Rhubarb and Lavander Tart

RHUBARB AND LAVANDER TART

STRAWBERRY PIE

I just made strawberry pie today. Folks let's eat

Sweet Potato souffle'

Sweet potato souffle'

My Chef told me if you want pretty dessert that would delight our guest, it should be soufflé. Because it puffed nice, straight and with elegance. Some people think souffle is too complicated to make which  for me is not. Its just merengue, pastry cream and flavouring folded together and bake in the oven for several minutes. I don't think that's difficult.

 Here is my own recipe of Souffle.
Serves 4 ramekin

Ingredients are:
2 large  Yam potato, Boiled until tender
4 large eggs, separated
1 cup milk, warmed
5 Tblsp Caster sugar
1 Tblsp  Plain flour

*When yam is soft, sieve it to get 170 grams of pureed' yam. set aside and cool to room temperature
*In a medium saucepan over medium heat, whisk 4 egg yolks and sugar  together until thick and pale yellow colour and sprinkle flour, whisk again to avoid lump. Now add half cup of warmed milk. Whisk vigorously to prevent lump and scorching from the bottom of the pan. Add the remaining milk bit by bit , whisk until the mixture becomes thick. Fold the yam puree'. Cool to room temperature.

For Mirengue

2 egg whites
4 Tblp white sugar
2 pinch cream of tartar (optional)

*Whisk egg whites until bubbly,Add cream of tartar, add sugar 1 tablespoon one at a time. make sure sugar is dissolve before you make an addition. whisk until mirengue is hard peak.

 Assemble:
 Preheat oven to 180C

Butter 4 ramekins cover each with caster sugar- Set this aside

Carefully fold 1/3 of the mirengue mixture to yam pastry cream. Blend well. Now work quickly as meringue is easy to deplete, add the remaining meringue and fold gently until just blended. do not over mix. Spoon mixture into prepared ramekins. Smooth the top with spatula, run your thumb tip around the edge of ramekins Set them in prepared tray. Give each enough space so they won't stick together when they are cooking. Bake in Pre-heated oven for 12-15 minutes until it puffed nicely and has a golden crust on top.  Take them out of the oven,sprinkle with icing sugar. Serve immediately

Chocolate bread Pudding

I was working on cleaning my pantry when i found two days old white bread.Then i look over my fridge and saw a large bowl of chocolate sponge cake trimmings from my other dish chocolate mousse cake. I look again at the dairy shelf part of my fridge and found a small carton of fresh cream. I wanna throw all the bread to the garbage so that there will be no leftover foods in my fridge. Obviously I'm cleaning it. But the other side of my brain telling me that "NO DO NOT DUMP THEM.MAKE A DELIGHTFUL DISH OUT OF THOSE BREADS. Instead of wasting it turn them into delightful dish. The next thing i did was to open my spice cabinet to find other ingredient that would pair with breads. I found cinnamon powder, caster sugar, espresso and semi-sweet chocolate chips.. you know what happened next?? i simply turn those ingredients to chocolate bread pudding

serve 2

3 slices white bread-torn into bite size
3 slices chocolate bread or chocolate sponge cake-torn into bite size
1/2 cup single cream
1 large egg
2 tablespoon caster sugar plus few dash for dusting
single shot espresso
2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
2 tablespoon butter-preferably unsalted
1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Here's how
Preheat oven to 400F
Blend the two breads in a bowl and place in two ramekins.
Mix cream,sugar ,espresso, cinnamon powder,butter and chocolate chips in a medium saucepan. Set over low-medium heat. Whisk until butter melts and other ingredients well combined. Heat gently,do not boil until mixtures nearly thick. Beat egg in a separate bowl. Ladle cream mixture in beaten egg and whisk again. Put the tampered egg back into saucepan and heat gently.
Pour cream mixture evenly into prepared ramekins with bread and press gently with the spoon. Place the pudding into pan filled with hot water and bake for ten to fifteen minutes or until the pudding are cooked and firm.
Cool slightly and serve.
You may prefer to serve pudding in ramekins or you may take them out of ramekins,place in a dessert plate and serve with some store bought sauce like strawberry sauce, caramel sauce or even chocolate sauce...

Mochi-glutinous japanese snack

Mochi is a Japanese snacks made in glutinous rice grind to fine paste and molded into ball shape. A traditional snack in japan and eaten year round specially new year. Mochi has a special fillings inside which represents the flavor. Most common fillings are red bean paste and green tea like shown in the picture, dusted by very fine caster sugar or sometimes coated with black sesame seeds, dessicated coconut or served plain


This lovely snack is extremely soft and a bit chewy. Mochi is fairly natural sweet with no artificial sweeteners added.There is a possibility to stick in between your teeth and into your upper jaw so i suggest to have a ready toothpick when eating this. I can compare this snack with the pinoy favorite snack called "PALITAW". Both are made with rice and has the same soft texture mild flavor. Mochi is like small golf size ball shape filled with rich fillings whereas palitaw is made with sticky rice shaped into half inch thick flat ball and cook in pot of boiling water until it float. ( indication that palitaw is already cooked )It has only three flavorings- sugar,toasted sesame seeds and fresh grated coconut.


Another version of mochi is sesame bean paste filling coated with black and white sesame seeds
Pretty much BUCHI but definitely not. I have never realize mochi is a great snack until i decided to buy one of the best kind,the green tea mochi. ooooohhh!!!! taste so good with smooth texture that pair nicely in my hot tea in the afternoon. For those who love rice in the their snack, this could be the best substitute to heavy rice soup or any other kind of sweets and danishes during mid day meal. You can buy Mochi in any Asian store/deli.Or in any Asian-Japanese shelves in dry supermarket. TRY it,,, I am pretty sure you'll love it,,,

Creamed avocado with cherries and mint.

When we were kids, me and my siblings always love avocado. Our mom often prepare this every lunch mixed with just condensed milk, and sometimes just plain slice together with other fruits served on dessert.There were times my mom blend this in a blender with some ice,honey and milk during summer.Refreshing but not so sweet because of the right amount of honey that have been poured into shake. But,, but i am not a cold shake fanatic. I like it with old style my mama's way. I really really like it. As we know avocado has a plain,dead color, non visual appeal, It would be nice if i add some bright color and herb that infuse perfectly with avocado


I chose pitted cherries and chopped mint leaves for my creamed avocado, Pitted maraschino cherries comes with sweet brine ( red syrup).Drain the syrup and wash the cherries under cold running water to lessen the sweetness of cherries.I chop some mint leaves to give smooth minty flavor to the fruit.

Definitely, i want to stick with the original recipe, my mama's ingredients are just avocado,condensed milk and crashed ice. In my recipe,, i add cherry, mint and slivered almond.

Serve 3

2 Hash avocado-slice into chunks
1 bottle maraschino bottle Cherries-Drained and cut in half or you may leave as whole
Mint leaves-finely chopped
14 fl.oz condensed milk
1-2 tablespoon slivered almonds
Crashed ice

When purchasing avocado, please pick little bit raw avocado or almost ripe avocado ( maniba )
to prevent the dish from being mushy.
Combine all ingredients except the crash ice and stir very gently. Set this aside and chill to refrigerator for at least an hour. place some crashed ice in a cup, Pour 1/3 cup of avocado mixture on top of ice. garnish with mint leaves and serve