A spicy salsa salad mixed of Black-eyed Peas and Black Beans all marinated in a flavourful, fiery mixture. Great with Tortilla Chips or simply bread. The best drinks to go with this Texas food is none other than the cold ice tea ;)
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This is a cafe where you can find not just ice cream in Budapest but you can also eat here the famous kürtőskalács which is a 'must-try' if you are here in Hungary/Budapest. In the fifth district of Budapest, Váci Street 31, the chimney cake or kürtőskalács, is one of the oldest Hungarian pastry and appears exactly like a chimney. But be warned as it is an addictive Hungarian pastry which is baked using a tapered cylindrical spit, and over an open fire to get a fresh and delicious texture. In carnivals and fairs, you can find them at rather expensive prices nowadays. One recommended flavour is cinnamon. Some people also like it topped with almonds or walnuts and sugar. When it is ready, the sugar is caramelized on the yeast-raised dough's surface thus a sweet crispy crust.
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Hungarian Handmade Cheeses, support the local produce
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This is a Shanghainese dish called 八宝辣酱拌面.
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Csiga is the hungarian word for 'snail'. This pastry resembles the shape of snails and that's why its name. It is a very popular breakfast or snack, be it served for tea or your afternoon refreshment :)
Ingredients:-
20g fresh yeast
500g flour
50g soft butter
300 ml lukewarm milk
1 egg yolk
4 tsp sugar plus a pinch
1 pinch of salt
4 tsp unsalted butter, melted
Chocolate filling:
4 tsp cocoa powder
8 tsp powdered sugar
Steps:
1. In small bowl, dissolve yeast in slightly warm milk with 1 teaspoon of the sugar. Let stand 5-8 minutes.
2. Combine the flour, sugar and salt.
3. Mix yeast mixture, oil (from 4 teaspoons of unsalted butter, melted) and egg yolks together lightly.
4. Knead it until smooth.
5. Cover with a cloth and let the dough rise. This takes about 40minutes.
6. When it has risen to double its original size, put it on a tabletop and roll it out.
7. Spread some butter on the dough and sprinkle with sugar and instant cocoa powder.
8. Roll the dough with the filling inside so that you get a long roll.
9. Cut in to slices. And put the slices on to a well-greased baking tin, leave it to rise again for about 15 minutes.
10. Bake the snails in preheated 200 degree C oven for about 15-20 minutes until snails get a nice golden brown colour.
Here's a site that is ALL about the different forms of the csiga that is so loved by the Hungarians, it is called 'We love Kakaos Csiga' :)
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This is my version of the pineapple tarts for Chinese New Year. I have cravings for pineapple tarts for long and I asked my friend Sharon Tay for the tart pastry recipe. Some patience is definitely the essence for the success of the tart pastry. I like it very much.and here are the ingredients:
1 small pineapple, cut it into smaller pieces and minced it in a mixer. Heat it up until all the juices are evaporated, keep stirring and add about 3 tablespoons of sugar. Continue heating until texture of pineapple becomes like a jam and deeper amber in colour.
150g butter, 220g flour, 30g cornflour, 1egg yolk, 2. Tbsp milk powder (I did not have this so it was opted out), 2 tbsp icing sugar.
Mix flour, corn flour & icing sugar. Cut butter into cubes & mix into flour mixture. Use rubbing - in method. When mixture looks like breadcrumbs, add in yolk to combine as a dough.
I chilled it in the refrigerator, then mold it into this piggy shape. Pineapple mixture is in the round mold, then add 'nose' and using a toothpick to add the nostrils and eyes. Extra pastry to form the ears.
Baked at about 180 degrees Celsius for about ten minutes and viola!
Thank you Sharon for sharing the pastry skin recipe :) miss the pineapple tarts you made still...
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Originally uploaded by Casual Chin
Pineapple tarts are a 'must-have' festive cookie. It is a small, bite-size pastry filled with or topped with pineapple jam. The pastry consists of a large proportion of butter and egg yolk. It has an exceptional rich, buttery, tender and melt-in-the-mouth texture.
The pineapple jam is usually made by slowly reducing and caramelizing grated fresh pineapple that has been mixed with sugar and spices - usually cinnamon, star anise and cloves.
During the Chinese New Year season, these are usually made in the shape of flat, open tart topped with pineapple jam under a lattice of pastry. In the video recipe, it shows rolls filled with jam that are open at the ends and jam-filled spheres is the other alternative.
They can be found in commercial bakeries to buy back and give away as souvenir food items to share with friends back home.
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Originally uploaded by Clemens S. Orth
Mince Beef with Mushrooms, Recipe by Clemens S. Orth/flickr
1) Peel the shallots and cut in small dices. Peel
the mushrooms and cut in stripes.
2) Melt the butter in a frying pan. Put the shallots
in and fry until soft. Add the mince beef and fry until brown. Add the
mushrooms and fry until the start softening. Then add the Pepper, Thyme and Vegetable
stock.
3) Add the white wine and simmer until white wine
is nearly completely gone. Make sure this is done on a low heat as otherwise
you might burn the beef and mushrooms. Chop the Parsley.
4) Add the Crème fraîche and
Parsley to the pan and if necessary some salt.
If it needs to be a quick meal, cook with pasta.
If you have some time cook potatoes before you start preparing this dish. Slice
them and fry them (during you prepare the sauce) in a second frying pan until
golden brown.
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Originally uploaded by Pengelly Belly
How about some Crispy Pork Knuckles in beer for this Christmas? Add potatoes and apple wedges, this is a very easy to cook dish and fantastic addition this christmas. Watch the recipe video and you will agree with what I mean...
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