Tuesday, July 12, 2011

BBQ Pork Pastry 叉燒酥



Makes 12

Ingredients:
BBQ pork:
1 fist size pork tenderloin cut into short strips and marinate with Lee Kum Kee BBQ pork sauce and some soy sauce overnight

Sauce:
a teaspoon of BBQ pork sauce + 2-3 tablespoon water + little bit of soy sauce

Pastry:
Pillsbury Cresent Dough

Procedure:
1. Preheat oven to 375F. Grill or pan-fry the marinated pork slices. Once cooked try a piece for a taste test. Adjust with more or less BBQ sauce and salt to personal liking.
2. Roll out the Pillsbury Cresent Dough. Use fingers to merge the dotted triangles. Then cut the pastry into 12 rectangles.
3. Hold one of the rectangle pastry and spread a spoon to two spoons of sauce, making sure it goes to the edges to make the pastry more moist. Add a spoonful of pork slices. Close the edges.
4. Evenly spread the prepared pastry on a greased cookie sheet.
5. To each pastry brush with some beaten egg mixture on top to make the pastry shiny during baking.
6. Add decorative sesame seeds on top.
7. Bake at 375F for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.
8. Let stand and serve.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Cantonese Egg Tart 港式蛋撻

Cantonese Egg Tart 港式蛋撻


Prep: 12 tarts

Ingredients:
Egg Filling:
Water 200mL
Brown Sugar Pieces ~half a piece or ~75g
Egg 3 eggs
Evaporated Milk 80mL
Vanilla Extract 3 drops

Tart Shells:
12 tart shells from Tenderflake

Procedure:
1. Boil water and melt the rock sugar completely. Let stand to cool.
2. Beat the eggs thoroughly and add evaporated milk and vanilla extract.
3. When the sugary water is cool add it to the egg mixture.
4. Sift to remove clumps. And use the liquid for the egg filling.
5. Thaw the frozen tart shells 10-15 minutes. Preheat oven to 190oC (375F).
6. Spread the tart shells evenly on a cookie sheet. And add the egg filling to the tart shells to about 70% full.
7. Bake at 190oC (375F) for 15-20minutes or until cooked (check with a wooden toothpick).
8. Cool and serve.

Notes:
1. Place the cookie sheet closer to the bottom of the oven such that the egg filling can be cooked without being burn
2. To prevent cracking of the egg mixture, when the egg filling starts to rise up, open the oven door slightly and continue baking until the mixture is cooked thoroughly.

Modified from:
Christine and Irene Chan Wai