Sausage Bun

Sausage Rolls

Ingredients

• 4 to 6 sausages, any kind to your liking 
• (i use small sausage)
• 350 gm bread flour
• 55 gm caster sugar
• 5 gm salt
• 56 gm egg
• 7 gm milk powder (to increase fragrance, optional)
• 125 ml milk
• 120 gm tangzhong/water roux (the recipe in my previous post)
• 5 to 6 gm instant yeast
• 30 gm butter (cut into small pieces, softened at room temperature)

 Method:

Combine all dry ingredients: flour, salt, sugar and instant yeast in a bowl. Make a well in the center. Whisk and combine all wet ingredients: milk, egg and tangzhong/water roux, then add into the well of the dry ingredients. 

 

Knead until you get a dough shape and gluten has developed, then knead in the butter.  Keep kneading until the dough is smooth, not sticky and elastic. (Tip: you might like to test if the dough is ready. Stretch the dough with two hands. If it forms a thin “membrane” that’s very elastic in texture.
 Use a finger to poke a hole. If the hole is a circle, not an irregular tear-off. That means you have successfully kneaded the dough to a perfect stage. Yet, don’t over-knead the dough. Otherwise all the tissues inside would be broken apart.) The time of kneading all depends on how hard and fast you knead.

Knead the dough into a ball shape. Place in a greased bowl and cover with a wet towel or cling wrap. Let it proof till it's doubled in size, about 40 minutes

 
Transfer to a clean floured surface. Deflate and divide the dough into four to six equal portions. Knead into ball shapes. Cover with cling wrap, let rest for 15 minutes 

Knead each part into a long tube, about 41cm in length (it depends on how long your sausage). Roll to enclose the sausage, with seals facing down . Place rolls on a tray lined with baking paper, covered with cling wrap or a wet towel. Leave it for the 2nd round of proofing, about 45 to 60 minutes, until double in size.
 
Brush whisked egg on surface of rolls. Bake in a pre-heated 180C (356F) oven for 35 minutes, or until golden brown. Transfer onto a wire rack and let cool completely. 

(Adapted from christines recipes)

 

Lempeng@Malay Pan Cake

 Hi-tea with lempeng and  chicken curry  today...yummyummm!

Pizza..kids like it!

This week my life just like bees...... non stop moving!.... 0530am-2300pm! hubby outstation for a week and  all duty covering by me and to ....cater 6 kids schooling  both session..and with no school bus..huuuuuhuh . Baby eimaan got fever and diarrhea.....no sweet dream time..bah!

This pizza i was bake  at 830am for izzat "tapau" to go to school! and they request it again.....

Pizza Dough

Ingredients:

    125 ml lukewarm water

    1/2 tsp sugar

    1 tsp instant dry yeast

    3 tsp olive oil (or vegetable oil)

    200 gm bread flour

    1/2 tsp salt

Method to Make Pizza Dough:

In a mixing bowl, combine the lukewarm water and sugar until sugar dissolved. Mix in the yeast and leave it in a warm place for 5 to 10 minutes, or until frothy. Stir in the olive oil.

In a large bowl, sift in the bread flour and salt. Pour the yeast mixture over the dry ingredients and form a dough. Turn the dough out onto a clean work surface and knead the dough until smooth and elastic, about 5 to 10 minutes. Roll into a ball shape.

Place in a lightly greased bowl, cover with a plastic wrap or tea towel and leave in a warm place to prove for 45 to 60 minutes, or until doubled in size.

    Lightly dust a clean work surface with the extra flour and take the dough out. Use your fist to knock the dough back to let the air out. Cut the dough into two equal portions. Roll each into a ball shape. Place the dough balls on a lined baking tray, cover and leave in a warm for about 15 minutes. Roll each portion into a 20cm-diameter disc. Follow the instructions of referred recipe to make pizzas.

Ingredients:

    1 pizza dough (see this pizza dough recipe)

    4 to 5 slices  Chicken/Beef/Seafood

    1 tomato, cut into 8 to 10 wedges

    shredded parmesan / mozzarella, to taste

    4 to 5 black olives, sliced

    2 eggs

    rocket, to taste

    1/2 tsp olive oil

    1/4 tsp lemon juice

Pizza sauce ingredients:

    1 knob butter, about thumb-sized

    1 Tbsp olive oil

    1/2 onion, diced

    1 tsp dried oregano

    1 can whole peeled tomatoes, about 400 gm

    1/4 tsp salt

    1 tsp sugar

    freshly ground black pepper, to taste

 make pizza sauce:

Heat butter and olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat, until the butter dissolves. Saute the onion until aromatic. Sprinkle Oregon.

Pour tomato with juice and cook until thickens. Season with salt, sugar and pepper. Remove from heat and let it cool down. Blend in a food processor until smooth. Set aside.

Method:

Preheat oven to 220C / 430F.

Lightly dust a clean surface with flour. Divide the pizza dough into 2 equal portions and roll each into a ball shape. Roll out each ball into a 20cm / 8 inch disc.

Prick the pizza base all over with a fork. Lightly brush with olive oil.

Spoon the pizza sauce and spread evenly. Sprinkle cheese, arrange black olive, tomato and chicken . Sprinkle extra cheese.

Bake the pizza in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the cheese melts and the edge turns golden. Meanwhile, cook the eggs one by one in a non-stick frying pan until cooked to your liking. Toss the rocket with the olive oil and lemon juice. Carefully remove the pizza from the oven. Garnish with the fried eggs and dressed rocket leaves. Serve immediately.

 (Adapted  from Christine's Recipes )

Chocolate Chip Cookies...

Some choco chip for my girls school..." Chinese New Year Celebration"

Ingredient
 
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar 1 cup packed brown sugar 2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons hot water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to batter along with salt. Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and nuts. Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased pans.
Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are nicely browned.

 

Apple Pie..

Apple pie for hi tea ...

Pumpkin Pie...

A mixture of fresh pumpkin puree mix with cream cheese, fresh ground ginger and blended cinnamon stick ..uummph! tasted so creamy and delicious.....people who don't like pumpkin pie will like this

Ingredients

1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened (abt 200gm)

2 cups canned pumpkin, mashed ( i just japanese fresh pumpkin and boil and mashed)

1 cup sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 egg plus 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten

1 cup half-and-half

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) melted butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon ( i blended cinnamon stick)

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, optional

1 piece pre-made pie dough

Whipped cream, for topping

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Place 1 piece of pre-made pie dough down into a (9-inch) pie pan and press down along the bottom and all sides. Pinch and crimp the edges together to make a pretty pattern. Put the pie shell back into the freezer for 1 hour to firm up. Fit a piece of aluminum foil to cover the inside of the shell completely. Fill the shell up to the edges with pie weights or dried beans (about 2 pounds) and place it in the oven. Bake for 10 minutes, remove the foil and pie weights and bake for another 10 minutes or until the crust is dried out and beginning to color.

For the filling, in a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese with a hand mixer. Add the pumpkin and beat until combined. Add the sugar and salt, and beat until combined. Add the eggs mixed with the yolks, half-and-half, and melted butter, and beat until combined. Finally, add the vanilla, cinnamon, and ginger, if using, and beat until incorporated.

Pour the filling into the warm prepared pie crust and bake for 50 minutes, or until the center is set. Place the pie on a wire rack and cool to room temperature. Cut into slices and top each piece with a generous amount of whipped cream.

Spaghetti Bolognese.... Dr Aziz's Secret Recipe

Nice, tasty, delicious..no other words can say...thanks!

recipe:

2 tbsp olive oil
500g lean minced beef
1 large onion, finely chopped or Charlotte
4 garlic cloves, crushed
400g can chopped tomatoes ( i use waitrose brand ...)
1 can Hunt's spaghetti sauce mushroom and add some chili and tomato sauce
good pinch of dried oregano, basil and parsley to taste
400g spaghetti
grated Parmesan cheese, to serve

Direction

Heat a wok or large, deep frying pan with the olive oil. Crumble the beef into the pan and stir-fry over a high heat for 2 minutes to break up the meat and brown it.

Add the onion  and garlic. Stir over a medium heat , then add the chopped tomatoes and the sauce. Stir well, then add the oregano and seasoning. Cook over a medium heat so that the sauce boils gently, stirring occasionally until thick.

While the sauce is cooking, cook the spaghetti in a pan of salted boiling water , until tender. Drain and turn into a warmed serving bowl.

Taste the sauce and adjust the seasoning, then pour over the hot pasta. Toss gently and serve immediately with grated Parmesan cheese.

Dubai, UAE...

Transit in Dubai on the way back from Istanbul to Brunei last months.....almost 20 hours...q for the immigration, min 1 hour if you are lucky... the temperature was 20 degree Celsius on that day..nice weather... we went to Dubai mall with taxi ....there is bus but the ticket machine broke down...cannot buy bus ticket...the taxi service was really efficient! The cost from airport to mall 48 dirham to and 35 dirham back..Alternative transport can take a bus  but you should buy a coupon at the machine (outside the airport) .or.. maybe can take tram but...on friday only open after  jumaat prayer time, .... some pictures for sharing .....

 fish aquarium at Dubai Mall....including sharks....

hehee..posing at huge popcorn model....

Beef Lasagna...

Lamb curry terengganu style...

lamb curry using terengganu curry spices, homemade white bread using gluten free flour and australian pitted prunes...

superb.....