TunaPUFF miniTower

this is one of my menu for my last night dinner party...and its eazy to make too ;)

what you need:

Puff pastry - store bought its much easier! i can give you the recipe if you're REALLY in the mood of making puff pastry..but i'll have to make the diagram for that coz when it comes to puff pastry its not just the recipe but the technic of making it that will make your puff PUFF... i recon you to just buy...but if not leave me your email.

1 egg white

1 -2 can of flaked tuna in olive oil.
a pinch of salt
some mayonise
a dash of black pepper
some finely diced onions
1 tsp of finely chopped chilli

decorations: finely sliced chilli and parsley or coriender leaves.

how to do it:
for the puff pastry..you need to cut a 3pcs of 2"x2" squares. cut a hole in the 2 of the puff using a cookie cutter. and leave the other one , that'll be the base. stack them gently and do not press. repeat for the others. then brush the pastry with egg whites wash. bake in pre heated oven at 200c. when done set a side.

for the fillings - mix all ingredients together.

To assemble - fill the tuna fillings in the hole of the puff pastry decorate it with the chilli and parsley.

Caramel Pudding Cake

This I have to give credits to yani from MYR. Its her recipe and its great to i highly recommend it! I made this for last night dinner party. the strawberry deco looks awful coz it was a last minute deco as i initially don't want to decorate it but when its done, it looks too plain for my liking. luckly i still have some leftover strawberries & kiwi but one problwm, i don't have any glaze so my mom she substitute the piping jelly with strawberry jem...the result is not as flattering...
the recipe you can check it here http://www.myresipi.com/top/detail/910

Food fest participants list....

FOOD FEST PARTICIPANTS (and still counting):

for those undecided cyber chef, just join you have nothing to loose!(for GOD sake the entry is FREE and you'll be getting a price if you win )

1. http://mykitch3n.blogspot.com/2008/10/mini-cheesecake.html
2. http://gourmetmomonthego.blogspot.com
3. http://umi-e.blogspot.com/2008/10/real-cuppies.html
4. http://tiffinbiru.blogspot.com/2008/11/up-side-down-pineapple-cake_03.html
5. http://mamafami.blogspot.com/2008/03/rainbow-butter-cake.html
6. http://daybabfood.blogspot.com/2008/11/butterfly-birthday-cake.html
7. http://daybabfood.blogspot.com/2008/11/blueberry-cheese-cuppies.html
   

Rules for FOOD FEST OCT'08 - CAKE & BAKES

since most people here are rather confused with the competition rules...so here are the rules again...

COMPETITION RULES:

1. Anyone can enter this competition so long that he/she have a foodie blog.
2. One may submit as many entry as one please.
   
3. One must together with the pictures submit the recipes and explain on how you do/make it from A-Z. the more detail your explanation, the better (this may increase your chance of winning)
4. As for the recipe it need not be yours, you may 'borrow' recipes from the net or whomever but please state the source. However we encourage you to use your own recipe (this would mean creating your own recipe) but you may also borrow others recipe but 'tweak' or 'fine tune' the recipe to make your own. All of these will be considered as points for your creativity!
5. The recipe also should be complete (DO NOT OMIT any ingredients when you've actually used it) the consequence is that not only you'll be disqualified but you'll give yourself a bad name (we wouldn't want that would we?)
6. All participants MUST publish the competition logo together with the entry. You may resize it as you see fit.
   
7. Participants MUST leave their URL at the organizer's comment box (doesn't matter which) in order for me to valuate your entry. and I will publish all of the participants URL so that visitors can vote their fave entry.
8. The entry will be judge by YOUR CREATIVITY i.e:

• The food presentation
  
• The recipes as per clause 3.
• Pictures...(this is important coz pictures speaks a thousand words so better take good pictures!)

DUE DATE for submitting your entry :- 12NOV'08

SO HAPPY BAKING AND DON'T FORGET TO BE CREATIVE!!

Apple Custard Crumble

The other day our family friends came to visit us, we had Nasi Dagang (Terengganu style) coz we ran out of nasi dagang rice so we had to use the regular rice and made it Terengganu style. Then i've made this great apple crumble with custard that you could serve with vanilla ice cream and its a superb way to end a lovely dinner...and it was a crowd pleaser too everyone was impressed (not just because of the taste but also the presentation) its was a simple dish but with great impact...what more can u ask??
You need... (makes 6)

• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 tablespoons vanilla custard powder
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 800g can pie apple
• 1 cup plain flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 100g butter, softened
• double thick cream, to serve

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Combine milk and vanilla in a saucepan. Bring to the boil over medium heat.
2. Meanwhile, whisk 1 1/2 tablespoons custard powder, 2 tablespoons caster sugar and 2 tablespoons cold water in a heatproof bowl until smooth. Whisking constantly, pour in hot milk mixture in a thin stream. Return mixture to saucepan.
3. Cook, whisking constantly, over medium heat until custard comes to the boil. Reduce heat to low. Stir for 3 minutes or until reduced slightly (this cooks out the raw custard powder flavour).
4. Spoon apple into six 1-cup capacity dishes or one 6-cup capacity baking dish. Pour over warm custard.
5. Combine flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, remaining custard powder and sugar in a bowl. Stir to combine. Add butter.Using your fingertips, rub into dry ingredients until mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Scatter crumble over custard. Place on a baking tray bake for 30 minutes or until golden. Serve warm with cream or in my case vanilla ice cream *wink*
   

Decorative cuppies anyone??? ( can this be my entry? =p)

The other day, my in laws had an Hari raya (Aid celebration) open house and i made these wonderful cuppies for them and for the eyes and taste buds of the guests to feast heheh~ and i have to say that i'm proud of my creations hehehe (am i boasting here?) *grins* to make these beautiful cuppies i had to wake up at 5am to decorate it and made the cuppies the night before otherwise my kids ...they just won't let me even go to the kitchen...*sighh*

and i just have to give creadits to my sister in law anis D, for the gorgeous picture (i can never get picture this beautiful just by using my camera phone) she's a medic studen but sure have talent for photography!
And it is just so happen that Hari Raya is also my father in law's birthday...so i've made another batch of cuppies for that...

Food Fest winner??? - NEW COMPETITION

been sometime i haven't updated this blog due to Raya.. and regarding the food fest winner, unfortunately..i have to declare that there's no winner due to technical problem ^_^ *sorry* mostly from my part why?:

1. some complain that the due date it too short
2. no enuf entries

so....i feel that its unfair to held a competition and yet with so much flaws...i'm sorry guys so to make it up to you i'll close this one and create another competition

NEW FOOD FEST COMPETITON:

THE THEME: CAKES AND BAKES (any type of cakes and bakes as long as its cake and anything thats have to be baked)
THE RULES & DETAILS: its all the same with the previous food fest competition...(refer the previous competition entry)
DUE DATE: end of this month!!!! <--- (this should gives ample time right?) any question...please ask at the shout out box.. and like wise if interested drop me a comment and leave me your URL... AND LET THE BEST COOK WINS!!!!

ATTENTION!
another new rule:

• PLEASE COPY ANY PASTE THIS LOGO AT YOUR ENTRY!! any entry that have not paste the logo will be disqualified