped
1 small onion chopped
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp of cumin seeds
1/2 tsp of fennel seeds
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
coriander leaves for garnish
salt
Puff Pastry Sheets
1 egg slightly Beaten
Method:
Heat 1 tbsp of oil, add cumin and fennel seeds.Then add the chopped onions ,green chillies,gg paste and saute for a min, then add all the vegetables ,chilli powder and garam masala powder.Add salt.Finally garnish with coriander leaves.
Preheat the oven at 400 degree.
Thaw the frozen pastry sheets and sprinkle them with little flour so they are easy to roll.
Cut the pastry sheets into medium squares.Top each square with a spoon of veg mix and fold crosswise.
Slightly press the edges and place them on a baking sheet lined with foil.
Brush the top with slightly beaten egg.
Bake for 15-20 min .
Serve and Enjoy with Ketchup.
Cream of Brocoli soup
Ingredients:
2 tbsp butter
1 onion, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
3 cups of broth
8 cups broccoli florets
3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp all-purpose flour
2 cups milk
ground black pepper to taste
Method:
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter in medium sized stock pot, and saute onion and celery until tender.Add broccoli and broth, cover and simer for 10 minutes.
- Pour the soup into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel, and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree.Puree in batches until smooth and pour into a clean pot.Alternatively, you can use a stick blender and puree the soup right in the cooking pot.
- In a small saucepan, over medium-heat melt 3 tablespoons butter, stir in flour and add milk.stir until thick and bubbly, and add to soup.Season with pepper and serve.
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