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Blueberry Drop White Chocolate Muffins<br />
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Another lovely idea for your V day!</div>
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Meanwhile, Happy Weekend & Happy Chinese New Year </div>
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(The Year of Mischievous yet Lucky Monkey - with Fire element) for those who celebrate! : -)<br />
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Let's welcome February, the month of Love,<br />
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<i><b>What is the difference between chocolate cake and devil's food? </b></i></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">{Courtesy: </span><a href="http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodcakes.html#devilsfood" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">devilsfood</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">}</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;">This simple question has many answers, depending upon the period and cookbook. As noted above, the first 19th century American chocolate cake recipes were white/yellow cakes with chocolate icing. The addition of chocolate to the batter increased as the price of this ingredient declined, thus creating "chocolate cake" as we know it today. 20th century cookbooks often list chocolate cake and devils food on the same page. The most predominant difference between the two? Devil's food usually contains a greater proportion of chocolate. Fannie Farmer [1923] doubles the amount of chocolate required for her devil's food (4 ounces compared to 2 ounces for "regular" chocolate cake.). Irma S. Rombauer confirms: "When the larger amount of chocolate is used, it is a black, rich Devil's Food." (Joy of Cooking, 1931 p. 236)</span></span></blockquote>
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<em style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-color: initial; border-style: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">...It is believed that the “Devil’s Food” cake was invented in the United States in the early 20th century.</span></span><br /><span style="background: rgb(255 , 255 , 255); border: 0px; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It may be that this cake was named for its contrast to the snow-white </span><em style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: georgia, times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Angel Cakes”</em><span style="background: rgb(255 , 255 , 255); border: 0px; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> that were being made prior to the </span><em style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: georgia, times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Devil’s Food”</em><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-color: initial; border-style: initial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 21px;"> cake. </span></span></span></em><br />
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<em style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Angel food belongs to the nineteenth century but devil's food to the twentieth. How this chocolate cake came to be called devil's food no one knows although it may have been a play on opposites: it was as dark and rich as angel food was light an airy...In the early 1900s there were a number of bizarre variations on Devils Food Cake. Once called for mashed potatoes and a number for ground cinnamon and cloves in addition to chocolate..."<br />---American Century Cookbook: The Most Popular Recipes of the 20th Century, Jean Anderson [Clarkson Potter:New York] 1997 (p. 452-3)</span></em></blockquote>
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<li>Melt the dark chocolate with the water (in a bowl over a pan of boiling water). Stir until smooth and leave to cool.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Decorate with fresh strawberries (halved) and a jasmine-infused Macaroon for the finishing touch. <span style="text-align: center;">Enjoy! :)</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Sift the flour into a bowl. Add butter and rub through with fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar. Make a well in the middle. Use a fork to lightly whisk the yolks and vanilla then add them into the well. Sprinkle water over the dry mixture using a small palette knife to mix in the liquid until the pastry begins to form clumps, press it lightly together with a cupped hand to form a smooth ball. Wrap pastry in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface. Using a metal ring and stamp out pastry circles. Gently place the pastry circles on patty tins, adjusted to fit each patty cup.<span style="text-align: left;">Thoroughly grease the patty tins and line with sweet short pastry. Trim the pastry to the tops of the tins, then blind-bake the shells for about 10 minutes.</span></li>
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3 egg yolks</div>
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60 g caster sugar</div>
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1 tablespoon cornflour</div>
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1/2 tablespoon all-purpose flour</div>
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280 ml milk</div>
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1 teaspoon vanilla essence</div>
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10 g butter</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pour milk, remaining sugar in a saucepan over medium heat to the boil. Add vanilla. Remove from heat;</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Strain the milk over the egg yolk mixture and stir continuously until smooth;</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pour back mixture into a clean saucepan over low to medium heat and bring to the boil, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon for about 2-3 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat. Stir in the butter until well combined and leave to cool;</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Transfer the mixture into a bowl. Lay plastic wrap on the surface and refrigerate until cold;</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Ladle 1-2 teaspoon(s) of pastry cream into each sweet pastry shell. Arrange fruit slices of your choice on top;</li>
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AnnaVanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02587355912987867420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879822904114595487.post-10723548189623047492016-01-19T20:20:00.004+07:002016-01-19T20:20:36.090+07:00Hands up! Organic Sugar Hand Scrub<div style="text-align: center;">
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Hands up, baby, hands up,<br />
Gimme your heart, gimme, gimme your heart<br />
Gimme gimme<br />
Hands up, baby, hands up,<br />
Gimme your heart, gimme, gimme your heart<br />
Gimme gimme<br />
All your love...<br />All your love...<br /><br />
Angel face, I love your smile,<br />
Love your ways, I like your style.<br />
What can I do to get closer to you?<br />
Don't think twice or count to ten.<br />
Don't take advice, don't ask me when.<br />
Just come my way, simply kiss me and say:<br /><br />
Hands up, baby, hands up,<br />
Gimme your heart, gimme, gimme your heart<br />
Gimme gimme<br />
Hands up, baby, hands up,<br />
Gimme your heart, gimme, gimme your heart<br />
Gimme gimme<br />
All your love...<br />All your love...<br />
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With your head up in the sky,<br />
Every day you're walking by,<br />
Why don't you have the stars looking at me?<br />
<br />
Stop that game, don't waste your time,<br />
For all your dreams are matching mine,<br />
No use to play hide 'n seek for a week.<br />
<br />Hands up, baby, hands up,<br />
Gimme your heart, gimme, gimme your heart<br />
Gimme gimme<br />
Hands up, baby, hands up,<br />
Gimme your heart, gimme, gimme your heart<br />
Gimme gimme<br />
All your love...<br />
All your love...<br />
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Let me be your Romeo, your wonder boy,<br />
And your super champ.<br />
Let me take you to the milky way<br />
On a holiday, (on a holiday)<br />
Follow me (follow me)<br />
why don't you follow me (why don't you follow me)?<br />
Just come my way simply kiss me and say:<br />
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Hands up, baby, hands up,<br />
Gimme your heart, gimme, gimme your heart<br />
Gimme gimme<br />
Hands up, baby, hands up,<br />
Gimme your heart, gimme, gimme your heart<br />
Gimme gimme<br />
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Hands up, baby, hands up<br />
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AnnaVanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02587355912987867420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879822904114595487.post-65008591873963999222015-08-23T20:48:00.000+07:002015-08-27T00:45:07.794+07:00Fresh Fruit Minestrone with a hint of Orange-flavoured Liqueur<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;"><b><i>Sunday Treat:</i></b> </span><i class="_4-k1 img sp_fM-mz8spZ1b sx_6b1df8" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(https://z-1-static.xx.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/v2/yx/r/pimRBh7B6ER.png); background-position: 0px -255px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: auto; color: #141823; display: inline-block; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 16px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"><u style="left: -999999px; position: absolute;">pacman emoticon</u></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;"> </span>Simple, yet lovely to look at and refreshing + delightful to savour... One of my favourite sweet treats with a linkage to my childhood memory as my grandmother made it often... but without liqueur...<br />
...Besides my top operation: "Eating", I was assigned to peel and remove pips from grapes... for my grandma's fruit salad...and sometimes...for my grandpa's afternoon break.<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;"> </span><i class="_4-k1 img sp_fM-mz8spZ1b sx_0d0a66" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(https://z-1-static.xx.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/v2/yx/r/pimRBh7B6ER.png); background-position: 0px -272px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: auto; color: #141823; display: inline-block; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 16px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"><u style="left: -999999px; position: absolute;">penguin emoticon</u></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">---> <b>Fresh Fruit Minestrone</b> <---, </span>a cocktail of fruit salad, ...cut and steeped in a spiced fruit marinade, with a hint of Curaçao triple sec, ...set over ice... served with a quenelle of<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;"> </span><i class="_4-k1 img sp_fM-mz8spZ1b sx_62a652" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(https://z-1-static.xx.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/v2/yx/r/pimRBh7B6ER.png); background-position: 0px -204px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: auto; color: #141823; display: inline-block; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 16px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"><u style="left: -999999px; position: absolute;">heart emoticon</u></i><span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span>-made creamy frozen yogurt...and a sprig of mint for garnish<span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span><br />
<i><b>For the marinade:</b></i><br />
1 cinnamon stick<br />
2 pieces star anise<br />
1 vanilla pod (cut in half lengthwise)<br />
300 ml freshly squeezed orange juice<br />
300 ml water<br />
300 g sugar<br />
juice from 1 lime or lemon<br />
1 tablespoon Curaçao Triple Sec or Cointreau<br />
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<i><b>For the fruits:</b></i><br />
1 Washington red apple<br />
1 Granny Smith apple,<br />
1-2 kiwi(s)<br />
150 g strawberries<br />
(<i><b>for apples, kiwis and strawberries, cut into chunks</b></i>)<br />
150 g grapes, (halved, remove pips)<br />
2 Navel oranges, sliced<br />
2 bananas, (peeled & sliced, then brushed with lime juice)<br />
<i>alternatively, you can blend bananas with other ingredients for marinade</i><br />
Fresh mint, for garnish<br />
Lime or Lemon juice, for brushing the apple chunks and banana slices<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;"><br /></span><br />
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<i><b>For Creamy Frozen Yogurt:</b></i><br />
3 cups of 135 g natural yogurt <br />
(I used Thai brand w/ 0% fat plain yogurt)<br />
75 g icing sugar<br />
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My first Nama Chocolate----> made of dark chocolate (70%), heavy cream, butter , Rum and chopped Almond... dusted w/ Dutch cocoa powder, decorated with edible-salt-pickled Sakura flowers and pistachios...</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">What is </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Nama Chocolate</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> ?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Nama chocolates ( Chocolate with Velvet Sensation) ... have been popular in Japan... since the 1980s,... but now the chocolates are becoming known in other parts of the world, ...and they've become an exotic hit in chocolate circles full of avid chocolate aficionados.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">...Well-known purveyors of the chocolate are Japanese shops... such as ROYCE' chocolates...</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Nama</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> in Japanese---> means </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">fresh, raw or rare</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> , but most translate the term in English as meaning </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">fresh</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> .</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">This obviously refers to the use of fresh cream in the confection</b></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">A fine, ...delicate pairing of select chocolate, ...fresh cream... with a hint of prestigious liquors, </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Nama Chocolate</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> ...is a velvety smooth </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">fresh ganache chocolate</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> , ...containing at least double the amount of cream usually found in conventional chocolates...</span></blockquote>
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<i><b>Kindly visit the below link for ingredients & method</b></i> (Just One Cookbook by Nami) :<br />
<a href="http://www.justonecookbook.com/nama-chocolate/" target="_blank">Nama Chocolate (Royce’ Copycat Recipe) 生チョコレート</a></div>
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AnnaVanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02587355912987867420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879822904114595487.post-939866020012181442015-06-05T01:05:00.000+07:002015-06-26T19:49:22.902+07:00Thai Mango Smoothie<div style="text-align: center;">
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Hello June with Strawberry Moon ...plus... my first flowering Pineapple,... propagated from golden pineapples' crown, last year...<i>surprise...surprise! </i>:) </div>
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...I'll have to wait up to 6 more months for the fruit to mature... It feels so good just realizing that the wait will be well worth it! )</div>
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...and <i>a variety of Mangoes in season here in Thailand e.g. Apple Mango, Oil Mango, Elephant Head Mango, Elephant Tusk Mango, Green King Mango, etc...etc) </i></div>
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<i>They are sweet, juicy, aromatic, refreshing and delicious!</i><br />
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<i><b>Mangoes</b></i> just couldn't stop smiling at me... (lol)</div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/s/%23mangoadventure">#mangoadventure</a> @Local Farmers' Market!</span></div>
<i><b><span style="color: #444444;">How to choose the most ripe mangoes?</span></b></i></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;">and finally choose the ones with---> rich aroma at their stem ends <--- :) </span></li>
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<i><b>Mango pulp</b></i> from 2 ripe Thai Mangoes, chilled <br />
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250 ml <i><b>Almond Milk</b></i>, chilled<br />
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1 Tbsp <i><b>Organic Honey</b></i><br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Pistachios, </i>roughly chopped<br />
Salt-pickled <i><b>Japanese Cherry Blossom Flowers</b></i> for garnish (optional)<br />
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It's Baby Scotch Pancake (this time, w/ a crepe-like thin pancake batter yet w/ soft & spongy texture) & Whipped Cream Filling,... Cannoli Fashion ^_^</div>
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Ideally served on a plate,... lightly painted w/ heart-made Strawberry-Champagne Jam, ...decorated with blueberries, raspberries and sprigs of mint...served w/ drops of Thai honey and a cuppa love!!!!</div>
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<i><b>Oh-so-luscious!</b></i> <br />
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<i><b>for Scotch Pancakes Recipe & how-to, kindly visit my previous post:</b></i><br />
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I scream... You scream....We all scream for<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><i class="_4-k1 img sp_0FWTQ_K3bWk sx_7f01c6" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yS/r/ckxre_asY0y.png); background-position: 0px -7897px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: auto; color: #141823; display: inline-block; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; height: 16px; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"><u style="left: -999999px; position: absolute;">heart emoticon</u></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span>Made Nutella-Banana Ice Cream!!!!<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><i class="_4-k1 img sp_0FWTQ_K3bWk sx_c47517" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yS/r/ckxre_asY0y.png); background-position: 0px -8084px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: auto; color: #141823; display: inline-block; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; height: 16px; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"><u style="left: -999999px; position: absolute;">tongue emoticon</u></i><br />
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Made some time ago...------> It's Eggless Nutella-Banana Ice cream (no churn...no additional sugar added), made of Nutella, Dark Chocolate, Rice Milk, Whipped Cream & Beautiful Bananas ...with roughly chopped Cashew Nuts,... individually served in white chocolate cup, created from Cup Cake Cases & melted White Chocolate....decorated w/ Raspberries, Mint sprigs & Dark Chocolate Ganache...and s/w Cappuccino Wafer Rolls, whipped cream and a sprig of mint.</div>
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275 g Rice Milk or Almond Milk</div>
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3 beautiful Bananas </div>
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<li>Slowly whisk in the Chocolate mixture...Stir in Vanilla rum... Mix well... </li>
<li>* Whip the cream until thick but light and fold into the cooled mixture. </li>
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning - How Do I Love Thee?From Classical Baby: The Poetry ShowHow Do I Love Thee?(Sonnet 43)by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sightFor the ends of being and ideal grace.I love thee to the level of every day'sMost quiet need, by sun and candle-light.I love thee freely, as men strive for right.I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.I love thee with the passion put to useIn my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.I love thee with a love I seemed to loseWith my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,I shall but love thee better after death.<br />
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I love making my own granitas with various flavours; such as Red Wine Granita, Strawberry & Chardonnay Granita, Rose Granita, Raspberry Granita, Plum Granita, Rambutan Granita, Roselle Granita and a classic Coffee Granita, Sicilian style! I really enjoy mixing those lovely ingredients, available in the kitchen e.g. Thai herbs & spices, red wine, white wine, rose, strong coffee, earl grey, honey as well as seasonal fruits. </div>
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A syrup with a rich flavor is essential to make tasteful granita with a perfect combination of fruit juice, fruit puree, or wine is used with, or instead of, water. Herbs and spices can give crunchy ices interesting flavour twists, while aromatic teas such as jasmine or earl grey can be used to make refreshing light granitas. My most favourite of all is strong and sweet espresso coffee granita (Granita di Caffè), serve with fresh whipped cream, Sicilian style!<br />
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<i>Espresso Granita , Sicilian style (Granita di Caffè con Panna)<br />...made y'day for my own pleasure! ...I sometimes substitute caramel sugar with homemade ginger syrup which gives a pleasantly delightful taste and exotic yet well-married blend to my taste bud & tummy! :)<br />...Granite (plural for granita) are the quintessential Sicilian breakfast, especially in summertime....and my most fav. of all is strong yet sweet Espresso Granita, s/w whipped cream (Panna Montata) and a freshly-baked (traditional) round (dinner rolls-sized) brioche (a.k.a Panino al latte), with a little extra ball of dough on the top & a hint of orange...hmmmm</i></blockquote>
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<b><i style="background-color: white;">Granita di Caffè (from Rosemary and Bitter Oranges, by Patrizia Chen):</i></b></div>
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<li>Remove from the freezer, using fork to crush the ice crystals. Return to the freezer; Repeat this process several times, until the mixture is sorbet-like in small crystals. (<i>The mixture can be frozen and scrapped off in crystals when it is served.) </i></li>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Portions of granita should be modest, so small glasses are ideal. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">If possible, frost them in the freezer. </span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Granita di Caffè</span> con </span><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Panna </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;">(crème chantilly)</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and </span><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sicilian's Lemon & Orange Bread</span> </i></span><span style="background-color: white;"><i><b>are Match Made in Heaven</b></i></span><span style="background-color: white;">!!!<br />...</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Listening to the God Father’s Sicilian love songs as background music, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">with sepia flashback of Michael </span><span style="background-color: white;">(Al Pacino), wandering around with his Sicilian bodyguards </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">and found the love of his life, Apollonia hmmmm </span><i>what else would one ask for?.</i><span style="background-color: white;">...:)</span></div>
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In Napoli or Sicily! ;) where love is king, when boy meets girl... here's what they say... </div>
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When the moon hits your eyes, like a big pizza pie, that’s Amore. When the World seems to shine, </div>
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The objective of this day is to get people to laugh, and to laugh more often. <br />
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Not a smile, but pure, whole-hearted laughter! <br />
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Heart-Made Passion Fruit Sorbet {Sorbet aux Fruits de la Passion},....made of Thai wild flower Honey... and beautiful Passion Fruits.... from The Doi Kham Royal Project, ...under the patronage of His Majesty King Bhumibol of Thailand...<br />
.....s/w a scoop of my left-over raspberry sorbet, frozen raspberries, organic Thai Mulberry, (from my aunt's garden)... and a lovely bouquet of Pigeon Berry Flower for garnish....</div>
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hmmmm.... suddenly Barry White's "Come on"'s chorus... pops up in my head...<br />
[...] I'll love you day and night<br />
I'm with you wrong or right<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">1. Sprinkle a good pinch of salt into a bowl of passion fruit pulp. Set aside.</span><br />
2. Dissolve the honey in warm water, stirring until it has completely dissolved.<br />
3. Add the orange juice, liquor and passion fruit pulp stir well.<br />
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<i><b>Voilà!</b></i> <i>Nothing beats naturally refreshing homemade sorbet to cool down the heat of March here in Thailand...</i><b><b><i> </i></b><b style="font-style: italic;">Enjoy! :</b><i>)</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I believe there are three tenants </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">called Life: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fear is motivating, </span></div>
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How would you like you tea, dears?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>I ordered a pot of Earl Grey and a Strawberry Mousse Cake, <br />to be matched with my fuchsia sack-dress w/ creamy vanilla elbow-sleeves </i>;)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;">The little spaces in time created by teatime rituals call out to be filled with conversation. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A cozy & comfy corner for two @ our favourite rendezvous café</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">:)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;">Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;">and the pleasures of company.</span><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> ~Author Unknown</em></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;">Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;">The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;">the fountains are bubbling with delight, </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;">the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;">Let us dream of evanescence, </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;">and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things. </span></span><br />
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and...how about "Something fishy"!!! </div>
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It's one of listed first-time activities of mine in 2015!!!</div>
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How was my very first feeling once dipping my feet in the fish tank?<br />
Wouldn't you like to know, huh? ;)</div>
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It was such a tingling feeling...not the kind of electric shock but rather like your feet are lightly poked with needles...so lightly that you feel no pain at all...like a fine vibration all over your feet...grrrrrrr<br />
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Those foreign passersby stopped by the fish tank to take a close look at how those so called doctor fish work on our feet... There was a Swiss couple, making fun of us by asking if we would put sugar in the tank...<br />
My cousin said <<no>><br />
...Then I followed <<We'd definitely feed them with coffee later...they look oh-so sleepy!!!>><br />
Oh...Poor fish! ;)<br />
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AnnaVanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02587355912987867420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879822904114595487.post-39205868367258524972014-12-17T22:10:00.002+07:002015-03-21T14:14:54.122+07:00Profiteroles Chérie...For me Formidable <div style="text-align: justify;">
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Heart-♥- Made Profiteroles w/ pastry cream (or crème patissière) s/w fresh strawberry, dark chocolate ganache and whipped cream topping.(or ice-cream of your choice).</div>
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I also love Praline filling, like Paris-Brest's. :)</div>
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The most common dessert presentations involve ice cream, whipped cream or a pastry cream filling, and are served plain, with chocolate sauce, or with a crisp caramel glaze. They can also be topped with powdered sugar, frosting, or fruit. Filled and glazed with caramel, they are assembled into a type of pièce montée called croquembouches, often served at weddings and during the Christmas Holiday in France. Profiteroles are also used as the outer wall of St. Honoré Cake.<br />
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The origin of both the pastry and its name profiterole are obscure. However many sources suggest northeastern Italy. The word profiterole (also spelled prophitrole, profitrolle, profiterolle) has existed in English since the 16th century, borrowed from French. The original meaning in both English and French is unclear, but later it came to mean a kind of roll 'baked under the ashes'. A 17th-century French recipe for a Potage de profiteolles or profiterolles describes a soup of dried small breads (presumably the profiteroles) simmered in almond broth and garnished with cockscombs, truffles, and so on. The current meaning is only clearly attested in the 19th century. The "cream puff" has appeared on US restaurant menus since 1851, if not earlier. (Source:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profiterole">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profiterole )</a></blockquote>
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Somewhere in Time<br />
October 23rd, 2014</div>
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How have you all been doing?<br />
I cannot believe it's October already! October is one of my favourite months...It's Autumn, Harvesting... an opportune time to turn over a new leaf in life with New Moon & Solar Eclipse in Scorpio, a plus!<br />
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Since my messy kitchen is temporarily closed due to renovation and that I have been buzzing here and there lately, it is such a lovely idea to hand over my October's special post to a dear friend of mine, Jaime...to share with you her favourite 3-in-1 sweet corner (patisserie, boulangerie and confiserie) in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. I hope you enjoy this very special tour with her...</div>
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Anne x</div>
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p.s Merci beaucoup, ch<span style="text-align: center;">è</span>re Jaime!!! </div>
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<i>Please enjoy your cuppa passion, infused with sweet, sensual & soothing voice of Coralie Clément...and feel free to refill your cup, of course! :)</i></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">My favourite pastry from my favorite Patisserie : PASSION BY Gérard Dubois</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">Once pop in this shop, I'm always amazed by their full display of desserts. I cannot resist each time to buy something, it is hard to pick just one...as they all look so good and delicious.</span></div>
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Cup cakes, Chocolate mousse, Crème brûlée , Tiramisu….to Milles Feuilles & Tarte au Citron, </div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: inherit;">One of my best favorite pastry there, that I fall in love with : Mon Chéri. Chocolate & Raspberry Macaroons are both my favorite and now they do have them combined together: The “Mon Chéri” with Grionttine cherries & custard filling inside the Raspberry macaroon...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: inherit;">how delicious and amazing it is for me!</span></div>
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dark chocolate mousse outside with sour passion fruit creamy stuffing are
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<span style="color: #660000;">and feeling great to share it with
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<a href="http://www.passionbygd.com/" target="_blank">Passion by Gerard Dubois</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Passion, the latest venture by "<i>La Rose Noire”</i> opened its first shop in June 2012. The name of the shop echoes the lifelong passion of owner <b>Gérard Dubois</b>, a Swiss-born pastry chef, for delivering top-quality products. Here, patrons seeking a traditional French café experience can sit back to savour a crispy oven-to-plate baguette with a rich chocolat chaud, in a homey country cottage décor and the aroma of freshly baked bread. </span></blockquote>
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AnnaVanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02587355912987867420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879822904114595487.post-15950281661232951552014-09-10T20:31:00.000+07:002014-11-03T12:25:11.467+07:00Cherry Blossom & Green Tea Cheesecake (no bake) <div style="text-align: center;">
<i><b>Sayonara</b> August...<b>Ohayo</b> September!</i><br />
Fond memories came flooding back... as I listened to this song today.<br />
Its melody & lyric reflect life's inevitably changing seasons...as a sad breeze blew away cherry blossom flowers...leaving their branches behind...<br />
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Everything<br />
that we're<br />
going through<br />
is preparing us<br />
for what<br />
we asked for.</blockquote>
<i>Change is part of life.</i><br />
<i>Life is fleeting.</i><br />
<i>We are taking yesterday's inspirations to build tomorrow's dreams...</i><br />
Recycle energy in the direction of healing and loving in creative ways.<br />
Let go of emotional baggage and enjoy the peace we feel when we free ourselves of inner conflicts.<br />The past is ancient history that nothing can change...<br />and healing is in the form of the personal weeding and pruning that shows<br />
old conditions have passed away in order to allow new things to grow.<br />
...<br />
We are free to open up to opportunities that are presenting themselves in front of us.<br />
We are free to love, and love in all of its abundance.<br />
We are free to feel as good as we want to and to grow in the ways that most suit us.<br />
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Opportunity dances<br />
with those who are<br />
already on the dance floor.<br />
--Jackson Browne</blockquote>
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So I dedicated my Sakura-Matcha Cheesecake to the month of September, </div>
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<i>with peace & love</i> :)</div>
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<i>It's layered cherry blossom & green tea cheesecake with Oreo-Coffee butter base and a Nutella Surprise!</i></div>
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<b>Ingredients:</b></div>
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<b><br /><i>for Oreo Coffee-Butter Base</i></b></div>
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30 g Oreo biscuits</div>
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30 g Coffee-Butter biscuits</div>
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(or digestive biscuits of your choice)</div>
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75g butter, melted</div>
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<i><b>for Cherry Blossom Cream cheese layer</b></i></div>
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1/3 Cream Cheese Blocks (or 85 g), softened</div>
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2 tablespoons sweet condensed milk</div>
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1 teaspoon gelatin powder,</div>
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dissolved in 1/2 coffee cup hot water</div>
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2 tablespoons whipping cream</div>
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2 teaspoons Cherry Blossom Essence</div>
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<i><b>for Nutella layer</b></i></div>
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85 g cream cheese block, softened</div>
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2 tablespoons Nutella</div>
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1 tablespoon condensed milk or Dulce de Leche</div>
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1.5 teaspoons gelatin powder,</div>
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dissolved in 3/4 coffee cup hot water</div>
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<i><b>for Green Tea layer</b></i></div>
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80 g cream cheese block, softened<br />
1-2 tablespoon(s) Matcha Green Tea,</div>
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dissolved in 3/4 coffee cup hot water<br />
1 teaspoon geletin powder</div>
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2 tablespoons condensed milk</div>
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2 tablespoons whipping cream</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Using food processor or a rolling pin to make biscuits crumbs. Combine the biscuits crumbs and butter with a fork until well blended and press in the base of a 16-cm spring pan; chill for about 10-15 minutes.; </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Beat the cream cheese in a bowl using electric mixer until smooth. Beat in condensed milk, followed by gelatin mixture until just combined. Gently fold in the cream and cherry blossom essence and continue beating until smooth.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pour the mixture over the set Oreo base; refrigerate for 3 hours or until set.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Combine Nutella and condensed milk in a small saucepan. Stir over low heat until the mixture has melted and is smooth; remove from heat. Leave to cool. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Beat the cream cheese in a bowl using electric mixer until smooth. Gently fold in Nutella mixture, continue beating until smooth, then followed by gelatin mixture until just combined. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pour the Nutella cream cheese on top of the set cherry blossom layer and refrigerate for another 3 hours or until set;</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Beat the cream cheese in a bowl using electric mixer until smooth. Beat in condensed milk, followed by green tea-gelatin mixture until just combined. Gently fold in the cream and continue beating until smooth.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pour the mixture on top of the set Nutella layer and refrigerate for another 3 hours or until set;</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Transfer the cheesecake onto the serving plate, decorated with preserved cherry blossom flowers, edible gold leaf and/or piped your favourite signature/words with dark chocolate ganache. </li>
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Special Thanks to my lovely cousin, for preserved cherry blossom flowers </div>
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and cherry blossom flavour, from Japan.</div>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Arigatou Gosaimasu!</i></div>
<i>& Enjoy!</i> </div>
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AnnaVanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02587355912987867420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879822904114595487.post-55710401835694584302014-08-27T04:55:00.002+07:002014-09-23T13:12:36.849+07:00#TakuapaMyHome Photography Exhibition<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">Photo taken by Jai Wongkittiwimol</span> </i>for #TakuapaMyHome</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444;">You are cordially welcome/invited to be our host & hostess for the forthcoming<a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/takuapamyhome">#TakuapaMyHome</a> Photography Exhibition, which will be held in Takuapa Old Town between September 27th - October 2nd, 2014 (Vegetarian Festival)...with following steps:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">1. Take pictures (B&W) in Takuapa </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">2. Post your pictures on Facebook with hashtag #TakuapaMyHome</span></div>
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3. Your pictures will be presented as a part of the exhibition</div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">1. Kindly be noted that I am not the exhibition committee, nor the fund raising team. (who apparently worked behind the scene and... deserved all the credit, accordingly). </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The main objective of the exhibition is to promote Takuapa' s charm with a linkage to its glorious past, for being one of major seaports for the maritime spice trade... Geologically situated at the heart of one of the world's richest tin deposits, Takuapa, has also long been known as the "Tin capital" of the country for over a century. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">(The public library at Takuapa town has photographs on display of the dredging and sluicing operations <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">of </span>the mining heyday in the 1920s and 1930s.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The exhibition is not-for-the-profit event in collaboration with local youth volunteer association, local and private organizations alongside community contribution. I only translated the original Thai message into English and passed it on to wider audience...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">2. Attached (below) is one of my (homey) collections, taken a few years ago...(as example)...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Ahem ahem...I know that I'm just a toddler in this field<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> </span><i class="_4-k1 img sp_LWp1MpKGrs1 sx_85e800" style="background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yP/r/90b8T5aM1AH.png); background-position: 0px -8088px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: auto; display: inline-block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> </span>And of course, there will be more collections, taken by leading Thai photographers, exclusively for the exhibition.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">So...please feel free to join us or come visit our peaceful old town and experience "old school feelings" by yourself...(and/or) with your loved ones...(make yourself at "HOME")...</span></div>
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<i><b>"Siam Ruby" Granita</b></i>,<br />
made of 3 edible reds: Beetroot juice, frozen strawberries and mulled wine... served in frozen long stemmed glasses and decorated w/ frozen blueberry + a sprig of mint.<br />
I call it "Siam Ruby Granita" because it is made here in Thailand and that its beautiful colour reminds me of our precious <i>"Siam Ruby"</i>.</div>
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100 g frozen strawberry</div>
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1 cinnamon stick</div>
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1 star anise</div>
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1 orange peel</div>
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350 ml Burgundy or Bordeaux or other red wine</div>
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<li>Place the sugar,beetroot juice, lime juice, orange peel, strawberries, cinnamon, clove and star anise in a heavy medium saucepan. Pour in the water and wine and heat gently, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. </li>
<li>Bring slowly to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes. Set aside until cool. Using a fine sieve to strain the syrup into a shallow freezer container. (Discarded strawberry purée can be kept for the making of jam, sorbet or ice-cream, if you prefer.) </li>
<li>Freeze the syrup until half frozen. Then using a fork, crushing the ice crystals and mix them with the unfrozen syrup. Repeat this process several times, until the mixture is evenly frozen in small crystals. </li>
<li>I frost the long-stemmed glasses in advance in the freezer before serving. Spoon the granita into the frozen glasses and decorate with frozen blueberries, mint sprigs, orange rind or lime twists. Et voilà!</li>
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ใช้วิธีการต้มผสมน้ำเชื่อมและเครื่องเทศ (อบเชย, กานพลู, เปลือกส้ม และ โป๊ยกั๊ก) ...กรองเนื้อและเศษสตรอเบอรี่ออก... รอให้เย็น... จึงเทใส่กล่องพลาสติก ปิดฟิล์มพลาสติกก่อนปิดฝา แช่ช่องแข็ง...<br />
... หลังจากนั้น ครึ่งชั่วโมง... ให้ใช้ส้อมขูดตอนที่กำลังเป็นเกล็ดน้ำแข็ง...แล้วแช่แข็งต่ออีกครึ่งชั่วโมง...ทำซ้ำสักสามสี่ครั้ง แล้วแช่ช่องแข็งตามปกติ....จนแข็งตัว แล้วจึงใช้หางช้อนแกงจืด...ขูดให้ทั่ว <br />
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AnnaVanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02587355912987867420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879822904114595487.post-33618253507430821962014-08-13T16:32:00.000+07:002014-08-13T16:32:07.016+07:00Candied Orange Peel<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Candied Orange Peel (Navel Oranges)</div>
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: another delicious & straightforward way of making the most of our favourite oranges, <br />
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<i>My preference</i>: I also skip the sugaring process, and keep the peels together with the syrupy juice in a glass jar....in the fridge... </div>
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I love that feel-good aroma each time I open the lid...then using a fork to pick some of them to be mixed into homey soy yogurt, oat flake & nuts for my breakfast.</div>
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Pie shell, made of peanut-butter/ Sesame biscuits. I spread my left-over <i>Dulce de Leche</i> for the filling.<br />
Then banana slices, whipped cream, topped with the remaining bananas and sprinkled with dark chocolate-coated toasted almond.</div>
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30 g butter + 20 g peanut butter, melted</div>
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175 g digestive biscuits or cookies or crackers of your choice, crushed</div>
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Dulce de Leche or Toffee Caramel or Nutella-Caramel</div>
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<i>Dulce de Leche<br /><a href="wikihow: 8 Ways to Make Dulce de Leche" target="_blank">Wikihow: 8 Ways to Make Dulce de Leche</a><br /><br />Toffee caramel (baby portion)</i></div>
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50 g butter</div>
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50 g dark brown soft sugar</div>
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1. Place the biscuits into a zip-lock plastic bag, using a rolling pin to make biscuit crumbs. Transfer the crumbs into a bowl. Stir in the butter. Spoon the crumbs into the base and about halfway up the sides of the tin to make a pie shell. Chill for 10 -15 minutes.</div>
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<i><b>Cantaloupe Ice-cream...made in Thailand</b></i></div>
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(I'm a big fan of Sun lady cantaloupe alongside Honeydew melon and watermelon)<br />
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Melon & Cantaloupe make delicious ice-cream and fool, </div>
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(with their naturally feel-good aroma and refreshingly sweet taste) --made of fruit purée, crème anglaise and whipping cream.</div>
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It's such a lovely idea to serve fool 'n' ice-cream in the shells, decoratively cut. The pips are discarded and the flesh is puréed in a blender... to be mixed with other ingredients.. s/w extra whipped cream topping, dusted w/ cinnamon powder.and a sprig of mint for garnish.</div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><i><b>Note*</b></i> <i> It is advised that ice-cream should ideally be served when it is just on the verge of melting for if we serve it too cold, the flavour will be masked. However, here in Thailand, the room temperature is not ideal to do so because by the time we take the ice-cream out of the freezer, plus the waiting time, and the time we spoon it into the shell, it becomes creamy fool instead. So </i><i>I chill the cantaloupe shell with ice-cream balls in it for about 5-10 minutes before serving and enjoying! :)</i></span></div>
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Put the milk in a small saucepan. Split the vanilla pod in two, scrape out the seeds and add the whole lot to the milk. (Or you can leave the vanilla pod whole-if you don't want small black spots in the custard) Bring just to boil. Whisk the egg yolks and sugar until light and fluffy. Strain the milk over the egg mixture, whisking continuously. Pour the custard back into the saucepan and cook, stirring, until it is thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon. Do not let it boil or the custard will split. Strain into a clean bowl, lay plastic wrap on the surface to prevent a skin forming and refrigerate until serving...or for up to 2 days.</blockquote>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><i>Bye-bye July...Hello August </i>with my very first <b>"Dulce de Leche"</b>, </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">made a couple of days ago...s/w sesame crackers and a cuppa love.<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">…… </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">(</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">♥</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">….</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">((</span></span><br />
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Note* I also stirred a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of vanilla extract into the condensed milk prior to cooking process. hmmmm... love it!!!<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; text-align: start;"><i>It is said that Dulce de Leche originated in Argentina in 1829 in the providence of Cañuelas in Buenos Aires. Two opposing forces were on the brink of ending a war. The General Lavalle and the General Manuel de Rosas came together in order to make a treaty. The General Lavalle arrived very tired at the campo of General Manuel de Rosas. Manuel de Rosas wasn’t in the camp at the moment so General Lavalle entered into his tent and took a nap.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">While the General Lavalle was napping a serving woman was preparing “la lechada” for the camp. “La lechada” is prepared by heating sugar and milk. The woman went to speak with the General Manuel de Rosas in his tent, but when she entered she discovered the enemy. She didn’t know about the treaty the two generals were about to make, so she ran to find soldiers.<i><br />The General Manuel de Rosas arrived moments before the soldiers, and stopped them from waking the sleeping General Lavalle. In the chaos, the woman forgot about “la lechada.”</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">When she remembered and checked on “la lechada,” she noticed that it had become a dark brown jelly substance. It is said that a very brave and hungry soldier tried the jelly and then dulce de leche was born. <i>{source: www.popularargentinafood.com}</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">“She approached every day as though... she was a tourist, delighted by the view, </span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">excited to note every detail, </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">thrilled to experience the newness of the day. </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">At night, she simply said <<Merci>> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">”</span></div>
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<i>"ดูล-เซ่-เดอ-เล-เช่"</i> จะทำหน้าที่คล้ายกับ <i>"แยม"</i> หรือ <i>"สังขยา"</i> บ้านเรา หรือ คล้าย นูเทลล่า บ้านฝรั่ง... </div>
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...ว่ากันว่า... ต้นฉบับดั้งเดิมมาจาก กรุง บัวโนส ไอเรส ประเทศ อาร์เจนติน่า... </div>
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ดูลเซ่เดอเลเช่ นี้... ทำจาก <i>"นมข้นหวาน".</i>..หรือ นมกับน้ำตาล <i>(***Dulce ภาษาสเปน แปลว่า หวาน, ความหวาน หรือ ขนมหวาน... ส่วน Leche หมายถึง นม)</i>...ใช้วิธีนึ่ง, ต้ม แบบ "slow cook" หรือ อบกับไมโครเวฟ หรือ เตาอบ ... โดยรองน้ำไว้อย่างน้อย 1-2 นิ้ว ของภาชนะทนความร้อนที่ใส่นมแบบมีฝาปิด...หมั่นเช็คระดับน้ำ แล้วคอยเติมน้ำเรื่อยๆ......ใช้เวลา 5-6 ชั่วโมง...จนกระทั่งน้ำตาลกับโปรตีนในนมข้นทำปฏิกิริยาเคมีกับความร้อน...กลายเป็นสีน้ำตาล (Maillard reaction or browning reaction)... ซึ่งวิธีการนี้จะใกล้เคียงแต่ไม่เหมือนเลยทีเดียวนักกับ...การทำน้ำตาลไหม้ (Caramel)...</div>
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...เช็คสีของนมว่า ได้สีดั่งใจคนทำหรือยัง... (ระดับความหนืด จะเท่ากับความเข้มของสี---ยิ่งสีน้ำตาลเข้มเท่าไหร่... ก็ยิ่งหนืดเท่านั้นหลังจากแช่ตู้เย็นแล้ว) ...ถ้าได้สีที่ต้องการแล้วก็ยกลง ...ทิ้งไว้ให้เย็น... แล้วนำแช่ตู้เย็น... เวลาจะหม่ำค่อยเอาออกมาทา... ขนมปัง, จาโก้ย (ปาท่องโก๋), หนมไส้ไก่, แครกเกอร์, เอแคลร์ หรือ ครีมพัฟ ... หรือ นำมาเป็นส่วนผสมของ ชีสเค้ก หรือ ไอศกรีม... ก็อร่อยไปอีกแบบหนึ่ง </div>
AnnaVanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02587355912987867420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879822904114595487.post-9758299153577803452014-07-30T17:30:00.000+07:002014-08-08T13:34:15.789+07:00Beetroot Salad<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>Homey Beetroot Salad w/ Caesar Dressing</i><br />
or Vinaigrette, or Balsamic dressing, or yogurt dressing, or Japanese sesame dressing, any dressing of your choice is simply delicious! </div>
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*Organic Beetroot, from HM the King's Project, Thailand...1 pack (2 beetroots) costs only 40.-THB</div>
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2 bunches of loose red beetroots, cooked and trimmed into wedges </div>
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(Some people love to eat fresh beetroot, but I prefer the cooked one! Left-over juice can be mixed with my red-fruit compote ---> beautiful colour & well-married taste! ^_^) </div>
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2-3 garlic cloves, minced<br />
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1/2 tsp finely chopped fresh cilantro or parsley</div>
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2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil</div>
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salt & ground black pepper</div>
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my left-over Caesar dressing </div>
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(or vinaigrette, or yogurt dressing or Japanese sesame dressing, or feta or goat's cheese, crumbled)</div>
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<li>Combine garlic and cilantro in a salad bowl. Stir in the oil until well blended. Season with salt and pepper. </li>
<li>Add in the beetroot wedges and gently toss with the oil.</li>
<li>Transfer the beetroots onto a large serving platter with lettuce bedding and drizzle any remaining oil over the beetroots. Spoon in Caesar dressing or crumbled cheese, with a sprinkle of ground black pepper .</li>
<li>Garnish with a lovely rose, from Bok Choy and Enjoy your meal!</li>
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AnnaVanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02587355912987867420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879822904114595487.post-64431335480412921242014-07-27T16:18:00.003+07:002014-07-27T18:42:31.606+07:00Mandarin Orange Paletas with Kiwi Slices<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sweet Sunday & ♥-made Orange Paletas<br />
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<i>Hasta la Vista, baby!</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><i class="_4-k1 img sp_F6Afu2XGiZY sx_68eb1f" style="background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/y6/r/B6RwMwBhMRa.png); background-position: 0px -866px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: auto; color: #37404e; display: inline-block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 16px; line-height: 20px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></div>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">For 4 Paletas I simply use</i>: </div>
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1 kiwi, sliced </div>
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350 ml Mandarin orange juice </div>
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1 teaspoon lime juice</div>
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a pinch of salt. </div>
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<li>Hold each mold up to the rim under normal to warm running water just until paletas are released from sides of molds, 5 to 10 seconds. Remove covers and pull out paletas. </li>
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In Mexico almost every child grows up eating Paletas, frozen fruit bars, popsicles made from fresh seasonal fruit. The fruit is sometimes blended with milk or cream to create paletas de leche, or milk Popsicles, and sometimes it's just puréed with sugar. These are known as paletas de agua, or water Popsicles. Traditional popular flavors include watermelon, cantaloupe, lime, strawberry, and chocolate. Part of the allure of paletas over regular American Popsicles is the fresh-fruit flavors. Try making a variation of your own. The options are almost endless. {source: dianadessert.com}</blockquote>
หวานเย็นสัญชาติละตินอเมริกา "ปาเลตา" (พหูพจน์= ปาเลตาส) ...ที่มีส่วนผสมของผลไม้ต่างๆ... และเครื่องปรุงที่ชอบตามใจคนทำ จำพวก พริกป่น, เกลือ, อบเชยป่น หรือ ขิงป่น เป็นต้น<br />
ดัดแปลงได้หลายรสแล้วแต่ชอบ...<br />
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...น้ำแตงโมผสมใบโหระพา, น้ำกระเจี๊ยบผสมใบสะระแหน่, น้ำย่าหนัดผสมพริกเกลือ, น้ำลิ้นจี่ผสมสตรอเบอรี่ฝาน...เหยาะเตกีล่าหรือว้อดก้าหนอยๆ...ฯลฯ น่าว่าหรอยกัน<br />
บ้านไหน มีเด็กเล็กๆ ชอบกินไอติม... อาจชวนเด็กๆ มีส่วนร่วมในการเลือกส่วนผสม... และลองทำดู... เด็กๆ น่าจะชอบ... ...<br />
นอกจากจะเป็นการส่งเสริมการเรียนรู้นอกห้องเรียนของเด็กๆ แล้ว (<i>life-skills learning</i>) ... ยังได้กระชับความสัมพันธ์...ระหว่างสมาชิกในบ้าน ผ่านช่องทาง ของกิน... แถมได้กินไอติมขี้มือ... เอ๊ย...ฝีมือตัวเองด้วย... หนุกนิ !<br />
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สำหรับคนที่ชอบรสหวาน...อาจเพิ่มน้ำผึ้ง หรือ น้ำเชื่อม ลงไปในส่วนผสม...</div>
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AnnaVanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02587355912987867420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879822904114595487.post-45646072986686164802014-07-20T19:07:00.000+07:002019-07-02T20:43:51.553+07:00Chunky Peanut Butter Coffee Ice-Cream & Mocca<div style="text-align: center;">
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La tendresse, c'est le calme du coeur,<br />
le détachement de l'esprit,<br />
le voyage des âmes.<br />
Un simple geste suffit.<br />
Comme toi,<br />
j'ai besoin de tendresse,<br />
Comme toi,<br />
j'ai besoin de réconfort.<br />
L'amour change de forme,<br />
mais son essence demeure.<br />
Oser aimer sans garantie,<br />
est la garantie d'un amour libre.</blockquote>
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<i><b>Never Let Go of TLC (Tender Loving Care), Dark Chocolate and Coffee (Ice-Cream)! ;)</b></i><br />
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Heart-made "Up-to-Me" Chunky Peanut Butter Ice-Cream with a hint of Coffee. It has a creamy coffee taste, a smooth texture, nutty, buttery, rich but not cloying and lovely <i>"Caffè Latte"</i> colour. Serve plain or with extra whipped cream, and sprinkled with extra chopped nuts of your choice. The serving plate was painted with melted dark chocolate. I picked a leaf of spider plant and a purple Allamanda from my little garden for finishing touch to my heart's content...:-)</div>
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<i><b>Ingredients:</b></i><br />
300 ml single cream or milk, or a blend of both<br />
125 g chunky peanut butter<br />
3-4 teaspoons instant coffee powder<br />
(can be vary… up to 2-3 tablespoons for strong caffeine lovers)<br />
3 egg yolks (large)<br />
2-3 tablespoons vanilla sugar or caramel coffee sugar<br />
150 ml whipping cream<br />
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<li>Scald the single cream or milk. Then stir in peanut butter and coffee powder until well combined. Remove from the heat. </li>
<li>Whisk the yolks with the sugar until pale and thick, then slowly whisk in the milk mixture. </li>
<li>Return to the saucepan and stir over a gentle heat until the mixture thickens. </li>
<li>Remove from the heat and leave to cool. </li>
<li>Whip the cream until thick yet light and fold into the cooled custard. </li>
<li>Pour into a plastic freezer box, cover and freeze. Stir every 30 minutes with a whisk during freezing to break up the ice crystals and give a better texture. Freeze overnight with a layer of plastic wrap over the surface and the lid on the container. Keep in the freezer until ready to serve. </li>
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AnnaVanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02587355912987867420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879822904114595487.post-22934544543596329122014-07-06T23:39:00.000+07:002014-07-07T02:49:40.145+07:00Lazy Sunday & Grilled Tofu w/ Cheese<div>
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<b><i>Hello July</i></b>, G'bye June!</div>
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<i>Change</i> is inevitable.</div>
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<i>Day</i> turns into <i>night</i>...</div>
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<i>Spring</i> into <i>Summer</i>...</div>
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and we grow <i>younger</i> every year! ;)</div>
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Lazy Sunday & healthy Tapas:</div>
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<i><b>{Tofu grillé au fromage, façon tartine gourmande}</b></i> </div>
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oh oui... oh ouiii... </div>
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Grilled Tofu with Cheese...topped w/ sunflower sprout, shredded carrot...<br />
sprinkled w/ black pepper....<br />
s/w Tabasco, Sriracha sauce or Thai sweet-chili dipping sauce.<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></div>
เต้าหู้ขาวย่างกับชีส... ประดับด้วย ต้นอ่อนทานตะวัน, แครอทฝอย...โรยพริกไทยดำบดใหม่ๆ... ทานคู่กับ ซอสพริกทั้งไทยและเทศ... เต้าหู้ขาวสี่เหลี่ยมขอบมน...ซื้อจากเจ้าประจำตลาดนัด (พ่อค้าทำเองใหม่ๆ ทุกวัน)... ชิ้นละ 10.-บาท... นำมาหั่นตามยาวจะได้ 8 ชิ้น... วางชีสที่ชอบ หรือชีสเชดด้าแผ่น...ตัดตามขนาดของเต้าหู้... นำเข้าตู้อบที่มีโปรแกรมสำหรับย่าง... ย่างราว 10 นาที...ก่อนเสิร์ฟ ตกแต่งตามชอบ<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></div>
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Bottom up to people...<br />
Sit you down.<br />
Enjoy your living with the people...<br />
Sit you down.<br />
Singing bottoms up to people...<br />
Sit you down.<br />
Enjoy your living with the people...<br />
Sit you down.</blockquote>
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