You know the feeling of like you had forgotten something? Or that you just really need to do or make sure of something? Well, I've noticed that I can't keep my mind off of food. I find myself dreaming about pastries and cakes and risottos, and neglect everything else I'm supposed to do. Even know, I'm writing more and more recipes on post-its that cover the sides of my laptop and are slowly spreading to my already messy desk.
I try to schedule time to cook and remember how I was supposed to be passionate about school, about maybe graduating sometime, about my future. It's slightly scary that all the passion right now is concentrated on cooking. I've beginned to blame my mom, for not making a bigger family; it's a bit tricky to cook everyday, when there's just me and her, and she doesn't even eat anything at home. I do wonder WHEN she eats, does she survive with just breakfast and lunch?
But anyways, I've even thought of solutions to my not-enough-eaters- problem; my neighbours, I mean, I can just deliver the goods to them, right?
I thought about friends and relatives too, but that you see is more complicated. If I wanted to share the goods with them it would require a visit. And a visit to my place or theirs lessens my own time of cooking. I quess it'd be okay once in a while, but for now it seems i'll be counting on our freezer to take care of the evergrowing load of food.
sunnuntai 20. helmikuuta 2011
lauantai 19. helmikuuta 2011
Kanelikermalla täytetty suklaa(kääre)torttu
This'll be in Finnish cuz I'm too tired to translate it now :D A recipe for chocolate swiss roll with cinnamoncream.
voita voiteluun
100g (1dl) hienosokeria
4 munaa eroteltuina200 g tummaa suklaata sulatettuna ja jäähtyneenä
2½ dl kuohukermaa2 rkl tomusokeria, lisäksi siivilöitynä koristeluun
2 tl kanelia(käytin myös vanilijarahkaa)
Joillakin varmaan on tähän ihan oikeita erotteluvälineitäkin mutta minä teen homman perinteisesti: Halkaise kuori ja siirtele keltuaista varovaisesti kuorenpuolikkaasta toiseen jolloin valkuainen valuu alla olevaan lasiin. Pyri erottamaan valkuainen ja keltuainen mahdollisimman tarkasti.
Suklaan sulatus:
Ensinnäkin, kun leivonnassa puhutaan suklaasta, tarkoitetaan yleensä tummaa suklaata, ellei muuten mainita. Valitse mahdollisimman tumma suklaa (levyissä lukee kaakaopitoisuudet, 70-prosenttinen suklaa on hyvää, Fazerin taloussuklaa ei taida ihan sille tasolle yltää, mutta kelpaa sekin. Suklaa palaa herkästi joten se kannattaa sulattaa joko vesihauteessa tai levyllä kattilassa. Vesihaude: paloittele suklaa astiaan jonka asetat suurempaan kattilaan jossa on kuumaa vettä. Vesi lämmittää suklaan tasaisesti, varo kuitenkin ettei suklaaseen tipu vesipisaroita sillä se voi pilata suklaan rakenteen. Levyllä: lämmitä levyä hiljaisella lämmöllä ja sekoita suklaata KOKO AJAN ettei se pala pohjaan. Tämänkin voi pilata jos suklaata sekoittaa liian tarmokkaasti :D Kuumenna uuni 180 asteeseen. Voitele 33x23 cm:n uunivuoka ja vuoraa vuoan pohja leivinpaperilla. Silitä leivinpaperi mahdollisimman sileäksi. Meillä ei ole tuon kokoista vuokaa joten käytin normaalia isoa pannarivuokaa ja tein taikinasta vähän isomman.
Vatkaa hienosokeri ja keltuaiset suuressa kulhossa sähkövatkaimella paksuksi ja kermaiseksi seokseksi. Sekoita joukkoon sulatettu, jäähtynyt suklaa puulusikalla. Kun suklaata käytetään leivonnassa on tärkeää että ainekset olisivat about samaa lämpöä (huoneenlämpö).
Vatkaa valkuaiset puhtaassa kuivassa kulhossa kiinteäksi mutta ei liian kovaksi vaahdoksi. Käytä sähkövatkaimessa puhtaita teriä. Nostele valkuaisvaahto varoen suklaaseoksen joukkoon metallisella lusikalla. Kaada seos valmisteltuun vuokaan ja tasoita pinta.
Paista uunissa n. 10-12 minuuttia, tai kunnes taikina on hyytynyt.
Anna jäähtyä 5min, kaada sitten torttulevy leivinpaperille ja irrota vuorauspaperi pohjasta. Poista rapeaksi paistuneet reunat, peitä levy puhtaalla keittiöpyyhkeellä ja anna jäähtyä. Koska käytin isompaa vuokaa tortusta tuli masentavan ohut, enkä luottanut sen toimivan kääretorttuna -> siis kompromissi.
Leikkaa torttu kolmeen osaan, jotka pinotaan myöhemmin.
Vatkaa kerma, tomusokeri ja kaneli pehmeäksi vaahdoksi, nostele vanilijarahka varovasti vaahdon joukkoon ja levitä rahkavaahtoa tortun kerroksiin, kokoa kuin kakku.
Koristele tomusokerilla tai suklaarouheella. Tarjoa jääkaapissa viilennyt torttu mansikkahillon kanssa ja hyvää tulee :9
Ja muistin ottaa kuvan taas vasta kun torttu oli jo melkein syöty :D
Resepti muokattu Jennifer Donovanin Suklaa-kirjan vastaavasta (h.f.ullmann 2008)
sunnuntai 13. helmikuuta 2011
Makao-cookies
It's no use, I couldn't resist writing this so it's gonna be without pictures:
These cookies are my favorites and I still havn't met anyone who didn't like them. Their soft chocolaty flavour is truly addicting and making them pretty easy.
- 200 g unsalted butter, softened
- 1 dl sugar
- 1½ dl hot chocolate powder (I use Oboy)
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanillasugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 dl flour
ground almonds, coconut flakes or just nonpareils
I usually make it double.
Beat the butter until it looks soft and smooth, then add sugar, chocopowder, egg and vanillasugar, all by electric blender. Add in the mixture of flour and baking powder and beat it until the dough is smooth. Mixing the indigrediens by hand is really tough and slow so I prefer using the blender.
Roll the dough into about 3cm thick bars and wrap them in fresh foliopaper (aka plastic folio). Let the dough get harder over the night in a fridge. The bars look a bit odd but the dough tastes soo good :9
Heat the oven to 175C.
Cut the dough into about ½cm thick slices and decorate them with ground almond or whatever you like (I prefer coconut flakes since they add a nice flavour to the cookies).
Cook the slices in the oven for about 10 minutes. Be careful not to let the cookies get burned, they taste better when they are slightly undercooked.
Enjoy!
Ps: If your cookies are still soft after they have cooled down, don't worry, that's natural and they really taste the best like that :)
These cookies are my favorites and I still havn't met anyone who didn't like them. Their soft chocolaty flavour is truly addicting and making them pretty easy.
- 200 g unsalted butter, softened
- 1 dl sugar
- 1½ dl hot chocolate powder (I use Oboy)
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanillasugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 dl flour
ground almonds, coconut flakes or just nonpareils
I usually make it double.
Beat the butter until it looks soft and smooth, then add sugar, chocopowder, egg and vanillasugar, all by electric blender. Add in the mixture of flour and baking powder and beat it until the dough is smooth. Mixing the indigrediens by hand is really tough and slow so I prefer using the blender.
Roll the dough into about 3cm thick bars and wrap them in fresh foliopaper (aka plastic folio). Let the dough get harder over the night in a fridge. The bars look a bit odd but the dough tastes soo good :9
Heat the oven to 175C.
Cut the dough into about ½cm thick slices and decorate them with ground almond or whatever you like (I prefer coconut flakes since they add a nice flavour to the cookies).
Cook the slices in the oven for about 10 minutes. Be careful not to let the cookies get burned, they taste better when they are slightly undercooked.
Enjoy!
Ps: If your cookies are still soft after they have cooled down, don't worry, that's natural and they really taste the best like that :)
Gosh i'm so lazy :D
So it's been over a month since Egypt and I have done so many things and always thought: alright, now I'll write about this! and never did >____<
I will definitely write about Egypt, and Wanhojen Tanssit (the Finnish "prom" (not really, it's a course and at the end we perform to lots of people)) and foooods I've made!
Since I've been continuously sick for a long time I've been cooking/baking nearly non stop! Some recipes I was thinking of sharing here are "Makao-cookies" and a reeeally good apple pie. But then, I would also like to have pics of them so does that mean I need to make them again? :D I do love them but I'm gaining weight!
Oh yea I started a weight diary! "Dear Diary, I'm fat." God, I suck in writing these things, but hey after reading my old texts I've figured that I need to eat a max 1300 kcal/day in order to lose weight. That shouldn't be too difficult?
I will definitely write about Egypt, and Wanhojen Tanssit (the Finnish "prom" (not really, it's a course and at the end we perform to lots of people)) and foooods I've made!
Since I've been continuously sick for a long time I've been cooking/baking nearly non stop! Some recipes I was thinking of sharing here are "Makao-cookies" and a reeeally good apple pie. But then, I would also like to have pics of them so does that mean I need to make them again? :D I do love them but I'm gaining weight!
Oh yea I started a weight diary! "Dear Diary, I'm fat." God, I suck in writing these things, but hey after reading my old texts I've figured that I need to eat a max 1300 kcal/day in order to lose weight. That shouldn't be too difficult?
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