Orange Avocado Chocolate Mousse Tart

I’ve been quite stress out with the coming exam, my French lesson (which I’m really behind) and also worrying my budget for Europe next year which make me so tired and exhausted every day and no energy to write any new blog post but I still bake every now and then. Freezing cold winter is finally over and I can feel the spring is on its way to Australia, weather getting warmer which is good news.

Snack Idea - French Vanilla Cashew Nut

The story start with mum bought a bag of dry roasted cashew nut but then she didn’t want to finish it because it a bit too bland. And as a nice daughter I offered to make some flavour for the nut and that how the whole idea of French Vanilla Cashew But from. French Vanilla nut usually come with almond (maybe coz it call French as French love almond a lot), but as you know all I have in hand is cashew nut but feel free to substitute with any other nut of your favourite.

日本大好き - Juicy Japanese style Hamburger Steak

 I remember I promise to bring back some inspiration I got while I was traveling in Japan and now I am trying my best to show you what I’ve learn so far. One of the funniest thing in Japan is that their restaurant usually only sell one type of cuisine or dish, such as my favourite ramen place, they literally only sell one single flavour and they have shop all over Japan. I found this is quite amazing to be honest, as long as you make the best food of the kind you can totally survive by just selling one thing.

Langue de chat – Crispy Cat’s Tongue Cookie

After slacking off blogging for a while, I finally back on the track and finish all my pending post. And I was pretty impressed about myself finish 1 post each day and able to finish all before I’m off to my holiday which I won’t have time to do cooking post but instead I will try to do some post on my Japan trip.

Well after all this is one of the recipe that I made so that I can use up all the left over off egg whites. I usually use the egg white to make macaron but then it was too cold to sit and wait for it to dry, therefore I found this light and crispy Langue de chat cookie, in English it refer as cat’s tongue cookie.

Fresh Homemade Pasta

 I had a pasta machine at home quite a while ago which my dad usually uses it to making dumpling pastry. This is probably the first time we use it for pasta purpose, as I never thought of making my own while it so cheap and easy to get from super market. But now I don’t think I would like the one from supermarket anymore, homemade fresh pasta taste a million time better than those from store. I’m not joking at all, the texture is more firm and tender texture and also more chewy as well. To be honest, it is the first time I ever made pasta from scratch, it might seem a bit too much work on it but it is totally worth it. 

Simple Soft and Fluffy Buttermilk Scone

Scone has always been one of most frequent recipe I baked very now and then as breakfast or afternoon tea. Even since I was young, I always love scone so much and whenever I went to different hotel or café for High Tea (or should call Afternoon Tea as per British), all I want from is the soft fluffy scone with lot of jam and cream on top. However, it not easy to found good scone, since it is best when they freshly bake and serve it warm.

Easy & no Fail - Artisan No Knead Bread

If you ask me if bread is hard to make, I would definitely say yes. As for majority of bread will need lot of kneading time and raising time, it just seem so much effort to make you own bread at home while you can get it easily from supermarket. However, this is not always the case, there are one type of bread that not require to knead until you have really strong bicep muscle nor no need to set a timer to check whether it raise double in size. Today I am going to show you how to make this incredibly easy to make Artisan No Knead Bread.

Red Wine Poached Pear Sorbet with Balsamic Reduction

On my last recipe, I made some Red Wine Poached Pear, which is simple and easy to make. So I was thinking what else can I make base on that and it came up to my mind that  my last sorbet recipe got quite a lot compliment from my mum. So why not try to combine the sorbet with red wine poached pears. In this case, I don’t need to waste the red wine sauce, which I use to poach the pear. Since I have OCD on not wasting any food, as I do not like the idea of wasting food at all. Especially in baking, lot of the time, we probably only need just one particular ingredient such as egg white for macaron, so I always try to use up all the left over ingredients and end up keep baking all the time.

Easy Simple Red Wine Poached Pear

The first time I tried Red wine poached Pear, I thought it must be a complicate dessert to make which make the pear has this beautiful deep red colour. However never let your eye fool you, it actually one of the easiest dessert I have ever made and also one of the most fancy and elegant dish. It is unbelievably easy and simple that you cannot believe it so why pay so much to have it in fancy restaurant while you can make your own red wine poached pear at home.

Mon Petit Déjeuner - Minty Mango Coconut Smoothie

It kind of become my routine for every Sunday Morning that I will have a smoothie for breakfast, guess it is like a detox drink for me to get ready for the new week. I’m very picky on my drink, as I quite soft drink long time ago because it has too much sugar and chemical such as preservation or colouring in it which is proved not good for your health, especially for women while we pay so much for skincare and facial but seriously what we eat is most important to have good skin. So water and fresh fruit juice had become my everyday drink for the past 10 years. 

日本大好き - Japanese Honey Cake カステラ

It about 2 months ago when I first start blogging, I made Japanese Honey cake which is also named as カステラKasutera for my first blog. I’m sure I had express enough my passion about Japanese cuisine with my previous post Warabi Mochi, and all of sudden I just craving so much of my favorite Japanese Honey Cake. Kasutera or Japanese Honey cake is very popular in Japan, as my previous blog post said they even have store are famous on just selling one type of cake.

Light n Refresh - Kiwi & Lime Sorbet

Few days ago, I was flipping through a bunch of paper and book and try to organise it a little. Then I saw one of the recipe magazines I got from supermarket about Christmas dish and saw a recipe of making sorbet, surprisingly it was pretty easy, no need fancy Ice cream maker or stir every 2-3 hours. So I decide to give it a go and use the kiwi that we’ve got few days ago and now is little ripe which is perfect for sorbet.

Sauce lover - Nutty Pesto Sauce

I always dream to own a kitchen where I can own a little garden and grow a lot of spice and fresh herbs. But I guess it did take a lot of commitment when you are trying to grow some plant (I don’t want to kill any plant), so far I only have basil and coriander in my garden (not inside my kitchen but next to my pool, so my dog can't play with it).

Durian Fever – Durian Tiramisu

Continuing my love of Durian, apart from the durian chocolate cake roll I made. There are still little bit of Durian mash left over so I decide to do a cross over of a traditional Tiramisu Dessert with Durian. As Durian has a very similar texture as mascarpone cheese so I decide to substitute it and maybe that can help a bit with the expanding waistline.

Hope you enjoy this fusion style of east meet west Tiramisu. It is a very easy recipe and it only takes me 30 minutes to make it. Perfect for a party gathering and to show off your fellow of this stunning dessert.