Friday, August 9, 2013

Mixed Fruit Jam

Ingredients
1 cup blackberries - washed
1 cup blueberries - washed
1 cup cherry plums - washed and pitted, cut into halves
1/2 cup hollywood plums - washed and pitted, cut into quarters
1/2 cup seedless grapes - washed and cut into halves
2 cups sugar or more to taste

Red Seedless Grape Jam

Ingredients
2 cups red seedless grapes - wash and halved
1 cup sugar or more
cinnamon powder to taste

Friday, August 2, 2013

Steamed Pork Ribs with Home-made Sour Plum Sauce (酸梅酱蒸排骨)




Ingredients

1-1/2 tbsp home-made sour plum sauce
350g pork rib - chop into small pieces
1 knob ginger - sliced and julienned
2 cloves garlic - chopped
1 stalk green onion -use white part and cut into 3 cm length
1 tbsp vegetable oil

Blueberry Cake


recipe from here
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 egg yolks
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder (i use 3/4 tsp baking soda + 1 tbsp vinegar)
1/3 cup milk
2 egg whites
1/4 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon white sugar

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Pickled Sour Plum (腌酸梅)



Ingredients
1 large bowl fresh sour plums
pickling salt 
water as needed

Monday, July 29, 2013

Blueberry Jam


Ingredient
4 cups fresh blueberries
2- 3 cups sugar or adjust accordingly to preference
sprinkle of ground cinnamon

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Steamed Taro with Chinese Sausage


Ingredients
1 medium-sized yam - peeled
1 chinese sausage
1 liver sausage
1 tbsp rice wine
drizzle sesame oil
3/4 cup coconut milk
handful of wolfberreis
salt to taste 
1 tbsp of chopped green onion

Sour Plum Sauce (酸梅酱)


Ingredients
one large bowl sour plum
3 tbsp salt
1 big piece rock sugar
sugar to taste

Grilled Lemongrass Chicken


Ingredients
6 pieces chicken drumstick
2 stalk lemongrass - use white part only - chopped finely
3 shallots- peeled and sliced
3 cloves garlic - peeled and sliced
1 1/2 tbsp fish sauce
1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp dark soy sauce
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp mirin
2 tbsp brown sugar 
dash of black pepper

Friday, July 19, 2013

Cherry Plum Jam


Ingredients
70 - 80 cherry plum - washed and pitted
1-2 cup sugar or as preferred
sprinkle of ground cinnamon
water as needed