Saturday Brunch

My Saturday Brunch…

Onion-Potato Tart

Today I didn’t feel like eating heavy ‘ta-pao’ food and kept thinking of making something on my own. Abuthen…there was nothing much at home…I found a couple of onions, a potato and some leftover cilantro. Oh ya…and a pack of ready rolled puff pastry! And I made OnionsPotato Tarts…

Oranges and apples are all time favourites…agree? Last week I made orange sorbet…and this time the highlight is apples! This is something extremely simple and you can make it anytime!

Ingredients:

1 Apple

2 spoonfuls of fresh cream/whipped cream

1 tbs chopped roasted almond

¼ cocoa powder (optional)

Steps:

1. Peel the apple and cut them into small chunks.
2. Soak the apples in salt water for about 5 minutes.
3. Drain the apples and place them in the freezer for about 15mins.
4. When the apples are icy cool, place them in a nice champagne glass.
5. Top the apples with cream and sprinkle with cocoa powder and almonds.

I’ve tried this and this recipe is absolutely safe! Hahaha… You can also serve this in a more healthy way. Substitute the cream with plain yogurt, minus the cocoa powder and you may even add a dash of cinnamon powder to this recipe.

Sunday Cookout

Yah…a big cookout is the best remedy. I just hosted a late lunch yesterday, serving seven adults and two kids. I planned for this lunch thingy few weeks ahead! The not-so-good-part is that I did not have a proper plan to make something special for the kids though. I am already glad that at the end of the day, my guests were please with the meal.

Following is my menu for the lunch

Starter:

Chicken Bruschetta

(Bruschettas are served with a special honey sauce)

Pumpkin Carrot Soup (with croutons)

Main:

Tomato Mushroom Pasta

Dessert:

Orange Sorbet

(I chose this recipe mainly because I dun need to scratch my head to find 9 proper glasses to serve them! They just look so cute in those orange shells. Btw the sorbet is not cold enough to serve but still taste good. Ops..self praising =_=’’’)

The pumpkin soup, I have to say, the biggest success of the day. This is the first time I am making a cream soup. Thanx to Family Circle^® Mini Cookbooks and some youtube clips! I’ll put up the recipe here, but this is a lil’ different from the Family Circle^® Mini Cookbooks. It’s really a good try and very healthy, fully packed with beta carotene!

Ingredients:

2T Butter

1 large onion

2 cloves garlic (crushed)

Juice of 1 orange

500g carrots (cubes)

750g butternut pumpkin (cubes)

1.5L chicken stock

½ C cream

(Extra cream for deco)

Fresh cilantro for garnish

Steps:

1. Melt butter and sauté the onion until soft.
2. Add in garlic and carrot and cook for about 5 mins.
3. Add in orange juice and bring to boil.
4. Add in the pumpkin and chicken stock, let simmer for 30 mins.
5. Blend the soup.
6. Reheat soup and add in cream.
7. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
8. Serve warm

(Serve 6)

The sorbet took hours to make. And it took just 10 minutes the fully filled orange shell to become this >> … T_T

Bruschettas

Food and more food!!! This time i’m making bruschettas. First up is Baked Egg with toasted Baguette.

Next is Chicken Rolled Up Bruschetta (with fresh tomatoes, capsicum and basil). Taste really good and healthy!

For the above delicacy i won’t be posting the recipes up. If you’re really interested to know, you can add in a comment okay?

Oh ya….almost forgot about the cheesecake. Recipe is as follows:

Ingredients:

Base (A) :

1. 1 packet Oreo biscuits (crushed and filling separated)
2. 2 tbs butter (melted)

Filling (B) :

1. 250 g Cream Cheese
2. 1 cup sugar
3. 1 cup cream (whipped)
4. 1 tbs gelatine (melt in 2 tbs water)
5. 5 pieces Oreo biscuits (break into small pieces)

Steps:

1. Add melted butter into crushed biscuits and press onto the base of the cake tin, refrigerate.
2. Beat cream cheese and sugar until mixture is smooth.
3. Add in gelatine into the mixture and remove from electric beater.
4. Add in whipped cream and remaining Oreo biscuits into the cheese mixture and fold.
5. Scoop the mixture onto the biscuits base and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.

Easy isn’t it? hope you like it. Feel free to post in questions and comments ya~