Homemade Pizza and Apple Cinnamon Rolls for Earth Hour 2011 (Updated)

Yesterday was my baking day! Managed to make Apple Cinnamon Rolls in the afternoon and Pizza for Dinner... Thanks Mummy (Mother-In-Law) for handing over your breadmaker... I'm using it every week!

Apple Cinnamon Rolls

My Sous-Chef

Pizza

My friend wanted to try the rolls.. so I'm adding the recipe.. It's from my Amy Beh's Cook Book

Apple Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients

Filling
• 1 Granny Smith apple
• 15g castor sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 15g butter
Dough
• 240g high protein flour
• 40g plain flour
• 2 tbsp milk powder
• 1/2 tsp bread improver
• 9g instant dried yeast
• 50g castor sugar
• 20g butter
• 85g lukewarm water
• 85g lukewarm fresh milk
• 20g melted butter for brushing
• Cinnamon powder and icing sugar combined
Glaze (beaten)
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tbsp water

Method

For the filling: Skin, core and dice apple. Melt butter in a non-stick pan. Add the apple, sugar and salt. Cook for 4?5 minutes until apple turns
slightly soft. Puree the cooked apple in a food processor.
For the dough: Sift flour into a large mixing bowl. Stir in milk powder, bread improver, sugar and yeast. Make a well in the centre and pour in combined milk mixture and butter. Mix to form a soft dough.
Knead the dough for about 10?12 minutes until no longer sticky to the touch. Place dough in a covered bowl to rise until double in bulk. This takes about 30?40 minutes.
Punch down the dough. Roll out on a floured surface into a flat rectangular sheet. Brush lightly with melted butter. Sprinkle with combined cinnamon powder and icing sugar. Apply a light layer of apple puree. Sprinkle with a little more of the cinnamon powder mixture. Roll up tightly.
Cut into 6 equal portions. Place each portion into an aluminium tart casing / muffin paper casing. Leave aside to prove until double in size.
Bake in a preheated oven at 190°C for about 15 minutes. Immediately after baking, brush the rolls with beaten egg yolk and sprinkle lightly with icing sugar.
p/s: Wait til the rolls cool then you can tear off the paper casing easily.

Miaow...

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Porky Pork

Before I retire to bed yesterday, I browsed my recipe books. I decided to do something Thai as I never tried that style before. Oops, I've tried making Tom Yum soup but it turn out to be more like hot and sour soup..*sigh*.... Anyway, I successfully made Spicy Minced Pork for dinner today.

Since I'm too lazy to type out the ingredients, I took a picture of it. Am I genius or what?! Haha..

Method

1. Heat oil in a wok.

2. Add garlic, ginger and onions. Stir-fry for 2 mins.

3. Throw in the minced pork and fry until golden brown.

4. Add bell-pepper and chillis (red and green) and stir-in fish sauce, soy sauce and thai green-curry paste (you can also use the red-curry paste) in high heat.

5. Add the chopped tomatoes and bean-sprouts and fry for another 3-4 mins.

6. Season to taste.

7. Serve in a lettuce leaves.

I made a simple soup as well.. Salted fish, chicken and tofu soup.. First, marinate chicken cubes with salt, pepper and corn flour for at least 20mins. Then, boil 2 litre water. Add the washed and chopped salted fish, chicken cubes and ginger slices to the boiling water. Season with, salt, sugar and sesame oil and bring to boil again. Once boiling, turn to low and let it simmer for 15mins. Finally, add bean curd cubes and heat through. Serve hot with chopped spring onions.

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Roti Jala for Dinner

It was my first time making it... My first try turn out to be like the pic below...

LOL!!! The outcome: burned roti jala. But after a few experiements and Appu's help... it turned out well... It goes well with chicken curry..

Here's the recipe:

Ingredients

1 egg

1 cup coconut cream

1 cup milk

1 cup plain flour (sifted)

1 tbsp tumeric powder

1 tsp salt

Method

1. Beat the ingredients well and heat a non-stick pan.

2. Put a ladle full batter into roti jala cup and move it in a circular motion over pan so that pancake will have a lacy pattern.

3. Cook until set and fold it into triangles and serve.

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Simple Iced Chocolate Cake

Serves 12
Prep 15mins
Cooking 40mins

Ingredients
60g low-fat spread (I used Farmcows Butter)
3/4 cup caster sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
2 tbsp cocoa
1/2 cup low-fat milk
1/4 cup boiling water
1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Icing
1 cup icing sugar
1 tbsp cocoa
1-2 tbsp boiling water
1/4 tsp coffee powder

Method
1. Preheat the oven to moderate, 180 deg. Lightly spray a deep 20cm round cake pan with oil/ butter or line base with baking paper.
2. In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat spread (butter) and sugar until smooth and creamy. add egg, beating well.
3. Sift flour and cocoa together. Fold into creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
4. Combine water and bicarbonate of soda. Lightly fold into mixture. Pour into prepared pan.
5. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean and dry. Cool in pan for 5 mins. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
6. ICING. In a bowl, sift icing sugar and cocoa together. Ina jug, combine water and coffee. Blend into icing mixture until smooth. Spread over cold cake.

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