Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Mushroom Soup
What is heartier than to have a nice hot bowl of soup for lunch?
We have decided to have a mushrooms soup for a simple lunch (which is not really that simple at all). Recipe taken from Sunday Times article.
Went with mum early in the morning to the market to buy the necessary ingredients for the soup. We got assorted mushrooms, white onion and milk. Its not cheap making mushroom soup from scratch. Mushrooms by itself are quite expensive already. Also, to me, I'm not so particular on what type of mushrooms to use, so I did not really adhere to the suggested items. I just throw in whatever I liked. Mum also got leftover potato, so I just threw that in too.
INGREDIENTS
METHOD
1. Prepare the mushrooms: Wipe them clean with damp paper towels. Slice off the stems or root ends, dice into roughly 1cm cubes.
2. Peel the onion, chop finely, set aside.
3. In a large frying pan, heat 70g of the butter over medium heat. When it has melted, add the mushrooms and saute 3 to 4 minutes until they give off some liquid and are succulent. Turn off the heat, set aside.
4. In a medium pot, heat the remaining 50g of butter over medium heat. When it has melted, add the onions and saute quickly for 30 seconds. Turn heat down to medium low, cover the pot and let cook 8 minutes.
5. Add flour to the pot, mix well with the onions and butter and cook over medium low heat for 3 minutes. The mixture will clump up, that is fine. Just keep breaking the lumps up with a whisk and continue cooking. 6. In the meantime, heat 250ml of the milk in a saucepan until bubbles form at the edges, or in a microwave safe jug in the microwave on a high setting for 1 minute.
7. After the flour, onion and butter mixture has cooked for 3 minutes, remove pan from heat and pour in the hot milk, whisking thoroughly to incorporate the milk into the roux mixture. Then add the remaining 500ml milk and the chicken stock, whisking to mix thoroughly.
8. Place the pot back on the stove, and cook for 10 minutes over medium heat, whisking often to prevent the soup from scorching at the bottom of the pan.
9. Add the cooked mushrooms, stir to mix well, and cook another 15 minutes on medium-low heat, stirring often. The soup will thicken up.
10. Check for seasonings – add salt if needed, and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
11. Ladle into bowls, top with chopped chives if using, and serve with warm bread.
We also bought some french bread to eat together with the soup. We bake it somemore to make it crispier before serving.
Above serves 4-6 pax.
Went with mum early in the morning to the market to buy the necessary ingredients for the soup. We got assorted mushrooms, white onion and milk. Its not cheap making mushroom soup from scratch. Mushrooms by itself are quite expensive already. Also, to me, I'm not so particular on what type of mushrooms to use, so I did not really adhere to the suggested items. I just throw in whatever I liked. Mum also got leftover potato, so I just threw that in too.
INGREDIENTS
- 800g mixed fresh mushrooms
- 1 medium, brown skinned onion
- 120g salted butter, divided
- 50g flour
- 750ml full fat milk, divided
- 500ml chicken stock
- salt and pepper to taste chopped chives (optional)
METHOD
1. Prepare the mushrooms: Wipe them clean with damp paper towels. Slice off the stems or root ends, dice into roughly 1cm cubes.
2. Peel the onion, chop finely, set aside.
3. In a large frying pan, heat 70g of the butter over medium heat. When it has melted, add the mushrooms and saute 3 to 4 minutes until they give off some liquid and are succulent. Turn off the heat, set aside.
4. In a medium pot, heat the remaining 50g of butter over medium heat. When it has melted, add the onions and saute quickly for 30 seconds. Turn heat down to medium low, cover the pot and let cook 8 minutes.
5. Add flour to the pot, mix well with the onions and butter and cook over medium low heat for 3 minutes. The mixture will clump up, that is fine. Just keep breaking the lumps up with a whisk and continue cooking. 6. In the meantime, heat 250ml of the milk in a saucepan until bubbles form at the edges, or in a microwave safe jug in the microwave on a high setting for 1 minute.
7. After the flour, onion and butter mixture has cooked for 3 minutes, remove pan from heat and pour in the hot milk, whisking thoroughly to incorporate the milk into the roux mixture. Then add the remaining 500ml milk and the chicken stock, whisking to mix thoroughly.
8. Place the pot back on the stove, and cook for 10 minutes over medium heat, whisking often to prevent the soup from scorching at the bottom of the pan.
9. Add the cooked mushrooms, stir to mix well, and cook another 15 minutes on medium-low heat, stirring often. The soup will thicken up.
10. Check for seasonings – add salt if needed, and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
11. Ladle into bowls, top with chopped chives if using, and serve with warm bread.
We also bought some french bread to eat together with the soup. We bake it somemore to make it crispier before serving.
Above serves 4-6 pax.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Mum's homemade chili
Every now and then, when my mum feels the chili mood, she will make hainanese chili from scratch. She's made some for this year CNY. Being the good daughter, I helped out in the chili making process (other than cutting and adding of seasoning) the rest is I do one.. LOL which left using the electric grinder. Faints.
First you will need chilis. If you want it hot, you can just put chili padi alone. If you are not a big fan of super spicy hot, you can mix it with normal big chili. You control the spiciness.
Chili padi, chili, garlic and Ginger (below)
All set in the grinder!
Mix it up real fine and add some lime juice if you have on hand. Otherwise, you can choose to add vinegar... But trust me, the better option is to add lime juice.
Done!
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