#442 : Quick Spinach pie : recipe #241

I had frozen spinach in my fridge and some sheets of puff pastry, so I made this:)

Ingredients:
puff pastry :  enough to cover  the inside of an 8x8  baking  pan and some to cover the top of the pie.


filling:
Spinach; about 1 bowl , sauteed with a dsp butter.
3 eggs - beaten
1 cup milk
1 tbsp cream
1/2 tsp dried Italian herb
salt and pepper to taste.
2 pieces sliced cheese - shred into small pieces

steps:
1) preparing the crust:  butter the pan you are going to use.
roll out the thawed puff pastry into a nice large circle.  place it into the pie pan.  
roll out another smaller piece- this will be placed after putting in the filling.

2) Place all the filling ingredients into a large bowl , mix well and  adjust the seasoning. 
    pour into the pan prepared earlier, "sprinkle" with shredded cheese  and cover with the smaller puff pastry circle.
make slits on the puff pastry circle to allow vapour to escape during baking

3) bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees for approx 30 minutes or until the pie is done.
cool the pie before cutting.

#441 : Modified French toast: recipe #240

Had these for dinner :)
What you need:
2 eggs
1/2 cup fresh milk
1 tbsp vanilla sugar
1tsp cinnamon powder
8 pcs Khong Guan butter coconut biscuits ( I put them in a plastic bag and crush them )
melted butter
5 pcs of white bread

What you do:
Mix all ingredients excluding the bread slices.
place the bread into the mixture and  lightly toast them in a pan ( lightly buttered)
toast both sides of the bread until golden brown
dish up  and serve warm with  Maple syrup.

#440 Orange cream scones :recipe #239

Something for tea :), last Sunday

Ingredients:

A) beat together:  1 egg, 1 dsp cream, 1/2 cup milk & juice of 1/2 orange

 B) mix together: a pinch of salt, a pinch of baking soda,  a pinch of baking powder ; 3 cups of flour

3 dsp  butter

1 tbsp  Parmesan cheese ( true organic brand)

steps;

In a large bowl place ingredients B

add in the butter and rub it into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs

Add in A and mix quickly Don't over mix. 

lastly stir  in the Cheese

roll the dough and cut with a cookie cutter.

place on a lightly greased baking tray and bake for 15-20 minutes at temp 160 degrees/until the scones are golden in colour

serve warm.

I ate my scones with strawberry jam whereas the kids ate theirs with Nutella spread.

#439 Urap Taugeh / Bean sprouts salad @ recipe #238

Activities at work is winding down, students are sitting for their Advanced Subsidiary Cambridge GCE Examination, so I guess I will make use of the "extra" free time at home to blog more recipes.
This recipe is of Indonesian origin , I love its taste; It is really fresh, crunchy, spicy with a tinge of shrimp paste and anchovies plus a twist of the sourness from Kalamansi lime @Limau kesturi.

Ingredients:
2 handful Bean sprouts - wash and drained
1 large red chili- julienne

Pounded together:
dessicated coconut: to be pan fried first
a marble size shrimp paste: roasted first
1 red chili
1 shallot
1 heap tsp dried anchovies

salt + sugar to taste
juice from 5 kalamansi lime

In a large bowl , add together the bean sprouts, red chili and the pounded ingredients. Stir and then add in the seasoning and the kalamansi juice. Mix well. Adjust the seasoning and serve immediately.