Seafood Aglio Olio

06 June 2019 - "一个人吃饭"

Today's special. Cooked this simple aglio olio specially for a VIP 😊 I have used my existing mushroom aglio olio recipe and add on seafood.

I have replaced swiss mushroom with shitake mushroom and added some fresh herbs from my garden

https://cathteo-john1427.blogspot.com/2015/06/mushrooms-aglio-olio.html?m=1

Detail method of cooking spaghetti is found in my recipe for Bolognese Spaghetti.

http://cathteo-john1427.blogspot.sg/2015/06/bolognese-spaghetti.html?m=1

Ingredients:

3 large prawns

3 fresh scallops

1 shitake mushroom -sliced

4 cloves of garlic - chopped

1-2 tablespoons olive oil

4-5 leaves sweet basil

1 stalk spring onion - chopped

1 chilli padi - remove seeds, chopped(optional)

100g -125g  spaghetti

Water for cooking spaghetti

1 tablespoon of oil

2 tsp salt

Method:

1. Cook the spaghetti in boiling salted  water(added oil) according to packet instructions and drain  thoroughly. Set aside. Note : keep 1/2 cup of water after boiling the spaghetti.

2. Clean and deshell prawns. Washed scallop. Seasoned prawns and scallop with a pinch of salt and some pepper. Set aside.

3.In a clean wok/frying pan , pan sear both prawns and scallops until they are cooked and lightly brown. Remove from heat and set aside.

4.Fry garlic in olive oil until fragrance and golden brown.  Remove fried garlic into a bowl, leave  the oil in the wok. Add mushrooms in the wok to fry for 30sec then add cooked spaghetti. If it is too dry, add a little water from boiling the pasta. Add a pinch of salt or 1 tsp of fish sauce to adjust to your taste. Add chopped onion and chopped basil. Add the fried garlic. Add chopped chilli if you like spicy pasta. Stir well. Remove from heat. 

Serve with pan seared prawns and scallop.

Toaster Oven Meatball

17Feb2019

Ingredients:

800g Fresh Shoulder Meat 五花肉 - minced

1 egg

5-8 water chestnut - chopped

1cup of chopped raw yam

1/2 tsp pepper

3 tbsp light sauce

1/2 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tbsp sesame oil

4 tbsp potatoes flour/cornflour

Spring onion - chopped

3-4 cloves of garlic - minced

oil for deep frying or toaster oven 250°C

Method:

1. Combined all ingredients in a large bowl.

2.Heat up a wok. Pour in the oil enough for deep frying. With 2 spoons or gloved hand shape the meat into 2cm balls. When the oil is hot enough, put in the meat balls by batch to deep fry until golden brown. Remove from wok and place them into a plate lay with kitchen paper to absorb excess oil. Continue to deep fry the rest of the meat balls until all completed. 

3. Transfer into another place, serve.

Toaster Oven baked:

At item2, roll meat into small balls. Bake in a pre-heated oven.  Roast until it is golden colour. App 30min

Dried Shrimp Cookies

2Feb2019

Finally today I baked something savory which i had wanted to bake several years ago😁. It tastes very yummy yummy..成功!

As i was putting them into container, there were another 2 hands (husband and daughter's hands) taking and packing into their stomach.. Both daughter and husband said "once started can't stop..." "will finish before CNY" . It left half the quantity one hour after baking. I am delighted. Finishing fast😁. This really crunchy and taste very good. Can't stop eating...

Read a recipe "dried shrimp cookies" in dailydelicious.blog several years ago. Since then had wanted to bake this cookies as I also like savory stuffs😁

I have made some modification on the ingredients. I have replaced some plain flour with top flour just to finish the stock that I have. I have also increased the amount of flour to make it possible to roll by hands rather piping. 

Though i had reduced the sugar and replaced with icing sugar, still I find it is too sweet for my taste. Next time I will increase the salt and reduce sugar by further 10g.

The original recipe owner has caution that if the dried shrimps that you are using is very salty, then will have reduce or omit salt. For mine dried shrimps was not so salty so I need to add more salt. I have a preference of saltier taste and less sweet stuff. So, i will reduce sweetness and add more salt. 

Ingredients ( 85pcs)

75g dried shrimp

165 plain flour (I used top flour)

45 plain flour (extra flour added)

75g  sugar (I used 70g icing , will reduce to 60g)

115g unsalted butter (I used 125g)

1/2 tsp of vanilla

1 egg

A dash of salt(will increase to 1 tsp salt next time)

A dash of pepper(not in orig recipe)

Oven Temp 170°c with fan, or 180°c without fan

Method:

1.Place flour and shrimp in food processor and blend them till fine.

2.Add butter and sugar and vanilla and salt blend them well.

3.Remove into a large bowl. Add egg and combine them well.

4.Roll them into small balls and use a fork to press in it to make pattern.

5.Bake in pre heat oven with fan function 170°c for 12-15min or 180°c without fan for 12-15min

Happy Baking.