Blog 5 – Chiffon Sponge Flour

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Chinese sponge/chiffon sponge I decided to experiment with two different flour’s.  In the past I have used normal plain flour but this time used Mcdougalls plain flour and made one sponge and then the 00 flour and made a second sponge.   Yolk mixture after whisking   Egg white mixture     Whites folded into …

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Hokkaido Bread – Wai Han Smith

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The first time I tried this I failed miserably as I did not know how to knead the bread by hand.  I really wanted to master the bread without having to purchase a bread machine or a kitchenaid.  After some research I found some video’s showing how to knead sticky bread so I tried the …

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Chicken Freezer

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    Chicken slice and marinade.  The quantities of the below will depend on your own taste and how much chicken you are preparing. ginger wine seseame oil dark and light soya sauce salt and white pepper cornflour Let it marinade for 30mins and then portion in bags and freeze.  I put about 35g a …

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Middle Eastern Chicken Kebab

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        Tested by Wai Han Smith – Nov 2014 http://www.onceuponachef.com/2012/09/middle-eastern-chicken-kebabs.html#tabrecipe Ingredients 1 cup plain whole milk Greek yogurt 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 teaspoons paprika 1/2 teaspoon cumin 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (reduce to 1/2 teaspoon if you don’t like heat) Zest from one lemon 2 tablespoons …

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Pineapple Bun – bor lor bao

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Pineapple Bun (Boroh Bun/菠蘿包) Pineapple Bun (Polo Bun) Makes 15 buns Ingredients: For the Bun: 500g bread flour 10g yeast 2TBSP milk powder 60g fine sugar 1/2 tsp salt 60g butter 280ml water 1 large egg Pastry Topping: 80g butter 30g shortening 80g powdered sugar 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 large egg (lightly beaten) 200g …

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