Christmas Treat Idea : Strawberry Santa Hat

 


I believe this isn’t a new thing, have had made it for Christmas a couple years ago, you can simply slice strawberries and decorate these Santa hats at different ways, swap with other ingredients, these would all give them different looks. It’s simple and below is how I made it. I also advised some substitute ingredients so you can easily create your own version at home.

 

𝐈𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 :

-Strawberries.

-Whipping cream, here I used Arla Lacto free cream.

-Sugar.

-Pastry tartlets : you can bake by yourself from the scratch or use pastry ready rolled sheets to make it. I used Sainsbury's the butter sweet pastry tartlets which saved me a huge amount of time. Alternatively, you can use banana cubes, marshmallows, or brownie cubes as substitute. As long as strawberries can stand up on the plate, you can even choose not to have any base.

-Sugar balls and snowman sugar decoration both from Sainsbury's (optional.)

 


𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 :

-Slice the leaves end of strawberry to make it able to stand up on the plate, then slice the tip off to make a hat and set aside.

-Place sugar, whipped cream in a mixing bowl, whisk until the cream reaches stiff peaks. (The cream should be very cold, chill the mixing bowl if you have time.) Do not over-whip, otherwise it will turn to butter.

-Spread the whipped cream on pastry tartlet, place strawberry base, add more whipped cream for Santa’s face and beard, put on strawberry tip, then finish with a sugar silver ball as hat’s pom pom.

-Decorate with sugar snowman.

 








今天來分享一道很簡單的聖誕甜點,基本上只要草莓跟鮮奶油就可以完成,依複雜程度可以自行用塔皮當底座,我是直接在超市買現成的,省去了很多烘培時間,如果還是覺得麻煩,用香蕉或棉花糖當底座也是可以。然後我本來自己有調了巧克力醬 (而且還參照了妞仔的擠花小紙袋技巧),想要裝飾聖誕老公公的五官,但試畫了兩個覺得看起來太災難,決定還是直接放現成的糖雪人就好。


National English Breakfast Day : Full English Breakfast

 

Speaking of well-known British dishes, what would you think of ? I think English Breakfast, sometimes called a ‘’fry-up’’, is one of the most famous and popular British foods that most people would love. And today on December the 2nd is actually 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐲 to celebrate the heritage and tradition of this iconic British dish, so I’ve made myself a proper full English breakfast and tried to included nearly everything an English breakfast needs on the plate except black pudding. (I am totally fine with black pudding, I just didn’t get this ingredient from my online grocery shopping.)

 

Here is my full English Breakfast :

-Caramelised onion sausages from The Jolly Hog.

-Smoked streaky bacons & mushrooms from Waitrose.

-Cauliflower hash browns from Strong Roots Uk.

-Baked beans from Heinz.

-Cherry tomatoes from Sainsbury's.

-Fibre sliced loaf from Hovis.

-Egg from Clarence Court.

-Milk tea from Nittoh.

 

𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 ? 𝐎𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 ? 


You can also go to my instagram Reel page to see how I arranged everything on this pan.

 



說到英國代表食物,你會想到甚麼呢?英式早餐絕對可以排在名單中的前幾名吧,我記得以往每每去住英國鄉間的B&B,最期待的就是隔天早上B&B主人現做的英式早餐;因為發現122日是National English Breakfast Day,於是也在家裡給自己做了一套英式早餐,我必須要承認我沒有很愛茄汁豆(血布丁跟茄汁豆讓我選的話我應該會選血布丁),但為了這個英式早餐的完整性我還是加了!即便已經買了最小罐的豆子,但現在還剩有約半罐的份量在冰箱不知道該拿它怎麼辦,可能到時煮韓式部隊鍋時再把它消滅掉吧。


Pappardelle Beef Bolognese

 


First time buying fresh pappardelle from Lina Store and was thinking to make some Italian pasta dishes at home. Have searched a couple of recipes online, then I decided to go for Beef Bolognese as I wanted some thick and hearty sauce to go with this broad, flat pasta. Adapted from Chef Pasquale Sciarappa’s Pappardelle Bolognese recipe that he made for Orsara Recipes, this is my version to recreate it and it tasted totally delicious.

 

𝐈𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 : (portions for two)

-200g fresh pappardelle (or any pasta of your choice)

-190g Sun-dried tomato paste from Sacla

-175g beef mince.

-1/2 onion, chopped.

-2 garlic cloves, chopped.

-1 cup dry white wine.

-4 bay leaves.

-5 cherry tomatoes, halved.

-Salt and black pepper to taste.

-Grated parmesan and fresh basil leaves to sprinkle on top.

 




𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 :

-Heat oil in a large non-stick pan over a medium heat, add beef and mince and gently stir with a wooden spoon until browned.

-Reduce the heat, add chopped garlics and onions, keep stirring for 2-3 minutes until soften.

-Pour in dry white wine, leave to bubble and cook away.

-Add tomato paste, bay leaves, and halved tomatoes, continuously stir and break up the cherry tomatoes.

-Add a pinch of salt and black pepper to taste.

-Reduce to the lowest heat, cover with a lid to simmer for about 25 minutes. (stir occasionally.)

-When Bolognese is nearly ready, cook pappardelle in a large pot of boiling salted water according to the packet instruction.

-Once pappardelle is al denta, drain and reserve some cooking water, then move it to the pan, mix with Beef Bolognese sauce.

-Serve with grated parmesan and fresh basil leaves if you like.

 






前幾天去Kings Cross的時候順便去Lina Store買了他們家手工的寬帶義大利麵,回程途中就一直盤算要拿來煮甚麼才好,後來Youtube看了Pasquale Sciarappa老爺爺剛好有示範一道波隆那肉醬寬帶麵,就決定參照他的方法做牛肉番茄肉醬麵了!老爺爺有吩咐說如果要用市售的蕃茄醬的話,一定要買玻璃瓶裝的,絕對不能買罐頭的!他的話我有聽進去,另外我記得每次我在超市買蕃茄糊或番茄紅醬之類的東西,印象中都買到不甚好吃的,所以最後是拿了Scala的日曬番茄紅醬,這次煮出來的波隆那肉醬就很成功。還有我這回是一次煮了兩人份的,麵量夠多所以擺盤起來好像比較好看?!