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Friday, July 9, 2010
Mylander Sponge
Refined flour - 125gms
Icing sugar - 40gms
Eggs - 3
Cocoa powder - 40gms
Sugar syrup - 60gms
Baking powder - 2.5gms
Sugar - 150gms
Butter - 95gms
Method-
Grease a baking dish and cover the base and sides with with butter paper. In the absence of butter paper greased news paper can be used.
Separate the egg yolk from the white. In a container cream the egg yolk, cocoa powder and sugar syrup and keep aside. In another container add the egg white and sugar and beat them to make a stiff meringue. Mix the flour and baking powder and keep aside.
FOLD the cocoa mixture into the meringue after which add the flour mixture and fold it in too. Pour the batter in the greased dish and bake at 180*C
Coconut Cookies
Icing sugar - 125gms
Castor sugar - 15gms
Butter - 140gms
Refined flour - 225gms
Dessicated coconut - 40gms
Custard powder - 45gms
Egg - 1
Method-
Cream the icing sugar, egg, castor sugar and butter together. Mix the flour, custard powder and dessicated coconut and keep aside. Mix together the creamed mixture and powder mixture together and refrigerate for 5-10 minutes.After which take it out shape the dough and bake it at 180*C for 10-15 minutes in a greased tray.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Mango Cheesecake
Ingredients-
Mango puree – 175gms
Egg – 1
Egg yolk – 1
Icing sugar – 75gms
Gelatin – 32gms
Whipped cream – 150gms
Cream cheese – 200gms
Water – 3ml
Marie biscuits
Butter
Method-
Step 1- Crush the biscuits and mix then crumbs with butter to form a base. Bake the base for 10 minutes at 180*C.
Step 2- Cook the egg, egg yolk and icing sugar in a double-boiler till you get a ‘sabayon’ (ribbon stretch) and mix it with the cream cheese. Add this mixture to the whipped cream and mango puree and mix. Again, in a double boil heat the gelatin and add 3ml of hot water if necessary and then add the gelatin to the final mixture. Pour the mixture onto the base and refrigerate it.
Step 3- When the mixture is half frozen add glaze (mango puree, water and gelatin mixture) on top of it and refrigerate it again.
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An egg less way (tried and tested) ->
For the egg-less version only the Step 2 has a little change.
Step 2 - Double boil the mango puree and icing sugar till the sugar dissolves. Set it aside to cool once that is done. Next double-boil the gelatin and add it to the mango puree and sugar mix.
Step 3 - Beat the whipped cream and cream cheese together.
Step 4 - Once the Mango, sugar and gelatin mix has cooled down. Mix it with the whipped cream and cream cheese mix. Pour this final mix onto the biscuit base.
Step 5 - Same as Step 3 of the Cheese cake with egg recipe
Choux Pastry/Churos
Ingredients-
Water – 1lt
Butter – 400gms
Flour – 600gms
Eggs – 15
Method-
Melt the butter in the water. Cook the eggs and flour together. Add the butter water to the egg and flour to make a paste. Pipe the paste into hot oil and deep fry.
To make churos:
Roll the deep fried choux pastries in cinnamon sugar and garnish with Ganache.
Honey Cashew Pudding
Ingredients-
Honey – 30ml
Vanilla essence – 2ml
Flour – 50gms
Cashew – 15gms
Almonds – 15gms
Butter – 100gms
Castor sugar – 100gms
Bread crumbs – 50gms
Method-
Cream the butter, castor sugar, honey and vanilla essence. Mix the flour, bread crumbs and nuts with the butter mixture. Double-boil bake the final mix at 180*C for 10-15minutes.
Chocolate Mousse
Apple Pie
Ingredients-
Flour – 300gms
Butter – 200gms
Sugar – 100gms
Diced apple - 1
Brown sugar - 10gms
Cinnamon - 3gms
Raisins (optional) - 25gms
Method-
Mix the diced apple, brown sugar, cinnamon and raisins and keep aside. Cream the butter and sugar and mix the flour in to make the sugar paste to a sandy texture. Refrigerate for 5-10minutes. After that take the dough out and put it into molds and shape it. Fill it with the apple mixture. Cover it with more dough. Glaze it (optional) and bake it at 180*C for about 15-20 minutes…till done.