Happy Truffles

Do you like Truffles? I love bitter chocolate, 55%, 70% and even up to 80%. I love fruts in vanilla yogurt and top with shaved chocolate... yum! Better not think too much of it. I don't have any yogurt now.

Choclate always make the children HAPPY and I thought having them in colours and added flavour will be even more fun. Besides, cocoa powder, coconut flakes and sugar hearts, I have also made some in green tea, orange, icing sugar as well. We ate them before we remembered to take any pixs...so sad :(

Well, look on the bright side. More truffles on the way.

You might like to put your hands in it too.

100g plain chocolate
3tbsp double cream
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
15g butter

Put all the ingredients in a bowl and melt over a pan of simmering water, stirring occasionally.
Let chocolate mixture cool, then put it in the fridge. Stir every 5 minutes or so until the mixture is thick and fudgy.
For each truffle, roll a teaspoon of the fudge mixture into a ball in your hands (it must be done quickly, don't want it to melt).
Then, roll it in cocoa powder, coconut flakes or any flavours you like.

Have fun! My girls love to make these little truffles and especially eating them.

Sunday Night Pizza

Pizza is reaily fun to make. Especially the toppings, you can be as creative as you want.

I would usually make 2 big pizzas for dinner. One Hawaiian and the other is up to the girls creativity. We had some button mushrooms added to the Hawaiian. Lots of mozzarella and parmesan cheese melted on the top of the pizza...it was delicious.

The second pizza was with bacon and tomato. We decided to put a layer of cheese on the base of the pizza and top up with button mushrooms, bacon and cherry tomato....it was also great.

The base is like making bread. To make 2 big base, just sift 225grams of bread flour, 15oml of water, 2 tablespoon olive oil and 7gram of yeast. Add all the ingredients together and knead for about 30 minutes. Knead into a ball and leave to rest for an hour cover with a piece of cloth. It is best to place in a warm place, it will rise faster.

When it doubles in size, punch it down and divide into 2 portion for 2 pans.

Roll and shape into pan size and leave for another half an hour or so. When oven is 200 degrees, add toppings and bake in the oven for about 20 minutes till the cheese is slightly brown.

Nothing beats your own pizza. You can be generous over your toppings!

Choux Pastry

No Green Tea Chiffon.....I have decided to make Vanilla and Green Tea Cream Puffs instead.

My mom likes the Green Tea version. It has the flavour of Green Tea, not too sweet. I am ok with both. The Vanilla is more original. I used vanilla pod and infused with the milk so the flavour of vanilla was strong. I like it. No artifical flavourings.

The Green Tea powder was expensive. I bought a $6.40 bottle the last time from Parkway Parade for my Green Tea Tiramisu and this time round I bought a $20 bottle from Takashimaya to try the difference. There is a difference but for baking, I don't think it is necessary to get such expensive one. A bottle is only 20gram!!

Well, I tried making Durian Puffs some time ago with fresh durian. I love Durian so I had a fun time making and eating them!! yum, durian...feel like having
DURIAN!!

Once again, I added fresh fruits and chocolate sauce over the Vanilla Cream Puffs. If I have some red bean paste, I think it would be nice to go with the Green Tea Puffs.

The next time, I shall make Eclairs.

DeStreSS DeSSert TherapHY

Some people eat to DeStreSS, I love to BaKe to DeStreSS....actually, stress is a mindset...to me. It's an excuse, I just love to bake. I have a range of recipe books just infront of my sofa so each time I sit down to relax, I CANNOT!! I will be looking through the books and that's it, I am busy again - 70% of the time, I will be in the kitchen unless I do not have the ingredients that the receipe calls for. Then, I can relax.....;0)

I will be making a Green Tea Chiffon Cake either today or tomorrow. Have not tried putting my hands on one of this cake. Hmm......I cannot wait!

Thursday Fruit Tart

I am back to the kitchen once again. This time it is fruit tart. Infact, I did 3 deserts over last weekend for my friends, Chris, Pat and their daughter, Bam. I made, Green Tea Tiramisu, Vanilla Cream Puffs and Palova. Unfortunately, no time for any photos!

I have peaches, blueberries and strawberries in the fridge so I made a Vanilla Cream Fruit Tart today. It is not too heavy. It has lots of fruits in it. You can hardly see the cream, fruits covered the tart. It made me happy.....should have glaze the fruits tho. It would have looked prettier ;)