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Sunday, December 23, 2012

A Nice Flourless Chocolate Cake Recipe

It seems illogical, but I dislike intensely strawberries dipped into chocolate and yet I love a super-fudgy chocolate cake offered with strawberries and cream. Even better if the strawberries have been macerated in balsamic syrup as described above. And my preferred chocolate cake in this combination is the wonderful classic Reine de Saba or Queen of Sheba, popularly known as the flourless chocolate cake, here is my a good one.


Ingredients:
  • 125g bittersweet chocolate, chopped
  • 1 tbsp brandy
  • 1 tbsp black coffee
  • 100g unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup castor sugar
  • 3/4 cup ground almonds
  • 3 eggs, separated
  • icing sugar
Method:
  • Preheat oven to 160C. Butter an 18cm round cake tin and line it with baking paper.
  • Combine chocolate, brandy and coffee in a bowl over water or in a double boiler. Stir when melted and add butter and sugar. Mix well.
  • Add ground almonds and stir very well. Remove from heat.
  • Lightly beat egg yolks and stir into bowl.
  • Beat egg whites until firm. Lighten chocolate mixture with a spoonful of egg white, then fold in rest of whites and spoon into prepared tin. Bake for 40-45 minutes.
  • The cake will still test a little gooey in the centre. It will have developed a crust and be very fragile. Cool completely in the tin, then carefully invert onto a serving plate. Dust with icing sugar.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

How To Make Delicious And Healthy Bibimbap

To be honest, I feel like bibimbap is a difficult Korean food to make since it needs a lot of ingredients. However because it is so delicious, it will have you coming back for more again. Plus, it is very healthy. Bibim means 'mixing' and Bap means 'rice' in Korean. So, you mix rice, various fried vegetables, raw vegetables, meat, egg, dried seaweed, and a special sauce. If you are a vegetarian, you can substitute the beef with mushrooms you like.


Ingredients:
  • ¼ Cup MooSaengChae (Radish-sidedish)
  • ¼ Cup Kimchi
  • 2 Handfulls Bean Sprouts (KongNaMul)
  • ⅓ Onion
  • ⅓ Carrot
  • ⅓ Zucchini
  • ⅓ Cucumber
  • 2-3 Leaves Lettuce
  • ½ Green Onion
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 Dried Seaweed
  • 2 Bowls Cooked Rice
Meat Ingredients:
  • ¼ Cup Ground Beef
  • ½ tsp Soy Sauce
  • ½ tsp Sugar
  • ½ tsp Cooking Wine
  • ½ tsp Sesame Oil
  • 1 Clove Minced Garlic
  • 1 Pinch Salt & Black Pepper
Gosari Ingredients:
  • 1 Handfull Dried Fernbrake (GoSaRi)
  • ¼ Onion
  • 2 tsp Soy Sauce
  • 1 tsp Sesame Oil
  • ½ Tbsp Olive Oil
  • ½ tsp Minced Garlic
Sauce Ingredients:
  • 3 Tbsp Red Pepper Paste
  • ¼ tsp Soy Sauce
  • 1 tsp Brown Rice Vinegar or Apple Vinegar
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • ¾ tsp Sesame Seeds
  • 1 tsp Sesame Oil
  • ½ tsp Minced Garlic
Directions:
  1. In a bowl, mix ¼ cup of ground beef, ½ tsp of soy sauce, ½ tsp of sugar, ½ tsp of cooking wine, ½ tsp of sesame oil, 1 clove minced garlic, 1 pinch of salt, and 1 pinch black pepper all together. Set it aside while you are preparing the other ingredients.
  2. Add the boiled bean sprouts, ½ tsp of sesame oil, and 1 pinch of salt. Mix well.
  3. If you buy dried gosari, soak one handful of gosari in water over night. If the gosari is still not soft, then boil it in water until it becomes soft, before you fry it.
  4. In a pan, add the gosari, ¼ of sliced onion, 2 tsp of soy sauce, 1 tsp of sesame oil, ½ tbsp of olive oil, and ½ tsp of minced garlic. Fry for 10 minutes.
  5. Julienne ⅓ of a carrot and ⅓ of a zucchini to the same size. Slice ⅓ of an onion thinly. Cut ½ of a green onion thinly. Fry the green onion with a little bit of salt for 5 seconds.
  6. In the same way, fry the onion with a pinch of salt for 20 seconds. Fry the zucchini for 1 minute with some salt. Fry the carrot for 30 second with some salt.
  7. Fry the marinated beef until the beef is completely cooked.
  8. Fry one flat egg with a pinch of salt. Slice it thinly.
  9. Cut ¼ cup of kimchi into small pieces. Fry with a little bit of oil for 2 minutes. You can add a little bit of sugar if you want.
  10. Cut 2-3 leaves of lettuce thinly.
  11. Julienne ⅓ of a cucumber thinly.
To make the sauce, mix 3 tbsp of red pepper paste, ¼ tsp of soy sauce, 1 tsp of vinegar, 1 tsp of sugar, 1 tsp of sesame oil, ¾ tsp of sesame seeds, and ½ tsp of minced garlic.

In a large bowl, (you can use your mixing bowl) place 1 cup of cooked rice, all of the vegetables, kimchi, egg, and dried seaweed. Put the beef in the center. Then, pour 2-3 spoons of sauce on top of the beef. You can adjust the amount of the sauce, depending on your taste. If you like spicy foods and want a lot of spicy sauce for your bibimbap, double the sauce recipe.

Friday, December 7, 2012

Papaya Is Really A Real Treasure

Papaya is known as a collection of multiple use, because almost all parts of the plant from the roots to the leaves beneficial to humans and animals. Papaya can be used as food, drink, healing, beauty, and as food for cattle. It shot that so much benefits of Papaya

Papaya is a kind of fruit that is very familiar to us, especially people in Indonesia. The Australian company named Paw Paw. Fruit has a very good 1001 for the benefit of beauty and health of our bodies. For those of you who like to eat papaya is good to know that a characteristic of this fruit to eat them with increasing confidence. If you rarely eat papaya. So for this article is that you did so you will be moved to try to love him. Well, here are some important things about the papaya, you can "love" him.


5 Health Benefits of Papaya

  1. Papaya can also accelerate the digestion of carbohydrates and fats. The enzyme papain can break the fibers in the meat, making it more palatable. No wonder the papaya meat tenderizer is often used as a material, especially for the manufacture of cooking kebabs or stews.
  2. Papaya fruit contains the enzyme papain. This enzyme is very active and has the ability to accelerate the process of digestion of proteins. The enzyme papain has a feature to break the proteins are very similar to arginine, and break down food in various proteins or amino acids can be absorbed by the body. Digest the protein is a major problem commonly faced by many people in their daily diet. The body to digest protein has limited features due to the lack of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
  3. Formed in all parts of the papaya a good skin, flesh and seeds. Therefore, papaya be fully exploited. In fact, for those who have problems with digestion, it is advisable to eat papaya and its seeds.
  4. Protein content of papaya is not very high, only 4-6 g per kg weight of the fruit. But this small amount is almost completely digested and absorbed by the body. This is because the enzyme papain in papaya can digest the material as much as 35 times larger than size alone.
  5. Papaya can also break down foods containing protein to form compounds of different amino acids that autointoxicating or automatically removes the formation of undesirable products due to incomplete digestion. High blood pressure, constipation, arthritis, epilepsy and diabetes are diseases that occur because of digestion is not perfect. Papain is not always able to stop him, but at least to minimize the negative effects that may occur. What is clear papain can help make food better digestion process.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Here Are A Few Excellent Cappuccino Recipes

A mug of warm frothy cappuccino is certainly the best and the most popular way of satiating the urge for the daily dose of caffeine. But unlike other forms of coffee, indulging in a cup of cappuccino daily can run you up a sizeable bill, fagging out your wallet in no time. As such, learning how to make cappuccino at home is extremely essential. When you learn the various ways in which you can make this delicious brew, not only will you be able to treat yourself, but also win the admiration of your friends. Also, your house will be the most favored place for gossip and other friendly banter, instead of the usual coffee shops. The only thing that you must remember is that the allure of cappuccino lies in the fact that the strong flavor of the coffee is balanced by the mild essence of the froth. This also lends the drink a very pleasing creamy texture. While making cappuccino, you have to consider this balance and not make it too heady like the usual coffee brews. Given below are a few excellent cappuccino recipes that you can prepare at home.


How To Make Cappuccino

Recipe 1

Ingredients:
  • ½ cup Water
  • 2-3 tbsp freshly Ground Coffee
  • 1½ cups Skimmed Milk
  • Chocolate Powder
Preparation:
  1. In the base of an espresso maker, pour the water and pack the coffee into the filter. Close the top and turn it to medium heat.
  2. Let the espresso brew. In the meantime, boil the milk. Place the milk in a cafetiere or French press and pump about 15 times to froth the milk. You should have half milk and half froth for the cappuccino.
  3. Now, pour the espresso in the cups. Add the milk while holding back on the froth with a spoon. After pouring the milk, add the froth and sprinkle the chocolate powder.
  4. For best results, add one-third each of espresso, milk and froth.
Recipe 2

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup Powdered Instant Nondairy Creamer
  • 1 cup Chocolate-Flavored Drink Mix
  • ¾ cup Instant Coffee
  • ½ cup Sugar
  • ½ tsp ground Cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp Nutmeg
  • Whipped Cream
  • 6 oz Water
Preparation:
  1. In a bowl, mix the creamer, chocolate drink mix, coffee, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. You can store this in an air tight container.
  2. Boil the water and add two tablespoon of the mixture. Pour into cups and add whipped cream.
  3. Serve hot.
Recipe 3

Ingredients:
  • 2 quarts brewed Coffee
  • 4 cups evaporated Skim Milk
  • ½ cup packed Brown Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 tsp Almond Extract
Preparation:
  1. In a saucepan, put the coffee, milk and sugar. Stir thoroughly to mix. Bring it to a boil at medium heat.
  2. Remove the pan from the heat and add the vanilla and almond extract. Pour into cups and serve hot.