Chinese coconut buns – all recipes

anita lam

Recipe shared by Susan Chanmeister- Jan 2015 Cover photo shows Anita Lam’s bun’s that she baked on the 12th Jan 2015 http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/10561/chinese-coconut-buns.aspx Ingredients Serves: 32  5 tablespoons caster sugar 250ml milk 55g softened butter 1 tablespoon dried active baking yeast 300g plain flour 1 egg, beaten 125g plain flour, or more if needed 55g softened butter …

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Soya milk

soya milk

Shelli Fong – shared 12th Jan 2015 Got the recipe from this group. Soak some beans overnight (I soaked in boiling water for half an hour) to soften. Rinse in water. Add water and beans to the blender and blitz for a couple of minutes. Drain through a muslin bag a couple of times. Heat on …

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Pizza dough

Pizza dough By WaiHan Smith on Thursday, 30 October 2014 at 20:35 Winnie Ling Long It’s very simple to make! 225g strong white flour and extra for work surface7g yeast 150ml warm water1 tablespoon olive oil2 teaspoon basil (optional)   Mix the flour & yeast together in a bowl.Form a well in the middle and add warm water …

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Freezing Cheese

Wai Han Smith Jan 2015 A member had recently bought some discounted cheese and the discussion of freezing cheese started.  I learnt last year that you can freeze all cheeses but the cheese can change it’s characteristic after it is defrosted.  I do not mind cooking with frozen cheese but am not keen on eating …

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Chinese egg tarts – Susan Chanmeister

susan tart

This is a recipe Susan Chanmeister shared and uses regularly 140g butter 1/2 egg 70g icing sugar 200g plain flour but use Grade 00 for better results Mix all ingredients together, knead and then wrap in cling form and chill for 30 mins. For the filling 140g sugar 300ml water 4 eggs 80ml evaporated milk …

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Chinese almond cakes

Almond cake

Chinese Almond Cakes (taken and translated from Leisure-Cat) By Lynne Lee-Diep on Wednesday, 7 January 2015 at 22:39 Chinhtmese Almond Cakes (taken and translated from Leisure-Cat blog) http://www.leisure-cat.com/frm_1165.htm 150 g Almond (Whole with skin) 600 g Mung bean flour 450 g Powdered sugar 150 g Almond powder **I assume this is ground almonds 50 ml …

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