Name: Homemade olive oil sardines
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 2 persons
Ingredients: 10 sardines in filets - cleaned, scaled; 500ml water; 5g fine salt; olive oil - enough to cover the sardines; Ingredient A; 1 dried red chili or more; 1 to 2 bay leaves; 1 to 3 garlic cloves (or more!) - thinly sliced; 1 tsp soy sauce; some oregano flakes

December 12, 2020

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Homemade olive oil sardines

Persons

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

40 minutes

Total Time

1 hour, 10 minutes

Ingredients

10 sardines in filets - cleaned, scaled
500ml water
5g fine salt
olive oil - enough to cover the sardines

Ingredient A

1 dried red chili or more
1 to 2 bay leaves
1 to 3 garlic cloves (or more!) - thinly sliced
1 tsp soy sauce
some oregano flakes

Instructions

1. Prepare the sardines, Remove if any bones left and cut in half. Remove skin if you prefer.
2. Add 500ml water and add 5g fine salt (1%). Mix. Add the sardines in the salted water and soak for 1 hour.
3. Wipe the sardines with a kitchen towel and place in the frying-pan. Pour some olive oil to cover the sardines. Then add all the ingredient A.
4. Cook over medium-high heat and bring it to a boil. Once it is boiling, reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 40 minutes.
5. Sprinkle salt to your taste. Remove from the heat.
6. Serve hot or cold :)

Notes

You may keep it a few days in the fridge.

November 1, 2020

Salmon Flakes – Fish Recipe

Salmon Flakes

Serving Size

1 jar

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Total Time

1 hour

Ingredients

500g salmon fillets - rinse with cold water and cut into about 2cm slices
a dash of salt
50ml cooking sake or white wine
50ml water

For the seasoning :

3 tbsp mirin
1/2 tsp or more kosher salt
1/4 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp soy sauce

Instructions

1. Sprinkle salt over the salmon fillets (on both sides) and let rest for 10 minutes.
2. Place salmon on a non-stick frying-pan (with no heat), add cooking sake (or white wine) and water. Turn on the heat to medium now. Cover with a lid and steam for 5 minutes.
3. Transfer the salmon to a plate. Take the skin off. Crush it to small pieces using chopsticks, a laddle or a fork.
4. Heat up a non-stick frying pan and add the salmon flakes, mirin, salt, sugar, soy sauce and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
5. Transfer the salmon flakes into a cup. It needs to have been first sterilised with boiling water.
6. Serve with rice, spaghetti, sushi etc... And store in the fridge.

October 10, 2020

Homemade Gyoza Wrappers v1 with Philips Pasta Maker

Serving Size

about 50 pieces

Homemade Gyoza Wrappers v1 with Philips Pasta Maker

Ingredients

500g cake/plain flour (T45)
70g potato starch
15g gluten
15g rice flour
230ml water
5g fine salt
potato starch/katakuriko

Instructions

1. In a small cup add water and salt. Mix well and set aside.
2. Mix dry ingredients (plain flour, gluten, potato starch and rice flour) in a bowl. Transfer to the "Philips Pasta Maker" equipped with "0.8mm sheet pasta disk". Close lid.
3. Turn the machine on and choose the setting. Press Start.
4. Slowly pour water mix through the opening in the lid.
5. Gyoza sheet will begin to form and it will come out within 3 minutes. Stop the machine once when the first 10cm are out, then cut them off. Put them back in the machine's mixing tank. That's because the first gyoza sheet is not smooth enough ;-)
6. Resume the machine and the gyoza sheet will be extruded again, as you fold the sheet, dust with potato starch. Do not cut it until the machine stops.
7. Lightly dust your chopping board with potato starch. Lay the sheet of dough on it and cut it out using a circle cookie cutter (about 9cm diameter). Dust the cut out wrappers with katakuriko/potato starch if necessary and set aside. Repeat as many times as you can (do not throw away the excess sheet).
8. Enjoy with your favorite filling!
9. Spread the excess cuts on an oven sheet, sprinkle ketchup and cheese. Bake for about 10 minutes at 200℃. Quick pizza is done :)

August 28, 2020

Cold dan dan noodles

Persons

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

40 minutes

Total Time

1 hour, 10 minutes

Ingredients

Ingredient A

30g toasted white sesame
3 to 4 garlic cloves
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp sesame oil

Ingredient B

30ml soy sauce
1 tbsp gold plum chinkiang vinegar or black vinegar
1 tbsp toban djan / chili bean sauce
1 tbsp + 1 tsp chicken bouillon powder or weipa
1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/4 tsp sugar
1/2 to 1 tsp sichuan peppercorn oil
800ml soy milk
1L water
ramen noodles for 5 people

For the topping :

Amakara beef
1 leek - cut into julienne

Instructions

1. In a bowl, add ingredient A and blend with your hand blender or food processor until a smooth paste.
2. In a cooking pot, cook the sesame paste from #1 and cook for a few minutes over medium heat.
3. Add all ingredient B and cook for about 1 minute. Pour soy milk and water, add kosher salt, sugar and sichuan peppercorn oil (optional) and cook until almost boiling (not boiling!).
4. Transfer into a heat-safe bowl and let it cool to room temperature. Then chill in the fridge until cold.
5. Cook your ramen noodles according to the package directions. Drain and rince under cold water. Set aside.
6. Pour the cold soup in a serving bowl and place the noodles. Top with amakara beef (or your choice) and julienne'd leek. Serve!

Notes

You can also enjoy with hot soup!

August 12, 2020

Fried sweet potato chips

Ingredients

2 asian sweet potatoes (about 500g) - thinly sliced
3 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp water
Oil for deep frying

Instructions

1. Soak sweet potato in the water for about 10 minutes.
2. Drain well on paper towels.
3. Fry the sweet potato chips in batches until golden brown.
4. Remove the chips from the oil, and transfer over kitchen towel to drain.
5. In a wok (or frying-pan) add sugar and water and melt the sugar. Add the fried chips and mix well to coat the sugar mixture evenly.

August 6, 2020

Oreo pocky

Prep Time

45 minutes

Cook Time

10 minutes

Total Time

55 minutes

Ingredients

40g cake flour/plain flour (T45)
10g whole-wheat flour
15g unsalted butter
15ml whole milk
15g white sugar
dash of salt
2 to 3 oreo cookies - remove the cream layer inside the oreo cookies.
60g white chocolate

Instructions

1. Place flour, sugar, salt in a food processor and process to mix, then add butter and milk. Re-process the machine and run until blended well (until the dough turns like a crumbly ball).
2. Transfer the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead it to shape into a circle. Roll out the dough to about 0.3 to 0.5 cm thickness square shape and cut them into a long stick shape using the knife.
3. Place them on the baking sheet you prepared.
4. Bake them for about 8 to 10 mins preheated oven (180℃). Let the pocky cool down completely.
5. Process the cookies to a fine crumb in a food processor. Set aside.
6. Melt the white chocolate in a hot water bath (50℃), brush the chocolate all sides of pocky, let the excess drip off. Immediately sprinkle oreo crumbs over the chocolate. Repeat all pocky to finish. Place on the plate and chill until chocolate has set.