I bought a recipe on bread making. It looks quite easy to make, but I didn’t know the kneading part is so so so tough and time consuming. I don’t have a bread maker, unlike what described in the book I spent so much time preparing the basic sweet dough. I will give this bread making a stop, until I get myself a machine. Imagine, I did this from 5pm and ended post midnight!! I got myself a set of Oreo Biscuit Honey Bun, some dried Crab Meat Buns, and chocolate loafs. The chocolate loafs and crab meat buns are not very successful so I’m not going to share the recipe until I get it right.

Basic Sweet Bun Dough
[Note: The measurement here, yields a LOT, which I think can make 6 batches of this Oreo Biscuit Bun]
INGREDIENT
400g High protein flour
100g Low protein flour
50g sugar
1 tsp salt
13g instant yeast
100g butter
25g milk powder
90g fresh cream (unwhipped)
50g condensed milk (cold)
1 large egg
170g cold water

METHOD
1. Add all ingredient except water into bread maker or mixer (with dough hook). Mix well. Slow the spped and add in water slowly, beat for a min.
2. Change mixer speed to medium for app 10-12 min, or until the dough is elastic. (if use hand to knead, you might end up kneading hours like me!!)
3. Cover dough with wet cloth or cling wrap for 10 min.
4. Place dough on table, stretch it and fold over, cover with big bowl and rest for another 10 min.
5. Dough is ready for whatever bread you want to turn into. Refer to below for Oreo Biscuit Honey Bun.

OREO BISCUIT HONEY BUN
[yields 4 pieces]
INGREDIENT
Filling
50g Oreo biscuit, chopped
20g almond flakes, roasted
20g honey
(Mixed well)

Others
4 pcs Oreo Biscuit for decoration
Almond flakes, non-roasted
Some honey
Some evaporated milk
Baking tray, greased

METHOD
1. Prepare 200g basic sweet dough, divide into 4 equal portion of 50g each. Shape into round and leave to rest for 10 min.
2. Flatten the dough and place filling in the center and seal up.
3. Place onto baking tray, cover with a big bowl and leave to rise for 35 min or double in size.
4. Brush with evaporated milk. Place one piece of Oreo biscuit in the middle of the dough. Arrange almond flake on the side of the dough. Brush some honey onto it.
5. Bake at 190C for 10-13 min or until golden brown.

This is another alternative of the light cheesecakes that I love. Just tried baking it once, DH brought a piece to his office for the girls to try – I was so happy with their reaction!!! Everyone should give this a try, as it is really, REALLY, good.

INGREDIENT
1 slice of 8″ sponge cake
400g chocolate milk
250g cream cheese
50g plain flour, sieved
5 eggs, separated white and yolk
50g caster sugar
A handful of chocolate chips

METHOD
1. Preheat oven to 180C. Line an 8″ cake tin. Place a slice of sponge cake inside.
2. Double boil chocolate milk and cream cheese until cheese is melted.
3. Add in plain flour, mix well and cook till thickened. Remove from heat and leave to cool.
4. When cooled, add in 5 egg yolks. Mix well.
5. Whisk egg whites and caster sugar at high speed till peaked. Fold into the cream cheese mixture.
6. Strain the mixture onto the sponge cake.
7. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top and stir with spatula slightly.
8. Steam-bake at 180C for 20 min. Reduce to 140C and continue baking for 2 hours or until cooked.
9. Turn off the oven, leave the cheesecake inside for another 1 hour.
10. Chill in fridge for 4 hours. Top with apricot glaze, and chill again before serving.

MIL bought me one very large piece of cod fish, and I thought I want to make something different instead of just fry or steam. So I searched around and found this delicious casserole dish – Portuguese Cod Fish Casserole. It has as different taste like our usual Chinese or Western styles.

Very yummy. I was quite surprised to see Ian and Isabel took this dish easily. I could eat a lot, probably can finish it without leaving any for DH. LOL!

I served this dish with some steamed broccoli. Steamed together with the cod, indeed.

INGREDIENTS
1 large thick slice of cod fish
2 large potatoes, peeled and sliced
1 large onions, sliced
1/4 cup olive oil
1 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
1 teaspoon paprika
2 tablespoons tomato sauce

METHOD
1. Remove bones, cut cod into 4 large pieces. Steam cod for 5 minutes. Set aside.
2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
3. In a casserole dish, layer half the potato slices, all of the cod, and all of the onions. Top with remaining potato slices. In a small bowl, mix together olive oil, garlic, parsley, paprika, and tomato sauce. Pour evenly over casserole.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until potatoes are tender.

If you can take chilli, add pepper flake into the sauce would give you additional flavour.