2012-04-26 Holiday Mood~!

Cheese Cake & Orange Pekko Tea @ Cafe Bela Vista of Grand Lapa Hotel Macau

With Love,

Jules

超級奶油豬

我們一向愛吃花生奶多、奶油多，但自從翠華來澳，我們便認識了奶油豬，往後更棄多士，改只吃奶油豬仔飽。

奶油豬其實很多茶餐廳都有售，就算餐牌沒寫，你也可照柯打，他們一定能做出一個來。出品如何，首先要看咬下去時，包的中心是否夠熱，又或已焗得太久令其太乾太硬。但這除了焗的時間長短與焗爐內的溫度高低因素外，也大大取決豬仔包本身的厚度、密度與軟熟度，因我們愛奶油豬，就是愛它焗得外脆內軟，而不是於咬下空心或全然硬得挖口。要做得優良的豬仔包，豬仔包本身必須以更少量的發粉所做成，使得包的氣孔不過大而細密，同時包含更多水份，在焗的途中幫助包不會未熱透就已經過乾；夠厚，這才會吃得到有外脆內軟之效果。

我們只能選用鹹豬仔包，因如果用上甜包，加上煉奶後只會更甜，而失去將鹹甜兩極深度拉開的機會，少了趣味。

當豬仔包被切成半放入焗爐後，拿出來時的熱度要足夠讓牛油在其上溶化，散發牛油香，再加上煉奶，就是外脆內軟、鹹甜有對比、滋味複雜又令人飽肚滿足的奶油豬。

奶油豬令人愛上的另一個原因，是碳水化合物能安撫人的情緒，加上甜乳，吃後的愉悅身體反應留下了美好印象，令我們想再一次經驗。

情人節當天，媽送來三個超大形鹹麵包，比我的手掌還要大，聞下去有麵粉香。我切半用一邊放入我的大焗爐以攝氏160度，焗15分鐘，塗上牛油及煉奶。因為包大夠厚夠密，真的外脆內軟且可大啖大啖的咬，美味與碳化物發揮極緻作用，吃完半個，感覺超滿足！




如在麵包店碰上這類大包，敬請帶回家中一試，保證難忘。

Inspired by 翠華餐廳

Valentine's Table for 1

老公今晚要去應酬，只得我一人吃飯，我卻一點不馬虎，還有點興奮，因不需顧慮他喜歡不喜歡吃什麼!


他剛回來了，很多碗等他抺啊!


以下是今晚一人私人晚宴的menu:

Portuguese Potato Soup (provided by 祥哥私家花園)

Rib-eye Steak with Mushroom Cream Sauce

Small Bottle Coke

Dessert Plate - CHOCO Cake with Raspberry Filling Topped with Whipped Cream, Haagen Daz Strawberry Ice-cream, White Rose Chocolate.

CHOCO Cupcake with Raspberry Filling Topped with Whipped Cream

期待用上從不同地方買回來的蛋糕功具已久，所以情人節只是一個籍口，而且女孩花一個不是假期的晚上做蛋糕，明天的黑眼圈還能令對方著迷嗎？(當然他嫌棄妳或妳造的蛋糕的話就直接將他甩掉！)

我志在替蛋糕扮靚，就以最方便的盒裝蛋糕粉，加一點點竅妙，做了以下這Super Moist 的 Chocolate Cupcake，另外我加入了Sour Cream以增加風味，又不跟盒裝蛋糕粉盒上的指示，反以椰漿代替牛奶，Chocolate加上 Coconut，就是我標題的CHOCO！

注入Raspberry Jam，令一口咬開時有流心的甜蜜，Raspberry與朱古力很配，然後我最期待的唧忌廉時間！告訴你秘密，我是第一次唧忌廉！但效果很好啊！竅門就是 – 別害怕！只要記著第一個唧忌廉的人也是沒師傅的，好好享受過程，真的很好玩啊！

(12個份量)

材料：

White Wings Our Favorite Moist Chocolate Cake 370 g 一盒

雞蛋             2隻

酸忌廉          235克

菜油             70毫升

椰漿             300毫升

桑莓果醬       半樽

發打忌廉       半公升

砂糖             2湯匙

蛋糕裝飾       隨意

Cupcake做法：

1.        預熱焗爐160℃，將Cupcake焗盤放上焗紙。

2.        用電動打蛋器先發打雞蛋至起泡，再加入酸忌廉及菜油，至完全混合。

3.        加入朱古力蛋糕粉，打至幼滑。

4.        以匙放入焗紙內，八成高，放入焗爐焗50分鐘。

5.        以竹籤插入Cupcake，如抽出來竹籤沒黏蛋糕液即已焗好。

6.        拿出來放涼。

忌廉做法：

1.        用電動打蛋器打忌廉及砂糖至可以企身，大約10-15分鐘。

2.        期間以專用唧筒在每個Cupcake中間唧入桑莓果醬。

3.        以專用唧筒唧上自己喜歡的花紋。

4.        注意因忌廉會溶，唧花後的每個Cupcake要即時放入雪櫃，最後才逐個拿出來放上裝飾。

香蕉煎餅 Banana Pancakes

這天我聽著iPod走進了樓下的成昌超市，隱約聽到有人叫我網誌上用的名字Jules，他又叫多一次朋友間才知道的英文名。我轉頭看，原來是超市老闆Sunny，他抱著他的兒子忙著打點來貨、指示上架，仍不忘說：「我看過你的網誌，文筆真的很好！」我仍塞著耳機，扮聽不到，說：「你剛才說什麼？」於是他唯有又再讚我一遍。狡猾的我。

I was listening to iPod when I stepped in the Seng Cheong Supermarket in my neighborhood and heard someone calling my blog name “Jules”.  There he called me again with the name my friends used to call.  I turned to find to out it was the Supermarket owner Sunny, holding his little son in his arms while he’s giving instructions to his incoming stocks, and said “I have read your blog. Your writing is good!”  With my headphones still in my ears, I pretended I couldn’t hear.  “What did you just say?”  There I forced him to repeat his compliment!  Cunning me.

Sunny年紀其實與我相約，我們東拉西扯的說著年輕時都愛亦舒的小說，倪匡的也非常不錯，喜歡的雜誌是「姊妹」及「青春」，現都停辦了。又說我已婚，為什麼不在網誌上放一張老公的相片 (我連自己的樣子也不想公開呢！)，然後硬說祥哥就是我的老公。只有像Sunny這樣的一個超級extrovert，我這個shy introvert才會突然變得健談。

Sunny is actually about the same age I am.  We talked about the writers we love, and magazines we used to read in our generation when we were younger.  He said as I’m married, I should post a picture of my husband on my blog (I don’t even want to expose MY face), or else the older guy in my previous blog must be my husband.  Only when I come across some super extrovert like Sunny, that this shy introvert will suddenly become talkative.

Sunny從網誌中看出我對烹飪的濃厚興趣，隨意在貨架上拿下一樽 Pancake Shaker給我，著我在白色廚房內替他超市多加宣傳。那是一樽加水搖勻就可拿去煮的Pancake粉，我斷言做這樣的貨色，我的讀者會鄙視我！他趕緊說：「不不不！要用我的recipe，先將一隻香蕉，加少少奶、一些糖、及一隻蛋白在攪拌器內攪勻，加入Shaker中，再加水搖勻。」然後在超市內替我張羅雞蛋及香蕉。

Sunny knew I loved cooking, so picked a Pancake Shaker from the shelf, and asked me to promote his Supermarket for him in my blog “White Kitchen”.  That Shaker is the kind of stuff that you add water in and you can start to cook.  I honestly say if I put this stuff on my blog, my readers will sure to look down upon me!  He immediately said, “No no no!  Please.  You have to use my recipe.  Put a banana, some milk, little bit of sugar, and an egg white into the blender to blend until smooth.  Add this in the Shaker with some water.”  There he was already getting the bananas and eggs for me from his Supermarket.

我看著那一盒白殼雞蛋，嚴肅的問：「這是哪裡來的蛋？」他說：「美國。」好了。

Looking at the white eggs, I asked seriously, “Where do these eggs come from?” “U.S.A.”.  Okay!

熟悉我的讀者都知道，我愛用美國大蛋，其他的蛋都沒蛋味，哪怕說是從意大利來的走地雞雞蛋！自從我在網誌中說過要用美國蛋後，不知是倒霉還是有人賞識，我從前常光顧的超市雪櫃上美國白殼大蛋一整列地賣清光，又常缺貨，貨架落得空空晃晃，只剩下樓上的數十盒啡殼蛋無人問津。現我家樓下超市有找，我心暗暗高興。

Readers who are familiar with me know that American large eggs is the one I use.  Other types of eggs simply lack of flavor, even those free-range eggs from Italy!  Since I mentioned my choice of egg in my blog, not sure if I’m unlucky and people really buy my taste, the whole row of white American large eggs just vanished from the supermarket fridge I used to visit.  The shelf just goes empty, leaving those fifty boxes of brown American eggs on the upper shelf untouched.  Here I have my favorite eggs available in the Supermarket just downstairs, I secretly smile.

所有材料可在成昌超市一次過買到。
All Ingredients Available at Seng Cheong Supermarket!

申報利益：White Wings Pancake Shaker、Del Monte香蕉、美國白殼大蛋，均由成昌超市免費提供。其他的材料，當然是我家白色廚房雪櫃內的存貨。

To Declare Interest: White Wings Pancake Shaker、Del Monte Bananas, and White American Large Eggs are provided by Seng Cheong Supermarket for free.  The other ingredients are of course stocks from the refrigerator of my White Kitchen.

我把Sunny那些「少少」、「一些」，據我經驗變成可以量度的份量，加上雪糕，替他寫成了以下食譜。而一份甜品劃龍點睛之處，往往是一小撮鹽巴！

I translate Sunny’s “some” & “little bit” into measurable quantity based on my cooking experience, and by adding ice-cream to it, below is the recipe for his Banana Pancakes.  To expose a small trick, the success of a dessert is often just a pinch of SALT!

香蕉煎餅 Banana Pancakes

(10-12個煎餅)

材料：

White Wings Pancake Shaker         1樽

凍滾水                                                 200毫升

香蕉 (切件)                                         1條

牛奶                                                     50毫升

蛋白                                                    1隻

砂糖                                                    1茶匙

鹽                                                        1/4茶匙

初搾橄欖油                                        適量

(10-12 Pancakes)

Ingredients:

White Wings Pancake Shaker         1 bottle

Cooled boiled water                          200ml

Banana (cut into thick slices)            1 pc

Milk                                                      50ml

Egg White                                          1 pc

Sugar                                                  1 teaspoon

Salt                                                      1/4 teaspoon

Extra Virgin Olive Oil                         4 tablespoons for each pancake

鋪料：

Haagen Dazs雲呢拿味雪糕      家庭裝1盒

鹹牛油                                          6小片

糖漿                                             適量

香蕉 (切件)                                  3隻

On top:

Haagen Dazs Vanilla Ice-cream              1 box of family size

Salted Butter                                               6 small slices

Syrup                                                           to taste

Bananas (cut in to thick slices)                 3 pcs

做法：

1.        將1條香蕉、牛奶、蛋白、砂糖及鹽放於攪拌機內，攪30秒至滑身奶漿。

2.        先搖一搖Shaker內的粉，使它鬆一點。

3.        打開Shaker蓋，將奶漿倒入Shaker內。

4.    將凍滾水倒入攪拌機內，使黏著邊緣的奶漿也能與水一併加進Shaker內，至Shaker指示的高度。

5.        蓋上Shaker的蓋，扭緊，打平大力搖勻。

6.        打開蓋，煎餅漿應該杰身，而且帶新鮮香蕉及麵粉甜甜的香氣。

7.        加中火，在平底鍋內加4湯匙油，倒進小份量的煎餅漿。

8.        煎1至2分鐘，至餅漿中間透著氣孔，反轉再煎1至2分鐘。

9.       上碟，圍上新鮮切開的香蕉，加上雪糕球，放上牛油及灑下糖漿，趁熱/冷供食。

How To:

1.     Add a Banana, Milk, Egg White, Sugar & Salt into the blend to blend for 30 seconds until smooth.

2.        Loosen the flour inside the Shaker by shaking it.

3.        Open the lid, add in the smoothie.

4.        Pour the water into the blender so that all smoothie is utilized.  Pour the water into the shaker to the level as indicated on the Shaker.

5.        Replace the lid, cover tight.  Hold the Shaker horizontally, and shake hardly (shake like hell!).

6.      Open the lid, the batter should be thick not runny and you will smell the sweet aroma of fresh banana and high quality flour.

7.        On medium fire, pour in 4 tablespoons of olive oil onto the frying pan.  Pour in the small amount of pancake batter.

8.      Panfry one side for 1-2 minutes, good to see bubbles coming through the pancake.  Turn the pancake to fry for another 1-2 minutes.

9.        Deliver to the plate.  Garnish with freshly cut bananas, add a scoop of vanilla ice-cream, butter slices, and syrup.  Ready to serve.

冷與熱之強勢組合!
Chill & Heat - where sparkles are created!

煎餅外脆內軟，質地如海綿般卻又密集，吸收遇熱溶化了的牛油及糖漿，本身又已載香蕉風味，已非常好吃。而雲呢拿雪糕絕對不是裝飾，因雪糕的冷與煎餅之熱交錯，加上香甜香蕉及不同的甜味來源，同時鹽巴增添的鹹味讓甜味的對比拉深了、更為突出，層次即時升上了天堂，天使們大概也會嚷著要吃！

The pancake is crisp outside and soft inside.  Like a sponge but dense, with banana flavor in the pancake itself, absorbed the melted butter and syrup, tastes good even served alone.  But the vanilla ice-cream is absolutely no garnish, as the chill of ice-cream and the heat of the cake scrambling in your mouth, plus the banana and different sources of sweetness which their depth becomes more outstanding by the comparison of a taste of saltiness, it is HEAVENLY!  Even angels would like to grab some!

外脆內軟, 吸收牛油與糖漿之甜美。
Crisp outside and Soft inside, absorbed the sweetnesses of butter and syrup like a sponge.

3 into 1.  The Moment - Heavenly!

香蕉與煎餅同是炭水化合物，有穩定及安慰情緒作用，又給腦袋提供燃料，重要是以橄欖油煎成，當中的Omega-3能使炭水化合物變成動力，而非積聚成脂肪。

Both banana and pancake are mainly carbohydrates which have the ability to sooth and stabilize moods while it fuels your brain.  Most importantly, it is pan-fried with olive oil rich in Omega-3 which transforms carbohydrates into energy and not fat to be stored in your body.

我再做另一碟，牛油與糖漿放底的，鋪上煎餅與雪糕後，澆上一圈威士忌，味道比想像中更搭配！

I decided to make another one, with butter and syrup underneath, pancake and ice-cream on top, then to moist it with some whiskey.  The taste is even better than what I have imagined!

我致電老公說今晚不用出去吃飯了，他對於我興奮的語氣似乎有所保留，仍買了些吃的回來，然後吃過我做的香蕉煎餅後，他就知後悔了，買來吃的已填不下肚，卻問我可否再煎一些及是否還有雪糕。

I called my hubby to cancel dinner outings.  He hesitated on my excited tone of voice and brought home something to eat.  After having my banana pancakes, there, he regretted.  His stomach had no space for what he had bought, but asked for more of the banana pancakes and wanted to make sure there was vanilla ice-cream to go with it.

請澆上一圈威士忌!
Please sprinkle whiskey!

大家不妨以此雪糕伴香蕉煎餅作Sunday brunch，開始甜美的一天假期！

Sunday brunches will go perfectly with Vanilla Ice-cream & Banana Pancakes, and definitely a sweet start for your holiday.