Thursday, May 31, 2007
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Chilled Oreo Marble Chocolate Cheesecake
Ingredients for crust:
220 gm. chocolate biscuits - blended
120 to 150 gm. melted butter
Cream Cheese fillings:
100 gm. Sugar
8 egg yolks
500 gm. cream cheese
22 gm. gelatine powder soaked with 100 ml. water then microwave for 25 secs.
300 gm. Dairy whip cream (35% fat whipping cream)
50 gm. cooking chocolate
1 paket of Oreo cookies
Method:
(1) Mix blended chocolate with butter evenly and press into a 9" round springform tin. Chill in the refrigerator for at elast 20 mins. till biscuits are firm.
(2) Whisk egg yolks and sugar lightly over a pot of simmering water with the base not touching the water. Whisk till lemoney in colour.
(3) Beat cream cheese with a paddle till creamy. Pour in the melted gelatine mixture and mix evenly.
(4) Pour in the whisked egg yolks into the cream cheese gradually and mix till evenly combined.
(5) Fold in whipped cream and mix gently.
(6) Pour half of the cream cheese mixture into the prepared tin , lay oreo cookies on top of cream cheese filling and then pour balance cream cheese filling on top.
(7) Mix 1 tbsp of cream cheese filling with melted chocolate and spoon it on top of the cheese cake. Use a skewer to swirl into a marble effect.
(8) Chill in the refrigerator for about 4 hours or until firm before slicing.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Mexican Cinnamon Cigar Puffs
Ingredients for choux paste:
250 ml. water
100 gm. butter
1/4 tsp. salt
190 gm. Plain flour
1 tsp. baking powder
2 eggs - beaten
Cinnamon sugar: mix together
80 gm. castor sugar
1/2 to 1 tsp. cinnamon powder - up to individual taste
Method:
(1) Boil water , salt and butter in a saucepan.
(2) When water boils, pour in all the flour and baking powder into the boiling mixture and stir till it becomes a dough. Set aside to cool slightly.
(3) Beat in eggs and place choux paste into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle.
(4) Pipe out about 2 1/2 inches long and deep fry till golden brown.
(5) Drain and coat it with cinnamon sugar.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
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