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« Previous EntriesRecipe: Apple Crumble Pie
Saturday, December 26th, 2009This recipe first came about when I ran into difficulties rolling out my dough properly, thanks to Singapore’s humid weather. Not wanting to risk an ugly and patchy top pastry, I decided to try a crumble topping instead. And to my surprise, the topping has turned out to be everyone’s favourite part of the pie!
Apple Crumble Pie [...]
Recipe: Creamy Sweet Potato Soup
Monday, September 21st, 2009I’m not a big fan of vegetables and in his attempts to make me eat some, Daniel often resorts to pureeing or grating different veggies into sauces and soups to hide them. One of these successful attempts was a velvety pumpkin soup. Since then, I’ve been totally in love with butternut pumpkin, the sweetness of [...]
Recipe: Spaghetti Vongole
Thursday, August 6th, 2009It was a lazy Saturday morning at the nearby wet market when we chanced upon some really plump-looking clams, with tightly closed shells (indicating they were alive). Thinking of the half-opened bottle of white wine in our refrigerator, we promptly decided to get a kilogram of these bivalves to make spaghetti vongole for dinner.
After doing [...]
Recipe: Basic Rosti
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009Some time back, we found ourselves with leftover potatoes that threatened to turn green and mould away if we didn’t use them. In an attempt to salvage them, I did a quick search online and found that turning them into a rosti was one of the quickest and easiest ways to use them up, especially [...]
Recipe: Rummy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Monday, December 22nd, 2008Every Christmas, I go on a baking rampage and my repertoire always includes baking a huge batch of cookies. While my signature is a version of the Toll House chocolate chip cookie, Daniel requested for a rum and raisin cookie this year to feed his *alcoholic* colleagues. After tweaking a basic online recipe, I found [...]
Recipe: Roast Duck
Monday, December 15th, 2008Inspired by my roast duck experience in London (London: Ducks Under the London Bridge) and the roast goose in Hong Kong, Daniel and I decided to buy a whole duck and try to recreate the dish in our humble oven. “It can’t be much more difficult than roasting a chicken right?” we thought. We couldn’t [...]
Recipe: Truffles!
Monday, September 29th, 2008While trying to come up with a dessert to serve alongside finger food for our housewarming party, and freshly inspired by XOX Truffles (see Sweet Delights in San Francisco), I thought it would be cool if I could make my own bite-sized truffles. After all, if they didn’t work out it would be a great [...]
Recipe: Milk & Honey Bread
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007Most people are amazed when they hear I make my own bread. Making bread has earned itself such an intimidating reputation that few dare to try it. But it really isn’t that difficult. It just takes patience – LOTS of it. Each batch requires at least 3 hours from start to end, of which almost [...]
Recipe: Corny Muffins
Sunday, March 25th, 2007Daniel and I were browsing through the supermarket shelves when we spotted some cornmeal. He loves cornbread so I decided to bake some corn muffins – with a low fat twist. Obviously, my butter-loving guy wasn’t too thrilled about that, but I was determined to prove that low fat doesn’t mean tasteless. And I dare [...]
Recipe: Not Very Swedish Meatballs
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007Ask any Singaporean to name a Swedish dish and the likely answer would be ”Swedish meatballs”. The most successful Swedish import to Singapore after ABBA and IKEA, Swedish meatballs may not have a 4-letter acronym but are still typically Scandinavian, ie. minimalistic. Apart from meat, flour, egg, salt and pepper, little else goes into a traditional Swedish meatball [...]
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