Paula Cooking Fingers

Thursday, 26 November 2015

Kueh Bangkit

What're u bingeing? 又在吃什么?
吃不饱的. 不想吃饱.

Unblemished minds

chinese legendary icons

the kingdom of the oceans

symbolic food

makeover

food quote: 鶏鳴狗盜： cunning or petty ruses
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kueh

Wednesday, 18 November 2015

Orange Rum Oats with pinenuts and chocolate chip Muffins

Baker's first bake...muffins

relishing

food quote: Dieting is not a piece of cake. ~Author unknown
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cakes

A pastoral care senior said her favourite scone is Yorkshire Fat Rascals. Good heavens, I didn't see any of them in my last trip to London. Some keystrokes got me reading in glee and soon found a recipe. Not mentioning the blogger name cos I change so much to suit my palate.

little rascal, I'm going to beat the shit out of you !

These rascals have a rustic look so the method used is the rubbing-in the butter . In mixing bowl, place the sieved flours, baking powder and soda, and I use a large fork to work the slight chilled butter through the flours till crumbs-like.

Next, egg+coconut cream+yorgurt+rum+zest+vanilla are lightly beaten in a container. Pour them into the dry ingredients and slowly in light strokes (not to activate the gluten) mix all to form a soft-semi firm dough. Lastly, toss in the liquer-soaked raisins and give a light knead (wear disposable glove).

jumbo ice-cream scoop comes handy

Let the dough rest 15 mins. Meanwhile preheat oven 220 degrees for 15 mins. My jumbo ice-cream scoop is the perfect tool to shape the litte rascals on lined baking tray. Sprinkle some fine chopped almonds and lightly pat into dough. All ready for the waiting oven. Baked them at 220 degrees for 10 mins then lower oven to 200 degrees and baked till light golden. Turn off oven and leave them in oven for 5 mins. The color golden is nicer and a drier top to withstand tropical climate. Enjoy with clotted cream (if can find at store) otherwise whipped cream with jam. Strawberry jam somehow taste great with scones...voila. Freeze them if not comsuming immediate, the freshness stays within.

God saves the Queen

Ingredients List:

165g plain flour
10g corn flour
20g sugar
1 tbsp + 1/8 tsp baking powder
1/8tsp baking soda
100g salted butter

20g egg
30g coconut cream
30g milk or yorgurt
5g rum
3/4 cup raisins soaked in rum overnight
1/2 lime zest
1/2 tsp vanilla
some chopped almonds to sprinkle

food quote: If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him… the people who give you their food give you their heart.” -Cesar Chavez

Cook as to how you like to eat it, join me if we share the same taste." PaulaCookingFingers

western pastries

Light Cakey Scones

什么都要吃

A hybid...a cake and a cookie

tall and mighty
guards @ 10 Downing

A couple of us gals enjoy cakey scones introduced by a ex-pastry chef from Shenton Hotel. He used the butter-creaming method and added more egg in the batter to make a very soft dough. Scone rings are necessary for this recipe. I used muffins tin before but don't like the shape of them . Not prepared to store a dozen of the rings so I made some from thick aluminium foil, see pic below.