Cottage with curtains of Millionaire's vines
Bamboo restaurant overlooking the picturesque sea
From left: Lemongrass Iced Tea. Freshly-baked Bread w/ Mango,
Organic Garden Salad:
Freshly-picked Romaine Lettuce,
Indigenous flowers:
Bougainvillea and Cosmos,
servedwith Mustard Salad Dressing
A sanctuary is hidden deep inside the
Panglao Island.
Feast on an extraordinary
organic smorgasbord.
Bohol Bee Farm
Dao, Dauis, Panglao Island, Bohol, Philippines
www.boholbeefarm.com
Big bite with a kick
Serves 3
INGREDIENTS:
6 fresh Jalapeno Chillis, cut lengthwise into halves, deseeded
6 whole Streaky Bacon Strips
1 Sun-dried Tomato, finely chopped
A handful of Breadcrumbs
75 g Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese, softened at room temp
50 g Cheddar Cheese, grated
25 g Parmesan Cheese, grated
6 Mozzarella Mini Balls, pulled in halves
6 Fresh Basil Leaves, torn into pieces
Canola Oil, for deep frying
No salt needed as the bacon strips provide enough sodium.
Wear gloves. Cut the jalapeno into halves, lengthwise.
In a clean dry bowl, mix the softened cream, cheddar and parmesan cheeses, sun-dried tomato and basil.
Put a half of mini mozzarella into the halved jalapeno bulb.
Stuff the cheese mixture into the jalapeno.
Drizzle with breadcrumbs.
Wrap the jalapeno the streaky bacon.
Secure the bacon with a toothpick.
Deep fry in canola oil until the bacon is brown and crispy.
Serve immediately.
Friday, September 12, 2008
chocolate,
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1st Life-sized Chocolate Race Car in Asia
Oohhh-lala chocolah!
Asia's 1st race car chocolate
4.7m long x 2m wide
Its whole structure is made of
31kg white, 45kg milk and 14 kg dark chocolates
polishing it with 10 litres of food varnish
Tyres are made of dark chocolate with edible black powder
while the hubs are edible silver powder and white chocolate
Fabrication cost is a sweet SG$25,000.00
Comes the unbeatable trio...
Nelson Piquet Junior
Helene Garcia
Fernando Alonso
INGREDIENTS:
12 pcs Lasagna Noodles
1 tbsp Olive Oil
1/4 kg Ground Chicken Breast
1 pouch McCormick Curry Powder,
dissolved in 1/2 cup water
dissolved in 1/2 cup water
1 liter President Whipping Cream
1 Carrot, julienned
2 stalks Celery, chopped
1/2 tsp Paprika
A handful Curry Leaves
Salt & Pepper
1 Green Chili
Puree in a blender with a little water:
3 Shallots
2 cloves Garlic
Half a thumb Ginger
Splash olive oil in a pan. Fry the curry leaves till fragrant.
Add the celery, carrots and green chilli. Fry for a minute.
Pour the garlic, onion, ginger puree. Simmer for 3 minutes.
Mix the ground chicken breast and season with paprika, salt & pepper.
Pour in the McCormick curry mix. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Add the whipping cream and let simmer again for 2 minutes.
TO SERVE:
If you're using wavy lasagna, trim off the wavy part on one side
so you can get it to stand on a plate once rolled.
so you can get it to stand on a plate once rolled.
Pour curry sauce on a cooked lasagna. Roll it.
Do the same with the remaining lasagna noodles.
Arrange rolled lasagna upright on a plate.
Pour some sauce over the rolled lasagna and around the plate.
Garnish.
Do the same with the remaining lasagna noodles.
Arrange rolled lasagna upright on a plate.
Pour some sauce over the rolled lasagna and around the plate.
Garnish.
Serves 4
Yields 100 pieces
INGREDIENTS:
3 cups All-Purpose Flour
3 cups Full Cream Powdered Milk
1 cup Sugar
250 g Salted butter,
softened at room temperature
softened at room temperature
Toast the flour in a wok over low heat.
Stir continuously to avoid burning.
Turn off the heat when the flour becomes slightly brown.
Let cool.
Pour in the softened butter. Mix well.
Add the sugar. Mix thoroughly.
Mould the mixture using the polvoron moulder.
Wrap in square pieces of Japanese paper or cellophane.
For my family, we simply stack 'em up in an airtight container.
Grab the naked polovoron and yum yum.
Just don't dare to laugh after putting the polvoron in your mouth.
Just don't dare to laugh after putting the polvoron in your mouth.
You can add crushed cashew nuts, peanuts, pistachio, toasted pinipig,
some milo or horlicks into the polvoron mixture.
Serves 6
INGREDIENTS:
Dim Sum Filling:
1/2 kg Prawns, peeled
3 tsp Oyster Sauce
1/2 tsp Sesame Oil
Salt & Pepper
Spring Onion, finely chopped (garnish)
Ginger, julienned, finely sliced (garnish)
Sesame Seeds, toasted (garnish)
Combine oyster sauce, sesame oil, salt & pepper.
Marinate prawns for minimum 2 hours in the refrigerator.
Dim Dum Dough:
1 cup Wheat Flour
2/3 cup Tapioca Flour
1/4 tsp Fine Salt
1 cup Boiling Water
2 tsp Olive Oil
Mix the wheat, tapioca and salt thoroughly.
Add 1/2 cup of boiling water to the flour. Mix with chopsticks.
Add more boiling water until the dough mixture forms.
Add olive oil and continue mixing.
Knead the dough on an oiled surface.
Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out as thinly as possible.
Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out as thinly as possible.
Cut the dough to fit a prawn for each dim sum.
Put one marinated prawn on the thin dough.
Pinch the dough on edge. Make enough pleats to close the pouch.
Place the dim sum in lightly oiled pan.
Do the same process for the remaining prawns.
Steam for 15 minutes.
Garnish with spring onion, sesame seeds and thinly sliced ginger.
Dim Sum Sauce:
1 glove Garlic
1 Bird's Eye Chilli
Light Soya Sauce
Apple Cider Vinegar
Salt
Pound the garlic and chilli together in a mortar and pestle.
Mix the pounded garlic and chilli with light soya sauce and apple cider vinegar.
Season with salt.
INGREDIENTS:
1 foot-long Banana
Glutinous Rice Flour
All-Purpose Flour
Fresh Jackfruit
Cinnamon
1 Large Egg
Water
Dash of Salt
Brown Sugar
Canola Oil, for deep-frying
All-Purpose Flour, for dusting sliced banana
Put the jackfruit with a bit of water and cinnamon powder in a blender.
Puree smoothly.
Mix the jackfruit puree with flour, egg, salt and brown sugar.
Add water to make it into a pasty batter.
Add water to make it into a pasty batter.
Slice the banana into bite size pieces.
Dust the sliced banana with All-Purpose Flour before dipping into the batter.
Dip the banana into the batter.
Dip the banana into the batter.
Deep-fry in oil until golden brown.
Use the absorbent napkin to remove excess oil.
Serve warm.
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