Monthly Archives: November 2014

Chinese Chive

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Chinese Chive

Chinese chive is very popular vegetable in China. So far, I haven’t see it in American Supermarket.

Compare to regular vegetables, Chinese chive has a strong taste/smell, similar to onion and garlic, but different and lighter. It normally is used in fillings, sometimes in stir fry dishes, but not very often. One of the popular dish is stir fry with eggs.

Chinese chive is a perennial plant, when you harvest, all you need to do is cutting the part about ground, it will keep growing. You can harvest as many time as you like.

For more info., please click the link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_tuberosum

For dishes using Chinese chive, please click on following links:

Stuffed Tortilla with Chinese Chive

Stuffed Bun with Chinese Chive and Egg

Dried Shrimp

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driedshrimp

 

Dried shrimp is mainly used for flavor. Compare to fresh shrimp, dried shrimp can bring a much stronger flavor and different for fresh one.

Dried shrimp is normally made with small shrimp.

Dried shrimp is mainly used in fillings, sometimes is used in simmer dishes, once a while in stir fry dishes.

For more info., please click the link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dried_shrimp

 

For dishes using dried shrimp, please click following links:

Pancake with Zucchini and Dried Shrimp

 

 

How to Make a Yeast Dough

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Make a Yeast Dough

 

Yeast Dough can be used very often, such as pizza, bread, roll, etc.

Make a Yeast DoughIngredients:

flour, 1-2 tsp yeast, 1-2 tsp sugar

Method:

Make a Yeast Dough1. Mix yeast and sugar, soak in warm water. Then set aside until it’s covered by bubbles.

You can stir some to speed up the dissolving process.

2. Slowly pour yeast mixture into flour, stir quickly meantime, so flour stick together, turn into little pieces. Stop until you don’t really see much loose flour.

Make a Yeast DoughAdd more warm water if you need to.

Depend on your needs, dough can be firm, can be tender. Tender dough is more for pizza, bread, dinner roll, etc. Firm dough can use for some Chinese steaming buns. Of course, less loose flour left means tender dough.

3. Form the flour pieces into a smooth ball, this is your yeast dough.

 

怎样发面（干酵母版）

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怎样发面

 

用干酵母发面其实不是很难，只要酵母的活性还在。

干酵母保存时间长了，效果会差些，所以如果长期不用的话，建议放入冰箱冷藏。

怎样发面材料：

2 小勺/1 小袋酵母，2 小勺白糖，面粉适量

做法：

怎样发面1. 酵母和白糖混合，用温水化开。然后静置，让酵母液表面充满气泡。

可以略微搅拌一下，让酵母融化的快些。

2. 把酵母液 慢慢倒进面粉里，同时用筷子/叉子快速搅拌，让面粉变成面絮。

怎样发面3、如果还有很多干面粉，可以再加一些温水。

剩余干面粉的多少决定了面的软硬。如果基本没有干面粉剩下，面团会很软。

4、把面絮和成一个光滑的面团即可。

 

红薯烤盘

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红薯烤盘

 

每年入了秋，美国的超市里红薯的销量就会大增。似乎一多半的红薯都是这几个月消耗掉的，连感恩节和圣诞节的聚餐也少不了一道红薯做的甜点。

红薯烤盘材料：

三根中等大小的红薯，一个鸡蛋，2 大勺黄油，2 大勺白糖，1 大勺牛奶，少许盐，糖炒胡桃，棉花糖。

做法：

红薯烤盘1、红薯煮熟，剥皮，捣碎成泥，略微放凉。

2、把鸡蛋、黄油、糖、盐拌入红薯泥，搅匀。如果红薯泥太过浓稠，就加点牛奶，不然，牛奶可以不加。

3、烤箱预热 350 华氏度。

红薯烤盘4、把红薯泥倒进烤盘，烤 30 分钟。

我用的是小烤盘，每人一份的那种，烤了 25 分钟。

5、把胡桃掰/切成小块。

6、红薯泥烤好之后，拿出来，上面撒一次胡桃，再铺一层棉花糖，重新放入烤箱，烤到棉花糖变色。

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 7、红薯泥拿出烤箱，放至温热就可以开吃了！

 

红薯烤盘

 

Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan and Marshmallow

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Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan and Marshmallow

Sweet potato is one of my favorites, but baking sweet potato is new to me. I found this recipe from a magazine, but I don’t like some of the ingredients, so I made some changes to it.

Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan and MarshmallowIngredients:

3 medium size sweet potatoes, 1 egg, 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp milk (optional), 1 pinch salt, 2 tbsp butter, roasted pecan, marshmallow.

Method:
Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan and Marshmallow1. Boil the sweet potato until fully cooked, takes about 40 minutes. Then peel and mash. Set aside to cool down some.

2. Mix mashed sweet potato with egg, sugar, butter, salt. Add milk if the mixture is too thick.

3. Preheat oven to 350ºF.

Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan and Marshmallow4. Scoop sweet potato mixture into baking dish. Bake for about 30 minutes.

I used the individual serving size dish and baked 25 minutes.

5. Chop/break pecans into small pieces.

6. Take dishes out of oven, sprinkle a layer of pecan on top, then cover with marshmallow. Put dishes back to oven, bake for 5-10 minutes until marshmallow turn brown.

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7. It is now ready to serve.

 

Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan and Marshmallow