Russian Cheesecake

Ingredients

For the Crust: 3 tablespoons sugar, 3 tablespoons brown sugar, 1/2teaspoon nutmeg, 3 tablespoons butter, softened, 3/4 cup ground walnuts, 3/4 cup plain flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder.

For the Cheesecake: 700g creamed cheese, softened. 200g soft white cheese such as ricotta, 1 1/2 cups of sugar, 6 large eggs, separated, juice & zest of 1 large lemon, 3tablespoons plain flour, 1 cup thick cream

Preheat the oven to 200 C & butter a 28cm non-stick springform cake tin. Remove the base of the cake tin from the side from the sides & lay a piece baking paper over the base. Replace the sides to hold the paper in place.

First, prepare the crust, Using a food processor or blender, pulse together all the 'crust' ingredients until a sniff dough forms. Roll out the dough & press over the base of the cake tin. Bake at 200C for 10 mins thenremove from the oven & cool.

Meanwhilw, in a large bowl of an electric mixer, combine the creamed cheese, white cheese & 1 cup of sugar & beat for 3 mins or until the mixture is smooth. Add the egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the juice & zest of the lemon & the plain flour, & mix until combined.



In separate bowl, beat the egg whites until foaming, then add the remaining half cup of sugar, sprinkling the sugar into the egg whites while the motor is running. When all the sugar has been added, raise the speed of the mixer to the fastest, then allow the egg whites to beat until they are thick & glossy.

In a separate bowl, beat the cream until soft peaks form.

Fold the beaten cream & egg whites into the cheese mixture & combine thoroughly. Pour the batter into the cooled crust.



Bake at 200C for 10mins, then reduce heat to 150C for an hour. Turn off the oven heat & leave cake in the oven undisturbed. When cake is cooled, remove from the oven & chill overnight.

Sprinkle with icing sugar & serve.




Image taken Samsung Omnia

Sticky Macadamia Cake with Toffee Sauce

Ingredients
For the cake:
170g large dates, pitted & chopped
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
300ml boiling water
60g butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
170g self raising flour
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
100g macadamia

For the Toffee Sauce:

150g brown sugar

150g double cream

1 teaspoon vanilla sauce

50g butter

1. Preheat the oven to 180 C & butteran 18cm square tin or individual "dariole"mould & dust with flour.

2. Mix the dates with the bicarbonate of soda & cover with the boiling water. Cream the butter & sugar until creamy, then add eggs, one at the time. Fold in the flour, date mixture & vanilla essence. Mix well, lastly adding the chopped nuts.

3. Bake at 180 C for 35mins ( individual moulds 20-25minutes). The cake should be well puffed & deep brown.

4. Meanwhile mix the brown sugar, cream, vanilla essence & butter in a saucepan.

Heat until boiling & simmer for 5mins, then cool.

5.To serve, pour the sauce over the warm cake, or, if you prefer, pour the sauce onto inidividual plates & place the cake on top.

images taken Canon ixus

Lemon Cheesecake

Finally!! Crave for this for years, Peng finally pass her recipe to me..
yummy! After very exhausting week,i manage to bake this on Sunday to pamper myself..

Crust
125g Flour
40g sugar
60g butter
1 pinch of salt

Cream cheese filling

500g Philadelphia cream cheese (2 blocks) softened at room temp
2 large eggs
200g Condense milk (half can)
60g Sugar
juice 3 lemons zest

Mix flour, salt & sugar in a bowl.

Add butter & rub in till fine crumbs formed.

Then tranfers flour mixture to a cake tin(lined with foil).

Pressed into base of a cake tin.

Bake for golden on the edges. Remove from oven to cool.

Beat cream cheese till smooth.

Then add eggs, beat well after each addition.

Then add sugar & beat till well mixed.

Add condensed milk & beat till well mixed.

Add Juice & zest of lemons.

Mix well.

Pour into crust in cake tin.

Bake at 200 Deg Cels for 10 mins.

Then, bake at 170 Deg Cels for 40mins.

Turn off oven & leave cake to cool in oven.

When cooled, transfer to fridge till cold.

Recipe courtesy from Peng

Pizzas

Sudden craving for Brotzeitflade Vegetarisch..
decided to try making one..but ended up making pizza instead. :p
short of time to make my fav.thin crust bought ready pizza base.



Ingredients:
2 large Pizza base ~ 1 Hawaiian
1/4 cup (1 can) tomatoes sauce / 1 small can thick tomato paste
250g mozarella cheese
2 bratswurt sausages sliced
3 slices of pepper ham

Beef cheesy pizza
300g of minced beef (pepper, cajun seasoning)
2 onions sliced
1/2 yellow pepper sliced
2 tomatoes
3-4 sliced of pineapples diced

Oven bake~325-375 F


Spread tomato paste on both pizza base
(thick pizza paste preferred)



Spread mozarrella cheese on top of paste


Lay ham, sausages and pineapple on top one another
Finish final layer with mozzarella cheese again.

Home made Hawaiian Pizza


Repeat steps for Beef Cheesy pizza
1. Spread tomato paste
2. Spread mozzarella cheese

3. Minced beef (seasoned with cajun and pepper seasoning)
4. Placed fresh tomato slices on top of minced beef
5. Add sliced yellow pepper and mushroom
6. Finish topping with mozzarella cheese



Beef Cheesy pizza


Images taken by Canon Ixus

Aglio Olio

Always curious how this dish was done, simple ingredients never taste so good :)
it taste v.good with seafood especially prawn..
decided to try..doing it..
decided to keep it simple with a side dish (Back Bacon wrapped asparagus)

Ingredients:
350 grams of Spaghetti (thick spaghetti or vermicelli is better)

200 g White button or swiss button mushrooms
10 tablespoons of olive oil
3 garlic cloves peeled and chopped finely
Added colour, you may try red/yellow pepper

Tomato

hot little pepper (if desired)
fresh parsely
salt

1. Brown the garlic, stir fry mushroom and/hot pepper in olive oil, add salt.

2. Cook the spaghetti in hot salted water, drain them and add them to the oil and garlic mixture

Added fresh tomato for colour

saute'3 add the minced parsely, chilli flakes/ chilli paddy (optional) and serve hot!

side dish: Back bacon wrapped asparagus

Sprinkle aparagus with a pinch of ground pepper,

wrapped bacon around 3-4 stalks of asparagus,

Pan fried/oven grilled.

Images taken: canon ixus

Avocado juice

Jezz shared with me my favourite avocado juice from the newspaper.
Coz i get occasional craving from Ayam Penyet's avocado juice..

Ingredients:
2 Avocados (you may placed em with banana to speed up the riping process)
50 ml gula melaka syrup
250 -300ml fresh milk


blend avocados with milk in a blender
add gula melaka to taste.