Archive for December, 2009

Roasted sirloin fillet with pureed potatoes

Dec 26, 2009 No Comments by

In the next two days we learn how to cook red meat, which is great since I really love red meat especially when it’s grilled. So for today we learnt how to cook roasted sirloin fillet served with pureed (mashed) potatoes. The recipe is good and quite easy to prepare, so I will share it [...]

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Snowman bento

Dec 25, 2009 2 Comments by

It’s been almost a month since my last bento. Tonight is Christmas’s eve and I want to celebrate it in a nice bento way. I made a simple snowman theme with some usual bento fillings. The snowman was made with three onigiri. As for the facial details, I used shiitake mushroom and a heart foodpick [...]

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Retro style pudding

Dec 19, 2009 8 Comments by

In Jojo’s school there is a weekly event that on each Friday one children must bring some snacks to share with the other students. And this week is Jojo’s turn which meant that I must prepare something on Thursday night. Usually the other parents just buy foods from supermarket for their child to share but [...]

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Puff pastry with leek and poached egg with albuferra sauce

Dec 18, 2009 No Comments

Today’s lesson at the cooking school was a continuation from our last class. After watching cooking demo from the chef, we had our puff pastry ready to bake. We rolled the pastry dough with rolling pin until it became very thin and broad. We knew that our pastry won’t expand perfectly but still we wanted [...]

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Homemade apple pie

Dec 16, 2009 3 Comments

After finished the class I had this urge to make something at home and I decided to make an apple pie using the dough recipe I’ve got today. I’ve baked apple pie several times but it’s been one year since I made the last one. I remember that we have lots of trouble this past [...]

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