Sunday, July 21, 2013

Bulgogi (Korean Stir-fried beef)

 

2 rib-eye steaks (400g),1 asian pear (nashi pear),a clove of garlic, peeled,a small chunk of fresh ginger (10g),1 tbsp of honey,1 tbsp of soy sauce ,1 tbsp of rice wine ,1 onion,1 green pepper,2 spring onions,a small handful of sesame seeds,½ tsp of chilli flakes,a glug of sesame oil,2 tbls cooking oil


put the beef in the freezer for 15 minutes, until it hardens slightly.
grate the pear, garlic and ginger into a bowl.
add the honey, soy sauce and rice wine to the bowl.
slice the beef very thinly against the grain and add to the marinade.
store in the fridge for at least 30 minutes, over night is ideal.
peel and slice the onion, deseed and dice the pepper and slice the spring onions.
heat the cooking oil in a very hot frying pan or wok and throw in the beef, saving the marinade.
fry until all the beef is starting to brown and caramelise.
add the sliced vegetables, the chilli flakes, the sesame seeds and the beef marinade then fry for a few minutes more until the veg begins to soften.
serve the beef with a bowl of the rice.
drizzle over a little sesame oil and you're done!

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Braised Pork Belly (東坡肉)

Pork Belly - Dong Po Rou
500 gm pork belly; 5 slices of ginger;1 stalks of green onion; 3 star anise; 30 gm rock sugar;1/2 cup of soy sauce; 1/3 thick soy sauce(醬油膏);150ml Chinese cooking wine;
 Chicken stock
 

Cut pork belly into cubes  Blanch pork belly in boiling water. Drain and pat dry.  Put pork belly and all the spices into a clay pot and fill with chicken stock up to covered the pork belly .  Bring to boil over high heat and let itsimmer for 3 hours until soft and fragrant.   Turn heat to medium and reduce sauce to half. Pour sauce over pork belly and serve.

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Celebrating July 4th - blueberry & raspberry mousse and ice pops, and mango mousse


Blueberry & raspberry ice pops
3 cups  mixed b&r berries, 1 can  coconut milk, 1/2 tbls vanilla extract, 3 tbls honey.
mix coconut milk, vanilla extract and honey in a bowl until combined thoroughly , then add berries. Pour to popsicle molds (I used small rectangle containers), freeze 5-6 hrs.

Blueberry & raspberry mousse
http://cooking.lovetoknow.com/vanilla-mousse-recipe. Garnished with fresh b&r&s berries

Mango mousse
http://allthatmatters2rei.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html