Saturday, September 2, 2017

homemade ice cream

so grateful for the instructionals posted on facebook that i got to discover a recipe for a homemade ice cream that needs not an ice cream maker! it was a bit successful - a bit because the ice cream was a bit dense and melts easily. i'm guessing it was because i put on a little bit more cream (i put on the whole can instead of measuring just a cup) and i guess the egg was small compared to what was really needed. this is why i've altered a bit the recipe i've found online. and oh! i added condensed milk which i think i shouldn't have.

anyways, i hope that if you find yourself in this blog and wished to try this, it will be more successful than mine =)

1 cup all purpose cream
1.5 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup full cream milk
1.5 cup sugar
1 egg (large) or 2 eggs (small)

mix all together until sugar is dissolved then let it simmer. if it's thick, remove from heat and add 1/4 cubed cheese, if you want, then chill for three hours. after chilling, beat until it lifts (or doubles). transfer to a container and cover to the top of the mix with cling wrap then freeze overnight.

if your ice cream is too sweet, add a dash of salt to balance the taste. serve.

i hope you like it!



Sunday, October 23, 2011

pork ribs from the tv (again!)

these ribs look yummy on tv. i will make this when i have time soon.

ingredients:
pork ribs
pork stock
white wine
sage
rosemary

in a hot pan, put in the pork ribs. add sage and rosemary. cook the herbs a bit to let the flavors out. put in wine wine then the stock. cook for one hour (but i think this is too long so just check from time to time if the pork is cooked).

:)

tiramisu from the tv

this is the second recipe i saw on tv tonight. looks easy so i want to try this out soon also...

ingredients:
lady fingers
coffee
mascapone
eggs, separate yolk from the white
dark chocolate

put lady fingers in a pan and pour coffee. set aside.

add first the egg yolk to the mascapone and then mix properly. then add the egg white then fold again until it is properly mix. when set, add the mixture on top of the lady fingers and let it set. shave dark chocolate on top.

note: i am not sure if sugar is added so taste the mascapone mix. add sugar if needed.

seafood pasta from the tv

saw this on tv tonight and i would want to try this one out soon, very soon...

ingredients:
calamares, cut
mussels
prawns, cut; prawns' head used for prawn stock
garlic
parsley
cherry tomatoes
chili
pasta

cook pasta and set aside.

cook mussels with olive oil until it cooks (opened shell). remove from pan and use the left oil for the next set of cooking. put in the calamares, garlic, parsley, prawn stock, cherry tomatoes and chili. when cooked, place the mixture onto the pasta and mix. put in prawns and then the mussels. mix again.

serve hot on hot plate.

Monday, October 10, 2011

my sangria

i have not been very good at estimating ingredients but i really do love to experiment. so one day, after finding what looked like a very good sangria recipe online, i decided to try it, incorporating other stuff written by other readers.

why do i want to make the sangria? because i miss the time when my friends and i had lunch with sangria in madrid. now, i'm trying to relive the moment at home. however, the recipe here is somewhat of an estimate because as i said earlier, i'm not good with estimates so when i placed the ingredients the first time, it came out very strong. hoping to let it settle, i tried tasting it again after a day but it did came out strong so i had to make a patch with my citrus. this is, finally, my recipe...

1/2 cheap red table wine
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 apple, sliced
1 1/2 orange, juiced
1/2 orange, quartered or sliced
1/5 tequila (optional)
2 cups orange juice (from the bottle)


put in a pitcher the sliced apple and orange. put in the sugar and mix. crush the orange a bit so the juice will come out. put in the orange juice (fresh and bottled) then mix again, followed by the tequila and red wine. mix thoroughly. let it settle for at least two hours before serving.

according to the recipe i read, you can put ice on the glasses before serving the sangria :)

Sunday, October 9, 2011

luncheon meat with apple

saw this easy to make sandwich online and i liked it. maybe you would, too! :)

luncheon meat
apple, thinly sliced
wheat bread, toasted
mayonnaise (or smashed avocado for substitute)

fry luncheon meat then set aside on paper to drain oil. on the wheat bread, put in mayonnaise, sliced apple, and luncheon meat.

serve hot :)

gambas and chili mushroom


ingredients
button mushrooms
garlic, chopped
chili oil
vegetable oil
medium-sized shrimps, scale removed, deveined and seasoned with salt and pepper

in low or medium heat, heat oil in pan. when oil is already ready, put in chopped garlic, followed by button mushrooms then chili oil. wait until mushroom is a bit brown. set aside in the pan.

in the same pan, cook the shrimp until pink. then mix the button mushroom to have equal chili covering for the shrimp and mushroom.

serve hot.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

kabsa by olie and greg

Stayed over at a friend's place during my last visit to the UK and they prepared this wonderful meal that I surely would love to make back home. I just had to ask for their recipe :)

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Here are the ingredients used nung nagluto kami. You can adjust it depende kung for how many people yung niluluto mo.

Chicken - 1 Kilo
Tomato - 4 pcs chopped (these are big ones so kung maliit lang yung gagamitin mo, dagdagan mo na lang)
Carrots - 4 pcs shredded
Onions - 2 pcs chopped
Lemon Zest (optional)
Easy Cook Rice - 5 cups

Put the chicken with the onion, carrots, and tomato on a pressure cooker. Put in 5 cups of water, perhaps more if you don't use easy cook rice. Rule of thumb is kung ilang cups of rice, ganun din kadami yung water, although nagpapasobra kami ng 1-1.5 cups of water.

Once it cooks on full pressure (that ringing sound), leave it for 20 minutes.

After this, take out the chicken. Put in the rice, and cook the rice in this broth.


Put the chicken pcs in the oven to grill until brown.

Then, serve the meal with lemon and cucumber. A little bit of salt would add taste to the chicken as well.

I think that's it. I'm not sure kung paano siya lutuin without a pressure cooker, but I'm sure it can be done.

 the final kabsa