I love a few websites for learning cooking. The main one I have been copying from is http://homekreation-recipes.blogspot.com/ . She is a great cook and a full-time mum to boot!! She has terrific recipes on her website and I've tried making 3-4 of her recipes with great success!! It would be good for you guys to support her too!
The main one I am blogging about today is the Green tea puff which took under 1 hour to actually make. This recipe is originally from About.com (all credits to them) ... not quite authentic but it does taste really good.
3 tbsp of butter
2 tsp of sugar
1/2 cup of water
1/2 cup of flour
2 eggs
Custard filling
2 tbsp of flour
1/2 cup of sugar
1 cup of milk
2 egg yolks
1 tbsp of melted butter
Steps:
1) Preheat the oven to 190 celcius.
2) Beat eggs in a bowl slightly till mixed.
3) Mix butter , sugar and water together and bring to a boil. Add flour into this mixture stirring quickly and turn off the heat.
4) Add the eggs in slowly and mix well.
5) Put it into a plastic bag and pipe 9 even mounds on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
6) Bake for around 30-40mins depending on oven. Cool and halve them (or slit them)
Custard
1) Mix egg yolks and sugar in a pan and add sifted flour and mix well.
2) Add warm milk gradually to the mixture , turn it on low heat and stir constantly till the mixture becomes thick. Now stop the heat and add in the melted butter and stir well.
3) (Optional for green tea custard) Dissolve 1tsp of green tea in 2tsp of water. Add a few spoonfuls of custard cream and mix well. Then transfer to the rest of the custard mixture.
4) Cool and pipe into the prepared puffs.
There you have it. A GREAT tasting product if you are a big fan of green tea.. and oh so easy to make. Till next time my little friends!
Your "fake" Masterchef buddy,
Doug.
