Projekt : Chocolate Ganaché Tarte

I am a tart fan and I always wanted to try making a chocolate tart. After weeks of recipe-hunting baru jumpa one recipe that is not so complicated. Its called Chocolate Glazed Chocolate Tarte. Dengar nama pun dah yummy-nyum-nyum kan? Sesuai la sangat dengan kami yang sememangnya schokoholic!

Jom jamu mata...

Instead of Graham Crackers(tadak jual kat sini) I used normal butter biscuits...

I used vanilla from the pod...

Two whole eggs..

A mix of bittersweet and milk chocolate..

brought the cream to a boil...

poured the cream onto the chocolate..

chocolate+cream+whisked eggs on the left and pre-baked tart shell on the right...

bake for 25 minutes a 180°C...

let cool after it is baked and poured chocolate ganaché over it...

gave the ganaché some time to set.....(patience is a virtue here!)

at last served and enjoyed while watching Harry Potter on a Friday night...

Flickr and Donauwelle

Sehari dua ni timbul kemalasan yang teramat sangat. Awatla jadi lagu ni. Jadi la lagu bes2 skit. Lagu Yuna ka, lagu Aizat ka kan bagus, bleh gak dpt hasil beribu-ribu lemon. Apa la yang aku ngarut ni.

Since ada masa lapang, kita ni mula la mengembara di dunia web. Kita pun mencuba fungsi 'Flickr'. Gua ni kalau nak kata buta IT takda la buta sangat. Cuma selalu ketinggalan. Old school la katakan. Memang perasan ramai yang dah guna function baru kat internet ni, contohnya Facebook, Twitter and of course Flickr. The fact is that I couldn't be bothered. Bila betul-betul perlu, barula mencangak cari petua, tips and tutorial sana-sini. Sort of pathetic.

Anyway, sronot gila bila berjaya meng'upload' dan menggunakan fungsi yang ada kat 'Flickr' tu. Gambar pun jadi terang benderang. So let us jamu mata!

Donauwelle translated Waves of the river Donau. Perggh, dasyat kan nama tu. Thats the name of the cake above. I never knew about the existence of this cake until one day our friend bought it for breakfast. That was almost 3 years ago. So this cake is very new to me. Its probably originates from this part of the world, since google couldn't find other versions of this cake
(scary how often we depend on google for facts).

As you can probably see, there are FIVE layers of nyum-nyum in this cake. First layer from bottom is the butter cake, then comes the chocolate cake layer, and then sweet sweet cherries and its juices. Its topped with whipped cream and of course last but not least gooey-gooey chocolate ganaché. The small curls or dots on its surface were suppose to immitate 'waves' hence the name Donauwelle.

I've never tried to make this cake. I'm still an amateur baker so I'm giving myself time. Hopefully in the near future I can gather my nerves to bake the Waves of the river Donau.

Cream Pockets

Today mamak came home for breakfast, today he's working alone so theres no one to have breakfast with at work. We only live like 5minutes away(walking time) from his office, so it's kind of cool.

I made cream pockets for breakfast. In german, they are called Sahne Taschen so they can either be 'cream bags' or 'cream pockets'. I'm going for cream pockets, cause I think its sounds cute. A truly new recipe for me but it was simple enough for a breakfast treat. 

I first preheated the oven at 220°C.

Then I made the batter. It was easy. Two whole eggs and 50g sugar. Beat until fluffy. When I say fluffy, I mean really really fluffy. Until they double in size! Almost stiff like meringue.Then I sieved 50g flour with 1 1/2 teaspoon cacao powder. Fold them in lightly and viola! you've got it.

Dollop them on baking paper and make pancake-like shape with your spoon. Leave some space between them cause they tend to 'grow' as you bake them. Bake for 6-8 minutes. Leave to cool a bit and peel them carefully from the baking paper.

Whip some cream with a little sugar. (If you have ready to spray whipped cream, you dont have to do this)

Melt some chocolate on a double broiler. (If you have chocolate sauce, you dont have to do this)

Then, I spread a good amount of Strawberry jam on one side of the cake.

Spoon the whipped cream in the middle of the cake and then fold them into two, like little pockets.

Place them on a plate and dribble chocolate sauce over it. Tadaaaa.....

Serve and enjoy!...

ps: I'm totally absolutely definitely making this again..

Projekt : French Onion Soup

This is my version of French onion soup.

Step 1: Kupas, bersih dan hiris 700g bawang. I used bawang merah.

Step 2: Sauté or goreng bawang dengan 25g Butter.

Step 3: Tunggu bawang layu. 20-40 minutes.
Step 4: Tunggu bawang tukaq kaler or omputih kata 'caramelized'. Not garing. 5-10 minutes on high heat.

Step 5: Pour in 200ml apple juice (Omputih guna white wine). Add 1 beef cube and around 800ml  water.
Step 6: Bring to boil and season with black pepper, salt and thyme (I used dried).

Step 7: Preheat oven at 200°C.
Step 8: Pour soup into oven resistent bowls. Place 2-3 slices of bread on them (I used ciabatta).
            Add cheese (I used Emmemtaler).

Step 9: Place the bowls in oven. Bake until the cheese has melted.

Step 10: Serve and enjoy!

I have never eaten this soup before, so I have no idea if it tasted original. But we liked it. Sedap!

Gugelhupf

Sebut betul-betul...GU..GEL..HUPF!..Lawak btui bahasa jerman ni. Gugelhupf ni bukan apa, cuma a type of cake form that originates from europe. Ala yang bentuk dia cam one big fat donut tu. Kalau tak silap, in english its called bundt cake. Bahasa melayu..hmm..ada sapa2 boleh tolong saya?

I got a new set of cake tin, so I was determined to bake a cake.  After hours searching for a recipe, I found an easy peasy marble cake recipe that actually work. Perfect for baking amateur like me. I'm keeping this one in my recipe book. 

just after pouring chocolate over the cake..

the next morning..as you can see the chocolate has set..

served with coffee..

My first ever Marble cake baked in my brand new Gugelhupf cake tin, we ate this for breakfast with coffee. Sedap, but mamak said the vanilla smell was too overpowering. Probably because I used sugar that already smell like vanilla (I usually put used up vanilla pod in my sugar), pastu kita tambah pulak vanilla powder for the cake. (One more prove that I never follow instructions 100%. My family had always had a problem with that..hehehe). Memang la wangi sangat kek ni.Tapi, kita amat berpuas hati dengan hasilnya.

Buah Delima

Buah delima a.k.a. Granatapfel. Bukan buah favret. Tapi hari tu beli jugak, sebab tgk kat market tu cem best. I like the taste, but the whole fruit is basically made of seeds. Fruit flesh sikit saja. So camna nak makan? Kalau 'pepak' a.k.a kunyah, pahit plak. Kalau makan cem anggur, lawak la plak. 

This afternoon, I've got an idea. I made sirap buah delima. I am crazy like that. Kadang-kadang tetiba timbul idea. Most of the time idea ngarut-ngarut but this was a very successful one.

I cooked the fruit flesh ngan a little bit of water and some sugar. Not forgetting a little vanilla. After boiling, I pressed the fruits through a sieve. Lastly I have an aromatic syrupy liquid.

tgh masak

sirap delima

After its cooled. I took some finger biscuits (biskut utk tiramisu) and break them into small pieces. Dipped them into the syrup and lined my small glasses with them. After that I layered it with whipped cream and put another layer of dipped biscuits. Finally another good blob of whipped cream. Just like tiramisu but without the mascarpone and coffee. Then I placed my little glasses in the fridge.

Pastu before serving I  sprinkled cocoa powder onto them. Hmmm...sedapnya, baru la bleh layan buah delima tanpa biji-bijinya.

Tadaaaaa.....

Pagi lagi neh..nak masak ayam pandan

Pagi sabtu dan mamak terpaksa kerja overtime. Boring-boring, baik gua update blog.

Since hari ni blom masak, so kita tayang gambaq ayam pandan yang kita masak last week. Ni baru ada kesempatan nak boh kat blog. Resepi?....Kita hambik Mat Gebu punya resepi sebagai inspirasi,pastu kita 'auta' skit2..tima kasih banyak-banyak to Encik Mat Gebu. Best masak ayam pandan ni, sebab time goreng, bau wangi satu rumah, dah la rumah kecik banget...rasanya sedap dan sungguh menjilat jari!..

just after proses balut-membalut

proses goreng mengoreng and last but not least....

...proses hidang-menghidang sebelum terkam-menerkam!..

Omelette

I'm the savory breakfaster and mamak is the sweet breakfaster.

Kalau kat mesia, I'm in breakfast heaven. I love eating mi goreng, nasi lemak, roti canai and nasi goreng for breakfast. Kadang2 before I go to sleep, I already look foward on my breakfast the next day. Especially, kalau kat kampung on friday ada makcik jual nasi lemak lauk campur2 depan rumah kami. Pergh just waking up knowing that you'll be taken care of with spicy nasi lemak is a joy. Since I was a child, I remember being a savoury breakfaster. Kalau my parents having a long trip balik kampung, my mom will pack us some sandwiches. Sometimes with jam and sometimes with eggs.Tak Layan. We also take pit stops to pee or just to tank up. Those are the time I'm waiting for. Time tu kalau arwah my dad singgah gerai nasi atau roti canai memang best. Tak layan aa kuih muih atau manisan pagi2. Sampai ja gerai mula la cari nasi goreng ka, mi goreng ka or nasi berlauk. Bila dah pekena, baru hilang rasa loya tekak (which I usually experience if I have long trip in a car).

Now I'm in Germany and kawin lak ngan mamak putih. Germans take their breakfast mostly sweet. Usually, buns cut open and spreaded with butter, jam, nutella or honey. When I say buns, bukan buns yang orang mesia slalu boh into kacang merah tu. Yang tu lembutnya la sungguhla lembut. But usually buns yang depa makan kat sini have strong crust and soft dough. Kadang2, liatnya jgn cerita la. Memang bleh tercabut gigi. So as I said, this kind of breakfast only appetizes me dalam once in a blue moon.

sweet breakfast

What I do is add egg to breakfast. If not then cheese. Baru la rasa tekak ni selera. Lepas tu I put lots of pepper on them.  Lagipun still remember my arwah bapak thought me cheese omelette recipe which is one of the best memories with bapak. Bila makan omelette ka, scrambled eggs ka or just teloq rebus ka, baru la sedap skit makan roti pagi2.

my breakfast..muahaha...see how the cheese melt..

Since we got married ni, mostly we ate German breakfast more. Tapi baru-baru ni, mamak told me one morning, 'Pi la goreng nasi.(lepas kita pujuk2 dan cerita macam2 kenangan makan pedas2 untuk breakfast) Hari ni kita makan breakfast nasi goreng!' kata mamak dalam bahasa jerman pekat (dah translate ni..satgi tak paham lak). Pergh..melompat kita ni pi goreng nasik. Slalu malas aa, sebab makan sorang. So dah a few times we ate nasi goreng for breakfast. Melepas la jugak rindu the savoury breakfaster! Am I converting him into the savoury breakfast kind of life? Give me a few years and we will see..hahaha

UP! up and away...

It was my birthday semalam, so mamak and I decided to go tgk wayang and then have dinner. Ececeh..macam dating, but actually memang dating pun. Since dari Malaysia lagi kita ni dok tgk iklan crita UP! and I really wanted to see that movie. I'm a big Pixar fan, cause they can really make something normal, so damn cute!...

So kitorang pun beli la tiket and sat cosily in the cinema. Mamak bought us one big pack of popcorn and 1,5L tub of Mineral Water. Kita pun tanya la dia, if dia nak buat kenduri popcorn. Banyak sungguh popcorn, half of it still sitting on our dinner table right now. Anyway, everything was great and the movie started.

*SPOILER ALERT* If anybody who havent seen the movie and wants to, please dont read the rest of this entry..haha..

We were expecting cute funny pixar movie. Tapi...after the first ten minutes of the movie, I was crying uncontrobably(<--btui ka kita spell ni). Pastu dah start nangis, takleh stop lak tuh hence the word 'uncontrolable'..Klakar when I think back, cause mamak pun was so still all off a sudden.

Thank goodness tak ramai kat cinema, so hopefully nobody saw me. Thankfully, the movie was getting funnier and cuter. So dapat la jugak berenti nangis. But went the movie approached its end, I was afraid-- satgi dia buat scene sedih plak camna ni. I dont want to cry anymore. Dah tak larat nak nangis nih. Dalam dok tahan nak nangis, trying my best to distract myself from crying by thinking of happy thoughts....aku tewas..muahaha...nangis lagi.

Muahaha, I have never EVER cried in a cinema before. One thing, I am skillful in distracting myself from crying and another thing is, kita malu kalau kantoi nangis kat wayang. Tak macho aaarr..hehe..Tapi cerita UP! ni dah menewaskan gua...

*SPOILER ALERT ENDS HERE*

So after that kitorang pegi makan dinner at Rambagh Palace. Indian Food. Since Mamak dah pernah sampai Penang, so he thinks now that Indian food in Europe is really mild. So kami suka la pi Indian Food hunting. The cool thing about indian food is, there so much vegetarian option plus lots of fish and seafood. Lagipun, kat Germany all of the Indian restaurant I've been to dont serve pork. So senang la for Moslems.

 Appetizer..Indian Soup (macam hirup kari ja..)

 

Dinner of Seafood Briyani (Right) and Vindaloo Prawn Curry(Left) was excellent. Mamak told me it was the best Indian food he ever had in Germany. Kita ni pun rasa cam ada kat penang sat..hehe.Probably because the head chef was Indian. We ordered everything 'hot' so time makan tu peluh keluaq, air hidung kluaq and ayaq mata pun leleh.Mamak trying to catch his breath and his head slowly becomes glowing red. Kita ni plak mencangak cari tisu nak lap peluh dan air hidung (sorry for the very graphic descriptio...muahahaha..).Guests kat situ, ushar2 kami sambil senyum2..haha..Two weirdos having an emotional dinner...

Hahaa..it was a very interesting day...Memang penuh emosi..Isk!!..Seriously, UP! can take Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gum anyday!...Even our dinner was making us emotional..*sob!*

The Mentuas are gone

Yes they are gone...sob!sob!..Sedihnya tak dapat berjalan2 mencari makan lagi...Nasib baik Mamak masih bercuti hingga khamis ni. It was fun having them around. Alhamdulillah my relationship with them is at the moment very good. I said 'at the moment' is because you'll never know what to expect in life. So 'at the moment' I am grateful.

Memang I know some of my girlfriends ada problem with the in laws. Which can be real pain in the Arsch. My own family pun ada jugak macam tu. But as I said, Alhamdulillah sangat-sangat, I am very grateful that I have a great relationship with my parent in laws. Maybe my case a little different kot, my MIL always saying, she's thankful that mamak finally found someone and that he's happy. Mamak was not the 'women-friendly type', so my MIL remembers asking his son if he was gay..hehe..My FIL lak, he's grateful that Mamak tak yah nak kacau diorang dah, now that he has a wife. Muahahah..ada ka patut?!..

By the way kesejukkan melanda German. Oh betapa sejuknya hari ini. Cuaca di luar pagi tadi 4°C dan kini sudah 6°C. Tambah menggigil kerana hujan renyai-renyai dan awan yang gelap gulita. Kita terpaksa berbalutkan sweater walaupun di dalam rumah kerana kita ni memang species yang tak tahan sejuk.

Not much going on since the mentuas are gone, so here a few foodpics yang kami sempat ambik time jalan2 haritu...

 

from a Conditor showcase - A whole pig made of marzipan..macam tadak menatang lain..haha

from the same Conditor..sapa nak order kek kahwin?.. 

Ice cream anyone?..

 My chicken wings satay and...

 ..my normal satay buat jamuan keluarga si mamak...

we ate Coup Dänemark at one café..

enjoyed cake and coffee at another...

the famous Schwarwälder Kirschtorte = Black Forest Cake ler tuh...tak halal looo...amik gambaq bleh....Onkel Gerhard said it was drenched with Kirschwasser which is a very VERY strong cherry liquour...bleh mabuk oo kalau makan...NOT kidding!

The Mentuas

The mentuas are here! Actually dah brapa hari dah sampai, tapi so sibuk teman depa pi sana sini, baru bleh nak update blog. Not only the mentuas, but my pak mentuas brother and sister  pun mai jugak. Tapi jangan gusar, depa semua dok hotel, depa pun nak privacy gak..hehehe..

Sabtu depa sampai, siap bawak bunga. My mak mentua siap pakai t-shirt 'Penang' lagi..hahaha..like me, she misses Penang. I made introductory dinner of sup labu and salad. Iyala, kalau kami masak kari kapla ikan, terkezut plak nanti. So bersih gak periuk sup malam tu. Walaubagaimanapun, dessert was the real hit. I made Tiramisu, biasa ja..guna mascarpone ngan biskut jari2 tuh.. Tapi dah kata Germans, they have sweet teeth. Kalau nak ambik hati, kena pandai buat kek ka...biskut ka...apa2 yang manis2 la..Tak pun, kena terer masak 'Schwein'..mesti depa sayang..hehehe..Dah kita ni tak makan Schwein, kena try masak manis2 la...

Besok la, mamak out of the blue, invited them for malay food. Memang niat nak ajak makan, tapi tiba2 kepala hotak ni blank lak. Aku nak masak hapa la besok. Satgi btui2 aku masak kari kapla ikan baru depa tau..hehe... Lagipun manala nak cari kepala ikan bijik nangka kat Jerman ni..muahahha

Anyway, sementara kami ni nak brainstorming nak masak apa besok malam. Kami upload la pelan2 gambar menarik minggu ini..ececeh...

from left: mami and mamak

Papadom

Our favourite keropok ever is papadom..potato chips pun kalah ooo...bukan saja kalah tapi tercicir jauh di belakang keropok ikan losong dan kerepek pisang bersira...haha

Mamak memang terer makan papadom..Siap kalau nasi panas-panas tu,lepas dia curah kari.. dia pecah-pecah papadom tu, gaul dengan nasi tuh...suap...pergh...sentimental value sat..teringat makan nasi kandaq line clear...no wonder he calls me his papadom queen...ada ka patut??..muahahaha

Hari ni I tgk tmo Papadom the movie on youtube. Ish..kempunan rasa sebab takleh nak tgk crita ni. Bila la Afdlin nak start tayang filem dia kat europe..FYI kami mmg Afdlin big fans..me since Soal Hati...Mamak since Sumolah..tapi mamak taktau pun nama Afdlin..so he calls Afdlin tu sumolah..kalau kita ni crita pasal afdlin kat dia, kena sebut sumolah, baru dia tau sapa..Dunno why la suka sangat kitorang kat Afdlin tu..mostly because lawak dia logik kot...and he's comei like teddy bear..

Still remember masa kat Penang, me and my friends tgk Setem. In the middle of the movie, my friend tanya..tu betui ka perut Afdlin tu?..Why so bulat? Macam tipu ja...I was saying, perut dia la...takkan nak tambah cushion plak!!..We all mmg gelak sakan tgk aksi Afdlin ja la through Setem.

Papadom ni bes ka tak? Still out of curiosity kita ni teringin sangat-sangat nak tgk crita ni.

My new home

Harini tak masak apa..Mamaks work friends ajak makan tgh hari. For breakfast mamak took me to a café. We had berliner and hot chocs. So by the time malam, perut pun tak brapa lapar. Mamak just want to eat some baguette with cheese. Kita ni tgk ja la kot. Tak terasa sangat tekak nak makan roti.

Harini nak post gambaq my new home or at least kawasan dekat rumah kami. Duduk kampung la katakan. Mmg dekat dgn hutan belukau. Seb baik sini takdak beruang ka...ulaq sawa ka...seram gak kalau ada. Suma binatang tu dah lama pupus kat hutan2 german ni. Yang ada la ni pun rusa..it seems, rusa bleh breed dengan suka hatinya sebab dah takdak predator kat hutan2 sini....So ada musim, pemburu2 yang berlesen bleh la nak memburu rusa kat hutan sini..So manusia la plak jadi predator...muahaha...oh lupa lak...Helang jugak la kat sini...tapi takleh aa nak buru helang..

saya akhiri entry saya malam ni dengan foto kawasan rumah kami dengan ucapan 'Sayangi Alam Sekitar Anda!'....

Helang liar