It’s all gone. The durian snowskin mooncake that I took pains to knead and roll and mould. My goodness, how is it possible that everyone around me (with just one exception) loves durian so much?
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My Family’s Favourite Durian (& Yam) Snowskin Mooncakes
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Tagged Chilled, Durian, Frozen, Glutinous Rice Flour, Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Mooncake, Yam
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Crispy Gnocchi With Pesto & Mushrooms
So last week was a week of making ingredients from scratch. I had a batch of Italian gnocchis kneaded using potatoes and flour and eggs. This week is the week to put them to good use. I must say, they … Read more
Handmade Italian Gnocchis For Starters
I’ve watched a couple of Italian cookshows and seen many times how those famous chefs could easily manipulate a chunk of dough to work them into small pieces of gnocchi with their very agile fingers. They cut out the gnocchi … Read more
Cheesy Pesto Bread For The Family
Loving this combination in my bread – cheese and pesto. It gives me one thing more to look forward to in the morning, a warm-hearted breakfast with home-baked bread to go along with my cuppa coffee.
Crispy Japanese Chicken Kaarage
Chicken karaage is the Japanese method of deep-frying chicken. This method sees the chicken chunks marinated in the basic Japanese condiments (mirin, Japanese sake etc) before being dredged in potato starch for the deep-frying.