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Creamy Mashed Potato – Eat Kentang

October 11, 2009

Eat Kentang! All of you fellow bloggers from the West, you probably are scoffing at my audacity of putting up a post on mashed potatoes…does she not have anything better to share? It’s almost akin to writing a post on cooking white rice. Simple as it may seem, not everyone here in Asia can make a good mashed [...]

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Cheese Puff (Petits Choux Au Fromage) – Choux Pastry Part 2

October 6, 2009

Continuing with my experimentation with choux pastry.Pared down to its most basic, the choux pastry is made by melting fat in liquid over heat. Flour is then added to the fatty liquid and cooked. The cooked dough is subsquently softened to the right texture with beaten eggs. Taking it from the basic recipe, so many permutations [...]

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Tuna Cream Puff – Choux Pastry Part 1

September 28, 2009

Choux Pastry, like the Genoise Sponge or the Sweet Crust Pastry (and quite a few more others) is one of those fundamental recipes that every self respecting baker needs to know. These, I believe would be the first lessons in a proper baking school. However, few of us will have the patience to work on [...]

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Apricot Chocolate Tart – Another One For The Petit Fours Collection

September 23, 2009

This is another tartlet recipe from Desserts By Pierre Herme and I couldn’t agree more with Dorie Greenspan’s warning – this is DANGEROUS. Enjoy this with a very conscious restrain. The apricot, steeped in lemon juice,honey and a dash of pepper(so clever) is plump with a refreshing sweetness. When these are used to pack the [...]

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Pumpkin Ang Ku … Traditional Chinese Glutinous Cake

September 12, 2009

When I first learnt about the LiveStrong With A Taste Of Yellow event at Tartelettes’ website, I knew I had to be part of it – for a couple of reasons. I had always wanted to participate in an on-line baking/cooking event, to spike up the fun of potting around in my kitchen and to [...]

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Pumpkin Chiffon Cake – Another Wholesome Variation To The Chiffon Recipe

September 7, 2009

The closest I have ever worked with pumpkin was a couple of years back when I was hosting a Christmas party. I had seen Jamie Oliver’s program during my flight to the US. He was using butternut squash to make a soup. Worried that I would not be able to find butternut squash in Singapore, [...]

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Orange Tartlets… My First Pierre Herme Recipe

August 25, 2009

I believe most avid cooks/bakers share the same insatiable impulse to possess every glossy and delicious looking cookbook that crosses their path.Before we know it, the book shelf is spilling over with the 4th cookbook dedicated solely to chiffon cake, the 6th cookbook on chocolate desserts….I have not dared to count the number of cook [...]

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Raspberry Guimauves / Marshmallows

August 22, 2009

Guimauve, as those who are familiar with confectionaries and bon bon will know, is actually French marshmallow. They can be enjoyed on their own and are also often used as decoration to adorn other pastries. I am not a ‘candy girl’ and don’t like overly sweet stuff. The only candy I take are Fruit Gums… [...]