Cheese Biscuits

Well, this is the third time i tried to bake this biscuits. And i succeed. The first and the second the biscuits were overbaked or burned....I gave up for a while. I didn't have any passion to try again. But, because of we ate the same kind biscuits several days ago after we found it in Supermarche, I wanted to try again. With all the preparation and the very carefully baking process, Voila...J'ai reussi...Eventhough, i still have some question about this biscuits : It's wet inside...But overall, the taste is there, so cheesy...(for me, a bit salty..,but my hubby no..).
Anyway, that's the important thing, isn't it...my family love it....
The recipe were posted in KBB Blog, kind of Challenge for Indonesian Community who loves baking.
Okay, Let us see the biscuits and the recipe below :

Cheese Biscuits

Source: Vogue Australia: Wine and Food Cook book.

225g grated mature cheese (tanti : i used Edam Cheese)

125g butter

125g flour

cayenne pepper to taste (tanti : i used pepper powder)

sesame seeds

With finger tips, mix together cheese, butter, flour and cayenne pepper until mixture forms a mass. Butter a biscuit tray. Make small balls of the dough. Roll some in sesame seeds and press on tray, placing them fairly far apart as they will spread while cooking. (We have pressed walnuts on some of the biscuits and, for a colour contrast, some chopped pistachio nuts). Bake biscuits in pre-heated oven 180C for 15 minutes. Store in an airtight container.

Wingko Babat

Wingko babat is one of traditional food from Semarang, Indonesia. It's a sweet, sticky snack made from grated coconut and glutenous rice flour. Now, there are a lot of savour of Wingko Babat. One of my favorite is Durian flavour. Since I craved this food a lot, so i browsed and found it at Rita Bellnad, Australia.
It wasn't complicated to make it...very easy..
Wingko
Source : Mbak Rita Bellnad-Australia
500 gr glutenous rice flour
500 gr grated coconut ( you may find it in a frozen section in Asian Grocery)
600 ml coconut milk
270 gr sugar
1 tsp salt

Put coconut milk in the saucepan bring to boil. Set aside let it cool mix in grated coconut.
On the medium bowl add flour, sugar, salt add coconut mixture mix thoroughly. Pour the mixture into greased square tin. Bake about 40 minute or until golden brown in both side.
It's best cut and served after the next day.
(tanti : i used these 8 set of brioche pan, i only made 1/2 of the recipe)

Tofu avec le soja salé (Tahu tumis tauco)

Je vous partage le recette favori de ma famille. Mon mari aime beaucoup ce plat. Comme d’habitude, ja fais cette cuisine Indonesienne avec tempeh. Mais, je ne trouve pas ici, donc j’utilise le tofu seulement. Ma belle-mère m’a donné ce recette.

Allez…on va le trouve :

Tofu avec le soja sale

Vous avez besoin de :

1 paquet de tofu, coupez en carré /1 bungkus tahu putih, potong kotak-kotak sedang
1 ail, emincez / 1 siung bawang putih,cincang halus
moitie de oignon jaune, emincez /1/2 buah bawang bombay,iris tipis
4 piments, emincez / 4 buah cabe merah,iris tipis,boleh tambah cabe rawit utuh kalau mau pedas, sesuaikan selera
2 cuillère à soupe de soja sale/ 2 sdm tauco
sucré / gula
sel /garam
1 cuillère à soupe de soja sauce sucré /1 sdm kecap manis

Après, vous faites :

1. sautez l’ail et l’oignon jaune jusqu’a vouz les sentez bon, en suite rajoutez les piments. /tumis bawang putih & bawang bombay hingga harum, lalu masukkan cabe.
2. rajoutez le soja sale et un peu de l’eau./ masukkan tauco, tambah sedikit air.
3. puis, vouz rajoutez les tofu, le soja sucré, sel et sucré comme vouz voulez. Faites attention avec le soja salé, vouz pouvez faire le tofu trop sale. Laissez les jusqu’a sont bien cuit. /masukkan tahu, tambah kecap, gula, jangan lupa dicicipi. kalau kurang asin baru bubuhi garam, karna tauco sendiri rasanya sudah asin.
   masak hingga bumbu menyerap ke dalam tahu. boleh tambahkan air lebih banyak jika suka yang agak berair. (aku lebih suka yang agak berair)
4. bon appétit….mangez avec le riz blanc pour le meilleur goût./santap dengan nasi putih hangat...hmmm sedap...

Banana Cake

I have an obsession of making this cake. Idid try one day, but it failed. I was too confidence omitted the baking powder :P. But now, i dit it...j'ai le fait....It's so moist.
Voila le recette, I copy paste from David Lebovitz's genius website.

Banana Cake Source : David Lebovitz www.davidlebovitz.com
1½ cups (210 g) flour
1 teaspoon baking powder (I always use Rumford)
½ teaspoon baking soda (tanti : I omitted)
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¾ cup (150 g) sugar
2 tablespoons (55 g) melted butter (salted or unsalted)
1 large egg white (tanti : i used 2 whole eggs)
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 cup (250 ml) banana puree, made from about 2 very ripe medium-sized bananas
½ cup (125 ml) sour cream, regular or low-fat (I used fromage blanc)
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup (60 g) chocolate chips or 3 tablespoons (30 g) cocoa nibs

Butter a 9-inch (23 cm) square pan and line the bottom with a sheet of parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 350F (180 C).

1. Sift together in a bowl the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Mix in the sugar.

2. In a large bowl, mix together the butter, egg white, egg, banana puree, sour cream, vanilla and espresso, if using.

3. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and stir in the wet ingredients with a spatula until almost mixed. Add in the chocolate chips or cocoa nibs and stir until just combined, but don't overstir: stop when any traces of flour disappear.

4. Scrape the mixture into the prepared pan and bake for 40 minutes, or until the center feels lightly-springy and just done.

5. Cool on a baking rack.

Storage: This cake will keep well for 3-4 days, or can be frozen, wrapped in plastic wrap, for a few months.

Parmesan Roasted Potatoes

Almost every day I spoil my eyes by browsing at www.foddgawker.com. One day my eyes stucked on this one great picture and browsed directly to the site here.
For me, it's perfect for side dish, or if just in case you want to eat something in one rainy day ;)...
It's really easy and simple to make, and we don't need a lot of ingredients also.
The taste? hmmmm..so cheesy...

Parmesan Roasted Potatoes
Source : http://fortheloveofcooking-recipes.blogspot.com

• 9-10 small baby Dutch yellow potatoes
• 3-4 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• Garlic powder, to taste
• Sea salt and fresh cracked pepper, to taste (kmrn aku pakai merica bubuk biasa)
  
• Fresh chopped parsley, for garnish (aku gak pake)
  

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Boil a large pot of water and boil the potatoes for 4-5 minutes. Remove from water and let cool. Once cooled, slice into quarters and combine with olive oil, garlic powder, sea salt and black pepper as well as the Parmesan. Mix thoroughly and place in a baking dish that has been sprayed with olive oil cooking spray. Place into the oven and roast for 20-25 minutes. Remove from the oven and taste, re season with sea salt, cracked pepper, or garlic powder if needed. Garnish with fresh chopped parsley.

Pepes Ayam (Event "Masak Bareng")

Since I read this post at Ayin's blog about "Masak Bareng" or Let's Cook Together" if we can say it in English, I promised to my self to join this event. Okay, then here we are, my first entry for the event.

I like to eat any kind of "pepes", emmmm, let say "steamed food inside the banana leaves". We can do this recipe to fish, tofu, chicken, prawn, tempe, or even salted fish."
Usually I use this recipe for prawn and scallops since my husband doesn't like chicken. But, why don't we give it a try for chicken. It must be yum yum also....I cooked this last night, then directly took a picture of it.

Friends...come with me to the kitchen, let's "Masak Bareng" with this month menu : "Pepes Ayam".
(i got this recipe from my mum and modified by me)

Ingredients :

4 piece of chicken, drum stick & breast part
3 shallots
2 garlics
2 candle nut
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 slice of galangal (i use galangal powder 1 tsp)
1 lemon grass (use only the white part)
5 lemon leaves, chopped
1 branch of celery, chopped
1 branch of chives or bay leaves (in Indonesia : daun bawang), chopped
5 red chilis, chopped (if you like, i didn't use it)
3 tbsp thick coconut milk (i used Kara)
2 tbsp coconut grated
salt
sugar
how to cook :
1. smashed the shallots,garlics & candlenuts with food processor or blender (me, i used mini mortar & pestle).
2. in on bowl, put together the shallots mixture with other ingredients, mix it well.
3. mix in the chicked. strir again, and set aside for about 15 minutes.
4. prepare the banana leaves. since i didn't have it here, i used alumunium sheets.
5. wrapped 1 piece of chicked with the ingredients mixture. do the same direction for all chicked. yesterday, since i have leftover tofu, i put some with the chicken.
6. steam them for about 30 minutes.
7. hmmm...ready to enjoy with warm white rice and sambal.

Les Pâtes

Ce recette est trés simple.

Nous avons besoin de juste 15 minutes, en suite tout a fait.

J’ai profité bien le soleil ce matin. Ma fille et moi, nous avons mange a la terrace. Mmm..c’etait vraiment genial.

Allez, on trouve le recette au sous :

Les Pâtes

Pour ça, on a besoin de :

- les pâtes (macaroni)

- ail

- basilic

- sel

- persillade

- tomate kechup

- parmesan

Direction :

- faire bouilir les pâtes dans la caserole (15 minutes)

- après, melanger les pâtes avec tous les ingredients

- les pâtes est prêt a manger :)