Home cooking
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or you can go make your rounds for AA
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This post is for littlestream, who wanted to know how to soften Fish Maw for the Reunion Dinner Steamboat.
This year's one is just over but this one will be handy for next year!
This is found in a cookbook from Hong Kong by a Master Chef, Tham Yui Kai. He's very famous in the Chinese cuisine world.
METHOD OF SOFTENING FISH MAW
1. Soak fish maw in fresh water for a while. Then, boil it with a suitable amount of boiling water for about 30 mins, cover pan, turn off flame to soak for about 2 hrs until cooked (if it is uncooked, to boil for another 15 mins, then turn off the flame to soak for a while). Remove and soak in the fresh water.
2. Cut fish maw into pieces, and boil with a suitable amount of boiling water for a while. Heat pan with some oil, add in spring onions and garlic to fry deliciously, then add in suitable amount of fresh water, some wine, and bring to the boil for about 2 mins. Lastly, add in the fish maw pieces and bring to the boil for another 2 minutes, remove spring onions and garlic. Soak fish maw pieces in the fresh water.
3. When preparing to cook, just soak fish maw pieces in boiling water and then cook it with the other materials.
Bear in mind, though, that the fish maw here is not the pre-fried version you often purchase from the markets. (I think) Because if it's that type of fish maw, it will disintegrate with so much soaking!
The Chinese name for the fish maw the chef is referring to is "Bai2 Hua1 Yu2 Du4". -
Bear shared this recipe in the Night Owls Chatterboxes and it sounds so good, I thought that it's a good idea to keep it in here.
Recipe: Soy and sake beef with ponzu :: Don Cameron
Ingredients:
Don Cameron of Stillwater River Cafe says this is his favourite way to eat beef fillet. The sake in the ponzu sauce melts the meat, which is enriched with dark flavours of soy, parsnip and black mushroom in the pave.
2 x 180g middle eye fillet steaks
350 ml soy sauce
350 ml cooking sake
700 ml water
3 large parsnips
2 large flat mushrooms
Butter
Freshly ground pepper
Ponzu sauce
60 ml soy
60 ml kecap manis (sweet soy)
170 ml mirin
100 ml cooking sake
30 ml lemon juice
1 tspn fish sauce
2 tspn sesame oil
½ tbspn chopped garlic
1 tbspn bonito shavings
Method:
Trim beef of all excess sinew and fat. Pat dry with kitchen paper, let stand at room temperature for one hour before cooking.
Combine the soy, sake and water and bring to simmering point.
To cook the beef, place the eye fillet steaks into the liquid to steep for 20 - 30 minutes.
Note:
Use a thermometer to keep the water at an even temperature between 68-73 degrees F. Great care must be taken not to boil soy/sake as the meat will become very tight and shall be spoilt. The beef should still be very rare, tender and warm/hot to the touch.
For the parsnip
Peel the parsnips and cut into even large chunks. Remove any fibrous core.
Boil until tender. Drain, add melted butter then puree.
For the mushrooms
Trim mushroom stalks. Place on tray and pour over melted butter and ground pepper.
Bake in oven at 150 degrees for approx. 15 to 20 min.
For the ponzu
Combine all ingredients in saucepan and warm for 3 minutes. Do not boil.
Strain ready for serving while still warm.
To serve:
Place mushroom on centre of plate with a large dollop of parsnip on top.
Layer 3 or 4 slices of the rare beef on top of each portion.
Top with another spoonful of parsnip.
Pour the warm ponzu around the mushroom and serve.
At Stillwater, Don turns several spools of noodles for each plate, adds a dollop of wasabi aioli and a teaspoon of beef demi-glace over the beef.
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I found this following recipe in 'Gourmet' magazine, June 2002.
GARLIC BREAD
Serves 4 to 6.
Active time : 10 mins Start to finish : 30 mins
The secret to garlic bread that's neither too greasy nor too dry is having the correct proportion of butter to bread, so we give specific dimensions for the Italian loaf. If yours is a different size, you'll need to adjust the amount of garlic butter accordingly.
Ingredients :
2 teaspoons finely chopped garlic
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 (15- by 3 1/2-inch) loaf Italian bread
Instructions :
- Preheat oven to 350 deg F.
- Mince and mash garlic to a paste with a rounded 1/4 teaspoon salt using a heavy knife. Stir together butter, oil, and garlic paste in a bowl until smooth, then stir in parsley.
- Without cutting completely through bottom, cut bread diagonally into 1-inch thick slices with a serrated knife, then spread garlic butter between slices.
- Wrap loaf in foil and bake in middle of oven 15 mins. Open foil and bake 5 mins more.
Cooks' notes :
- Bread can be spread with garlic butter 8 hours ahead and chilled, wrapped in foil. Let stand at room temperature 30 mins before baking.
- For a brighter flavour, you can substitute 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh basil for 1 tablespoon parsley.
Hmm... I think I'd prefer more garlic... I mean, what's 2 teaspoons of finely chopped garlic?
I think I might also sprinkle a bit of sugar over the bread slices before baking to caramelise it, as inspired by Bread Talk's Garlic Bread, which used to be nice cause the spread was generous but sadly, the standard has dropped drastically. -
I've decided to make this thread sticky as it's always such a pain to look for it.
Anyway posting this Blender Mushroom Soup for Shinta. Promised her that I will type it out here
This is by far the easiest Cream of Mushroom recipe I know
Blender Mushroom Soup (By Ronald Leong)
Ingredients (Serves 4)
- 1 punnet button mushrooms
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tub (250ml) thick cream
- 150ml chicken stock
- Salt & pepper
Method
1. Slice mushrooms and toss in butter over high heat and fry till cooked
2. Add chicken stock and stir in cream. Simmer for 10 mins to allow flavours to develop
3. Take off heat and cool slightly, Pour into food processor and blend until smooth
4. Season with salt and pepper and serve -
Just to share my recipe/ invention..
its rather simple and quite tasty.. and really up to your own taste buds and preferrence.. would appeal to those who likes pizza..
Ingredients:
1. Cheese, Mozzerella (preferred) and shredded
2. Bread
3. Meat (cooked, chicken or tuna, ham)
4. Others (mashed hard boiled eggs etc, sliced lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers)
5. Sauces (bbq/ mayo)
6. Seasoning (pepper white or black, salt prefer nt to for health)
Equipment:
1. Sandwich Maker
The key to this whole recipe is to create the melted cheese on meat effect.. my personal fave is:
cheese+chicken+cucumber+coriander leaves > gives you a chicken rice kind of flavoured sandwich..
or
chicken+cheese+lettuce+bbq sauce+black pepper.. ooh..
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cheese+mayo+tuna.. -
Originally posted by elindra:
Thank you so much!
I've decided to make this thread sticky as it's always such a pain to look for it.
Anyway posting this Blender Mushroom Soup for Shinta. Promised her that I will type it out here
This is by far the easiest Cream of Mushroom recipe I know
[b]Blender Mushroom Soup (By Ronald Leong)
Ingredients (Serves 4)
- 1 punnet button mushrooms
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tub (250ml) thick cream
- 150ml chicken stock
- Salt & pepper
Method
1. Slice mushrooms and toss in butter over high heat and fry till cooked
2. Add chicken stock and stir in cream. Simmer for 10 mins to allow flavours to develop
3. Take off heat and cool slightly, Pour into food processor and blend until smooth
4. Season with salt and pepper and serve [/b]
hmmz where/how can i get the cream? -
if kenot find, can replace with 1/4cup sour creamOriginally posted by shinta:Thank you so much!
hmmz where/how can i get the cream?
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where/how can i get sour cream?Originally posted by alexkusu:if kenot find, can replace with 1/4cup sour cream -
buy milk and wait for it to get sour lor...Originally posted by shinta:where/how can i get sour cream?
buy frm supermarket la!!!~!!!!~!~!
*blood vessel burst*
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in person of course =), at 17, im not afraid to do anything.Originally posted by Wanda:Eh...coffeeortea, did you tell your mum in person or with a card or not? Better to tell her then declare here mah.
Eh...is today civil defence day? I hear the siren blaring. -
cannot lah, must use cream, if not you get sour cream of mushroom soup.. not good not good.Originally posted by alexkusu:if kenot find, can replace with 1/4cup sour cream -
Just get it from the dairy section at the super marketOriginally posted by shinta:Thank you so much!
hmmz where/how can i get the cream?
Pls don't go and buy fresh whipping cream hor
That one is not dairy cream but made from palm oil -
it adds an extra kick to the mushroomsOriginally posted by coffeeortea:cannot lah, must use cream, if not you get sour cream of mushroom soup.. not good not good. -
But won't it make the soup sour?Originally posted by alexkusu:it adds an extra kick to the mushrooms
You want extra kick in the soup? Add more butter -
i said 1/4cup nia ma.....Originally posted by elindra:But won't it make the soup sour?
You want extra kick in the soup? Add more butter
butter adds a kick of death. Someone cholestrol loving person like *ahem bare ahem* would like it -
It's not only *ahem bare ahem* who likes it in Club 30Originally posted by alexkusu:i said 1/4cup nia ma.....
butter adds a kick of death. Someone cholestrol loving person like *ahem bare ahem* would like it I know someone else who eats like him -
cee oh eff eff ee ee oh ar tee ee ehOriginally posted by elindra:It's not only *ahem bare ahem* who likes it in Club 30 I know someone else who eats like him -
supermarket got sell de ar?Originally posted by alexkusu:buy milk and wait for it to get sour lor...
buy frm supermarket la!!!~!!!!~!~!
*blood vessel burst*
X_X
no see before
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Shinta.......... I think you need to go to the supermarket more often and open your eyesOriginally posted by shinta:supermarket got sell de ar?
no see before 
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shinta.. 7-11 is not supermarketOriginally posted by shinta:supermarket got sell de ar?
no see before -
Asked Bear to post the url for the videoclip on how to peel a potato fast here but he wasn't listening. So here it is!Originally posted by the Bear:coz they're retarded?
btw, for you "aspiring cooks" out there.. this is the easy way to peel potatoes...
someone put it up somewhere else.. i've been doing this myself for ages too
click here => How to peel a potato really quickly -
Originally posted by elindra:Shinta.......... I think you need to go to the supermarket more often and open your eyes
i only saw soft drinks, ham, meat, and veggies -
Even ham there are so many kindsOriginally posted by shinta:
i only saw soft drinks, ham, meat, and veggies
Same goes for the meat and veggies
Cream is under Dairy -
Originally posted by elindra:Even ham there are so many kinds
Same goes for the meat and veggies
Cream is under Dairy