Crispy Belly Pork – Siu Yuk

The secret to the crispy skin is to ensure the skin is dry. My favourite all time food video is this Marco Pierre’s slow roasted crispy pork: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DquBEjiQ0ys I score the skin with a stanley knife using the chopping board as a straight side to guide cuts about 1 cm apart on the skin, be …

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CNY 2021

CNY during lockdown 2. I made; Mandarin Steamed Bao’s Crispy Belly Pork Yau Kwok – peanut puffs Lor Bat Go – Turnip cake Taro croquettes (made from cassava) Vegetable Ho Fun Mai jai

Apple Chiffon

Apple Chiffon (contains grated apple) with salted caramel I followed this recipe using cooking apples incorporated into the sponge. http://happyflour.blogspot.com/…/apple-chiffon-cake… For the apples on top of the cake, I used 50g of red eating apples, sliced and tossed in lemon juice as per this recipe:https://www.anncoojournal.com/apple-rose-chiffon-cake/ A lovely combination and recipe and will definitely make it …

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Kiwi and Apple Jam

My lovely neighbour Sue gifted me some Riverford Kiwis’s and Apples. The last batch she gave me I made some Kiwi daiquiri’s which was lovely. This time I decided to make Jam in the bread machine as it is something I have not done yet. Years ago I did use the Jam function to make …

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Samosa’s

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I used to buy these lovely samosa’s from a local Indian grocery store in the town where I lived. They were made by a row of Indian ladies every day. You can rarely buy these any more and I am so pleased I have figured out how to make them during lockdown 1. I think …

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Blog 5 – Chiffon Sponge Flour

Skip to content Chinese sponge/chiffon sponge I decided to experiment with two different flour’s.  In the past I have used normal plain flour but this time used Mcdougalls plain flour and made one sponge and then the 00 flour and made a second sponge. Yolk mixture after whisking Egg white mixture Whites folded into the …

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Squidy Brownies – Lynne Diep

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Squidgy Brownies By Lynne Lee-Diep on Sunday, 19 April 2015 at 17:59 Squidgy Brownies    100g butter, cubed 175g caster sugar 100g dark (plain) chocolate – 50% cocoa solids 125g plain flour 2 large eggs 2 tbsp cocoa (about 30g)   Break chocolate into chunks into a large heatproof bowl and add the cubed butter. …

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