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Hi, I'm Angela Evangeline Kwan, more affectionately known as Gel and Lala.
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Panna Cotta I tried making panna cotta today according to this book. Modified it slightly as I couldn't find half and half. I made 10 medium cups (shown in picture below) and 10 small cups (shown in strawberry yoghurt mousse) in total with one recipe. It's rather sweet so if you don't have a sweet tooth, you might want to add less sugar. This type of panna cotta isn't those that you can invert onto a plate and drip chocolate sauce over the plate. It's more of the eat-in-the-cup type of panna cotta. Nonetheless, it still taste good with a rich milky taste =) Recipe Ingredients: 3 cups (750ml) whole milk, divided - $1.90/1L (Giant) 2 1/2 tsp gelatin - $1.60/50g (Giant) 1 cup half-and-half (substituted for 100ml whipped cream + 150ml whole milk) 3/4 cup (about 6 flat tbsp) fine sugar - $2.90/2kg (Giant) 1 tsp Vanilla essence - $2 (Giant) Topping:Strawberries - $2.95/250g (Giant) Blueberries - $1.95/150g (Giant) Shaved chocolate Method: 1. Pour 1 cup of milk into a small bowl and sprinkle the gelatin on the surface. Let the gelatin soak for 5 minutes. [I did this first and continued with the rest of the steps while waiting.] 2. Combine the remaining milk with the half-and-half and sugar in a medium saucepan. Whisk a couple of times to mix. 3. Add vanilla essence. Place the pan over low heat and bring to a simmer, whisking occasionally. [I whisked it while heating. It will froth a little. Heated it for about 10-15 mins] 4. Add the soaked gelatin into the hot liquid and whisk it in. Let stand for 5 minutes, then whisk again. [I poured it in slowly while whisking with the other hand. There's froth from whisking.] 5. Pout mixture into cups/bowls and refrigerate immediately. 6. After the apnna cotta has set, stretch plastic wrap over the surface of the molds to cover them. Labels: mousse
XOXO,
Gel Thursday, July 22, 2010 Strawberry Yoghurt Cream I tried this recipe from my mom's cookbook (Desserts by Winnie in chinese-english) two days ago. It's yummy and very pink =) I doubled the recipe and it made 12 of those small cups (I think they're 5cl) from IKEA and 9 cups with diameter of 1.5~1.75 of that small cups, plus I had excess jelly (probably cos I only lined a thin layer). Recipe Ingredients: 250g Strawberries - $4 (Giant) 300ml Natural yoghurt - $1.80 (Giant) <-- That's 2 packs of Marigold-sized yoghurt 2 tins Nestle dairy cream - $2.30 x 2 (NTUC) 60g Sugar - $1+/1kg (NTUC) <-- You can add more or less according to your liking. 2tbsp Gelatine - $1.60/50g (Giant) <-- I don't recommend to put too much. 60ml Water Topping: 1 pack strawberry jelly - $0.70 (Giant/NTUC) 250ml hot water [Total cost: ~ $14] Method: 1. Beat cream until firm peaks form. Chill and set aside. [If you're using machine, it's about medium-low for 5 mins. When you lift the beater from the cream, peaks will form from the residue. Chill while you make the rest.] 2. Mix gelatine with water in a bowl. Stand bowl in hot water until gelatine has dissolved. [You can either mix the gelatine and water first then stand it in a bowl or do as instructed. Remember to stand bowl in hot water as gelatine tends to clump into this goo-ey (molten) state when left in room temperature] 3. Wash strawberries. Blend half the strawberries into pulp and dice the rest. [You can choose to blend more or less. It is preferably to dice the rest into small pieces so that the dessert will have small chunky bits.] 4. Beat yoghurt with sugar. When sugar dissolves, add strawberry pulp and gelatine solution. [Beat for about 5 mins with machine, add the rest and beat for another 5 mins or so.] 5. Fold whipped cream a little at a time into strawberry mixture. Add diced strawberry. [This is the cream which you've chilled in step 1. Just mix it in.] 6. Spoon strawberry yoghurt cream into prepared dessert glasses. Chill till set. [Best to wait for about 30mins - 1hr before proceeding.] 7. Dissolve strawberry jelly with hot water. Pour onto strawberry yoghurt cream. Chill until set. Decorate and serve. [Suggested decorations include whipped cream and strawberries.] Labels: mousse
XOXO,
Gel Monday, July 19, 2010 Packaging for treats I love to package my baked goodies before I give them to my friends.Here's a list of my favourite places to hunt down these packaging items as well as the cost. Note: All prices are in SGD (prices may increase as this is updated along the way), locations in Singapore and dimensions are measured in cm. Places I'll recommend: Daiso - IMM, Plaza Singapura, Rivervale Mall, Sembawang SC, Vivocity, http://www.daiso-sangyo.co.jp/english/storeinfo/singapore.html Everything for $2. They have better designs on their gift bags and cupcake cases but it comes in smaller quantities like 10~20. KH Plastics - 132 Arab Street Singapore 199823, hkpbags@gmail.com They sell lots of plastic bags, gift bags, ziploc bags [cheapest that I've found so far] as well as other plastic packaging related items. Phoon Huat - 171 Bencoolen Street Singapore 189641, http://www.phoonhuat.com/sto_loc.htm [I prefer going to the one at Bencoolen Street, near Bugis as it's huge. Click on the link to find a store near your place.] They sell baking ingredients, packaging, cupcake cases, decorating ingredients, baking trays/tins. Their packaging and cupcake cases usually come in 50s or 100s. Gift bags  These open up to a rectangle base (KH Plastics). (R) 10 x 27 (closed), 10 x 6 x 22 (open), $2.50/50pcs (L) 6 x 20 (closed), 6 x 5 x 17 (open), $1.50/50pcs Twisters  Approximately $1.70/1000 (too many to count) Labels: packaging
XOXO,
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