GONG XI FA CHAI! A Happy New Year 2011 and a Super Xin Nien Quai Le to all out there! It has been 4 months since I last blogged but I have great great new recipes to spice up your kitchen this year! I'll start of with a little new found glory called the 'puff pastry'! And have cooked up 2 very straight forward recipes for you all to try on!
Apple Cinnamon Puffs
Ingredients: 1 sheet of Pampas Puff Pastry; cut into 6 equal pieces, A few tablespoons of melted unsalted butter, 1 sweet Apple; sliced into wedges & core taken out, 2 tbspns of Cinnamon Powder, 1 1/2 cup of soft brown sugar, 1/2 juice of lemon, A pinch of nutmeg
Method:
Marinade the apples with the cinnamon, lemon, 1 cup of sugar & nutmeg. Set aside and ready the pastries.
Brush the melted butter onto 1 piece of the puff pastry and place another on top. Repeat with the other 2 so you have 3 pcs of puff pastries now. Place pastries on a baking tray (brushed base of tray with butter), 1 inch or more from another to allow space for puffing up. Place a few pieces of marinated apples onto the middle of the pastries and drizzle a tablespoon of sugar on top before putting in the preheated oven for around 25-30 minutes at gas no. 7. Puffs are ready when the pastries puffs up into a golden brown colour. Serves 3 with a scoop of Vanilla icecream and drizzle the leftover juice from the marinade!
Tuna & Spicy Sardine Stuffed Puffs
Ingredients: Pampas Puff Pastries (1 sheet makes 3 puffs); cut into 3 pieces 1 egg; beaten
For Tuna filling (All ingredients to be mixed well): 1 can Tuna Flakes; drained with a little left behind, 5 blobs of mayonnaise, A pinch of Pepper, 1 tbspn dried Parsley
For Spicy Sardine filling (All ingredients to be mixed well): 1 large can of Sardine in Tomato Sauce; drained with a little left behind & mashed ,1 large Onion; chopped ,1 tbspn dried Parsley, 1 Hot Chilli; chopped, 2 tbspns of Chilli Sauce/ A few dashes of Tobasco Sauce, A pinch of salt & Pepper, 1 teaspoon of soft brown sugar
Method: Mix each type of filling well and place around 2 tablespoons of filling onto the middle of one side of the pastry. Fold the other side on top and press the 3 sides down (it should look like a pillow now) and use a fork to crimp the sides. Brush the top with egg wash and bake in the over for 25 minutes at gas no. 7-8 until puffs turn golden. Make sure to butter up your baking tray. Serves: a party if you use up all pastries. Serves best warm with a lil mayo or chilli on the side.
Pampas' puff pastries come in 6 sheets per pack. It only takes 10 minutes to defrost and you can whip up your puffy goodness in no time! So get one at Supasave now at around $7.90 per pack.
0 comments:
Post a Comment