Sunday, 5 January 2025

Flavourful Golden Quail Egg


WARNING: these flavourful golden quail eggs can be addictive ‼️‼️ Once you start to take one, you can’t stop at one ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ˜‹


This simple to prepare dish is done using cold ingredients. Best serve as an appetiser to your guests while they are patiently waiting for the main dishes to be served ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿ›๐Ÿค๐Ÿฅ—


Serve the flavourful quail eggs with a long slice of Japanese cucumber added a crunchy texture to the creamy texture of the eggs. The cucumber-quail egg stick also symbolised the appearance of 2025 zodiac sign - the snake ๐Ÿ

Y2025 zodiac decoration at Chinatown 

Working video:




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Ingredients
135g cooked quail eggs

You can use cooked quail eggs or cook from raw ones.

Marinade
20g light soya sauce, low-salt
15g Woh Hup Oyster Sauce Extra Flavour
12g raw sugar
10g freshly roasted sesame seeds
120g drinking water

14g onion , chopped finely
20g garlic, chopped finely
15g red chilli, chopped finely 
12g green chilli, chopped finely 
3g coriander stem, chopped finely
1 pc red chilli padi, give a few slits *
1g low-sodium salt, optional

* increase the quantity of the chilli padi if you prefer to spicier taste.



Directions

1. Combine all the ingredients in the marinade together in a big bowl. Add salt as needed.




2. Add cooked quail eggs to the marinade and mix well. 



3. Transfer to a mason jar with lid.
Let the quail eggs marinate for at least 2 hours in the fridge. A longer marinating period will help to infuse a more intense flavourful to the quail eggs.

4. Serve it cold or in room temperature ๐Ÿ˜‹
If you would like to have a snake-like cocktail, you can "pin" a long slice of Japanese cucumber to the broader base of the quail egg.


Wednesday, 1 January 2025

One-Egg COR Mini Butter Cupcake




Happy Y2025 New Year to everyone ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽ‰

I began baking my first cake for Year 2025 with nine mini butter cupcakes flavoured by vanilla, dried flowers of chrysanthemum , osmanthus, and French rose. The osmanthus flowers seemed to dominate the fragrance, while the tiny rose petals were just for visual pleasure.


Working video:



Yield: nine petite cupcakes

Paper cup size: 3 cm base, bought from Daiso 

Baking temperature: Preheated small oven toaster at 160℃ for 3 minutes. Bake at 160℃ for 20 to 25 minutes, or till golden brown and cooked through.


Ingredients

All ingredients in room temperature


A

38g unsalted butter, softened

2g rice bran oil/mild flavour vegetable oil 

15g raw sugar

15g fine sugar


B

1 egg, 55g

Pinch of low-sodium salt

5g raw sugar

5g fine sugar


C

30g top/cake flour

10g plain flour

5g milk powder

1g baking powder

Pinch of vanillin powder, optional


D

10g chrysanthemum tea, sweetened 

5g honey

a small amount of dried osmanthus flowers


E

1 tsp dried osmanthus flower

A few dried French rose petals, chopped 




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1.Beat Ingredient B till light and frothy. 



2.Cream Ingredient A using a hand whisk till light and pale.


3. Blend Ingredient B to A till well combined.


4. Mix and fold in Ingredient C, mix well.





5. Blend Ingredient D to batter till smooth and glossy.



6. Scatter E over the top of the batter, and mix well.




7. Pour batter to paper cake cup, about 22~23g batter each cup.  Lightly rap against work top to level batter and get rid of trapped air bubbles. 


8..Transfer the filled paper cups to a small pan.


9. Preheated a small oven toaster to 160℃ for 3 minutes. Bake at 160℃ for 20 to 25 minutes, or till golden brown and cooked through.



10. Remove  the hot cup cakes from oven toaster, and cool down over wire rack for 5 minutes. Cover the cupcakes with food wrap while cooling down to lock the moisture in, optional. 



11. Serve after cooling down ๐Ÿ˜‹