Seductive food

Rice Krispies

2009-09-20T05:27:00.000-07:00

KELLOGG'S RICE KRISPIES TREATS

1/4 cup butter
1 (10 oz., about 40) pkg. regular marshmallows or 3 cups miniature marshmallows
6 cups Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal

In a large saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Add the marshmallows and continue to stir until the marshmallows have completely melted. Remove from heat.

Stir in the Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal coating them well with the melted marshmallow mixture.

Using a buttered or silicone spatula, press the mixture evenly into a 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan which has been buttered or sprayed with non-stick spray or lined with wax paper.

Cut into squares when the mixture cools.

Makes 24 squares.

MICROWAVE DIRECTIONS:

Microwave butter with marshmallows on high setting for 2 minutes in a microwave safe mixing bowl. Stir together when melted. Microwave again on high for 1 additional minute. Stir in cereal, mixing until well coated. Press into pan as above.

Rocky Road Crunchy Bars

2009-08-10T08:43:00.000-07:00

Now this is one of my secret recipes that i make to sell, this year i did not bake these to sell, as soon as they were out of the oven... Its empty the very next second.. This recipe was adapted from Nigella Lawson, The Domestic Goddess of Culinery. Smart, beautiful and loves cooking.. Anyone know such a girl, don't mind pulling the strings for me huh! Ok, enough said, lets start!

INGREDIENTS

125g soft butter
300g best-quality dark chocolate (minimum 70% cocoa solids), broken into pieces
3 x 15ml tablespoons golden syrup
200g Rich Tea biscuits
100g mini marshmallows
2 teaspoons icing sugar for dusting
Serving Size : Makes 24
METHOD

1. Melt the butter, chocolate and golden syrup in a heavy-based saucepan. Scoop out about 125ml of this melted mixture and put to one side.
2. Put the biscuits into a freezer bag and then bash them with a rolling pin. You are aiming for both crumbs and pieces of biscuits.
3. Fold the biscuit pieces and crumbs into the melted chocolate mixture in the saucepan, and then add the marshmallows.
4. Tip into a foil tray (24cm square); flatten as best you can with a spatula. Pour the reserved 125ml of melted chocolate mixture over the marshmallow mixture and smooth the top.
5. Refrigerate for about 2 hours or overnight.
6. Cut into 24 fingers and dust with icing sugar by pushing it gently through a tea strainer or small sieve.

VOALA!!!! thats it! Easy, Cheap and REALLY YUMMY! Enjoy!

Apple Crumble

2009-08-04T07:47:00.000-07:00

Awesome food that you never get sick of, eating and eating and eating, over and over again. Have you ever wondered why apple is loved by millions of people? FOOD FACT! Apples are high in vitamins, dietry fibre, sweet, juicy and crunchy. haha! not much use huh? ok here is one of the classic apple recipe!

Apple Crumble!

Ingredients:
Crumble: 300g/10½oz plain flour
sieved pinch of salt
175g/6oz unrefined brown sugar
200g/7oz unsalted butter, cubed at room temperature
Knob of butter for greasing

Filling:
450g/1lb apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm/½in piece
50g/2oz unrefined brown sugar
1 tbsp plain flour
1 pinch of ground cinnamon

Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
2. Place the flour and sugar in a large bowl and mix well.
3. Taking a few cubes of butter at a time rub into the flour mixture.
4. Keep rubbing until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
5. Place the fruit in a large bowl and sprinkle over the sugar, flour and cinnamon.
6. Stir well being careful not to break up the fruit.
7. Butter a 24cm/9in ovenproof dish.
8. Spoon the fruit mixture into the bottom, then sprinkle the crumble mixture on top.
9. Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes until the crumble is browned and the fruit mixture bubbling.
10. Serve with thick cream or custard.

crème brûlée

2009-08-03T07:05:00.000-07:00

This is a special request from one of my best friend, although she said that she wouldn't bother to do it, but whatever, its a cool desert that melts the heart of many.

Crème Brûlée
Serves 10 to 12

8 egg yolks
600ml fresh cream
100ml milk
100g sugar
150g fine brown sugar

Preheat the oven to 100 degrees Celsius.

Combine the egg yolks, cream, milk and sugar in a mixing bowl.

Whisk and pass through a fine sieve into a jug.

Pour the egg mixture into small ramekins.

Bake in the oven for 1 hour.

Remove, cool and refrigerate for a minimum of 3 hours.

Just before serving, sprinkle the top of each portion with a thin layer of brown sugar.

Caramelise the sugar with a blowtorch and serve immediately.

CHOCOLATE MADELINE SPOONS

2009-08-02T04:52:00.000-07:00

This is the second recipe, Chocolate Madeline spoons, Its what you should eat when you are depressed and on a diet, you dun want to shove Ben and Jerry's down your throat huh! Expensive and useful but face the fact, no one sees you eating it doesn't mean those calories don't count!

Makes 12-15 spoonfuls

1 egg
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
Powdered sugar for sprinkling

Preparation
Preheat the oven to 350F.

Beat the egg with the sugar.
Mix in the melted butter.
Put the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder through a sieve and fold into the egg mixture.
Fill buttered teaspoons or tablespoons 2/3 full and place on a cookie sheet, propping the spoon handles on the edge so that the batter doesn't fall out.
Bake for 5 minutes, or a minute or two longer if using a larger spoon. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Recipe from Chocolate for Breakfast by Barbara Passino (The Gerald & Marc Hoberman Collection, February 2009)

First Post

2009-07-27T23:21:00.000-07:00

This is the first time i tried something like this, mainly this blog is about the good food and recipes that i had tasted before and tried. I maybe young but i have deep interest in this area. If you have any ideas you would like to share, or maybe any good recipes or tips, please do e-mail me at stegolego@hotmail.com. I will try to reply to you in the fastest time possible and i would post in to share with everyone. So i hope you like my blog and do comment if you wish. Lets start off the First post with an awesome recipe my mum told me about, i tried it, it was easy and awesome to eat. I brought it school and it was swept clean. If i am not wrong she read it on a book, if anyone recognise this recipe, please do tell me, so i can credit the person.

I am unable to upload the pictures as my camera cable is going "GaGA~"

Mum's signature Brownies

250g unsalted butter
200g dark chocolate
150g dried fruits,[(optional), best if dried cranberries and Cherries are used, but they are rather expensive, so if you are a student, you can try considering dried raisins to]
150g chopped nuts (optional), try not to use peanuts, their flavour maybe too strong
80g cocoa powder
65g plain flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
350g caster sugar ( is you want it to mee more richer, you can try adding less sugar )
4 large eggs
1 zest or lemon or orange

Tips:
When you are grating the zest of any fruits, try to get only the coloured area out, and not go too deep into the white part, it will turn bitter.
If you don't have a double boiler, you can try putting a bowl that is big enough to put on top of your pot filled with water, use the steam from the water to melt the butter and chocolate.
Do not Melt it directly in a pot over the flame, you may burn the dark chocolate and the oil in the chocolate will start secreting out, and that is not a good start.

1. Preheat your oven to 180'C
2. Grease a 30cm rectangular baking tin
3. Melt Butter and Chocolate over a double boiler.
4. In another mixing bowl, by hand or electric mixer, mix the cocoa powder, flour, Baking powder and sugar.
5. Once the Chocolate is 3/4 melted, add in the fruits or nuts. (optional step)
6. If not, wait for the chocolate to melt almost completely, its ok to see lumps of chocolate, as most are already melted, remove from heat, the chocolate will continue to melt.
7. Then mix the dry ingredients and the melted chocolate together, mixed well until silky.
8. Pour into the baking tin and bake for 25 minutes.
9. Once it is done, use a toothpick and poke it into the center of the brownie. If comes out clean, ITS DONE!
10. If it is still slightly wet, leave it aside, this is because certain oven will cause the chocolate to melt again.
11. As the chocolate will harden at room temperature, just leave it aside for 10 to 15 minutes and WOAH LA!
12. Enjoy!!