Bangket Susu

Masih dalam dunia kue perbangketan nah ini satu lagi resep dari mbak Nadrah dan ini untuk pembuatan lebih mudah lagi yuks diintip resepnya di sini yuks :

Bangket Susu
Resep : Nadrah - NCC

Bahan :
500 gram tepung sagu - sangrai
100 gram margarine
150 gram gula halus
75 gram susu kental manis

Cara membuat :
1. Sagu disangrai dengan pandan hingga kering dan dinginkan

2. Campur semua bahan jadi satu hingga rata - jangan kaget ya karena nanti adonannya akan mawur dan memang begini teksturnya.

3. Cetak dengan cetakan kue satu atau cetakan praline juga bisa

4. Oven selama 10 menit dan dengan suhu 140 derajat jangan lebih ya karena hasilnya kue akan sedikit berwarna kuning dan tidak putih lagi.

Kue Rentak

Mendengar nama kue ini rasanya aneh tapi begitu lihat penampilan dari sang pemberi resep " Arfie" langsung bilang " ooooo kue ini ya...ini mah kue bangkit lah ternyata sama tho " langsung deh semangat begitu lihat dan ingin membuatnya tapi pembuatannya ini rada rada aneh kalau menurutku soalnya adonan musti di inapin semalam ....biasalah ilmu pemalas keluar dan sempat bertanya ke Arfie juga seandainya tidak di inapkan apa yang terjadi he..he...he..he... maaf ya mbak kalau aku ngeyel qiqiqiqiiqiqiqi...Nah daripada penasaran juga akhirnya dibuat juga dan tetap ikutin aturan baku menginap malah inapnya gak semalaman sih qiqiqiqiqi lebih malah karena aku bikin malam minggu dan baru minggu siang di kerjakan setelah pulang Gereja.

Dari metode ini aku jadi banyak belajar tentang pembuatan "blondo" dari kelapa dan jadi tahu o ternyata blondo ini begini pembuatannya dan hasil akhir pembuatan blondo aku sangat suka karena wangi sekali dan rasanya pingin nyocol si blondo ini pake ketan kukus.

Satu hal dengan resep kue rentak ini aku kurang berhasil karena hasilnya kue yang aku buat ini tidak bisa retak layaknya kue rentak / bangket bangka yang pernah dibawa oleh mertuaku tapi rasanya boleh sama dan enak, mungkin lain hari aku akan coba membuatnya lagi.

Ayo yang masih penasaran dengan kue bangket monggo dicoba resepnya mbak Arfi nih...hasilnya enak kok komposisinya pas mungkin kalau orang yang doyan manis akan bilang kurang manis seperti kata tante saya.

Kue Rentak / Kue Babon / Kue Bangkit
Resep by Arfie B

Bahan :
4 butir kelapa diambil santan kentalnya sebanyak 2 liter
250 gr gula merah sisir
150 gr gula pasir
4 kuning telur
sedikit garam
1250 gram sagu - sangrai
150 gram terigu - sangrai
1sdt banking soda - kemarin aku pakai soda kue

Cara membuat :
Glondo : Rebus santan dan gula dengan api kecil hingga kental dan berminyak, kemudian dinginkan.
Masukan telur,kedalam adonan glondo aduk hingga rata lalu masukan terigu dan diamkan semalam.
Masukan sagu sedikit demi sedikit ke dalam adonan dan aduk hingga rata, hentikan pemakaian sagu jika dirasakan bahwa adonan sudah siap untuk di cetak.
Oven hingga matang

Welcome to Murcia! (part II)

On saturday morning, Star Wars lolis were fighting at Murcia's manga convention... and met some beautiful people that day too!

(tons of pictures here)

There was an exposition about dollfies, all so beautiful!

And we played dumb a lot, with Vaini, Inspector Gadget, Jack Sparrow and Ariel...

And we had a pre-yakuza time... (yes, beause on sunday it was the yakuza's day... you'll see in my next entry!).

And after the convention... party around Murcia! it was so funny, we were dressed as Lolitas and everyone was asking themselves why we were like that... such a great saturday!

Doing the loli-geishas with Den, so so hilarious XD

Yaw, I miss them all!!

Sorry for the lack of posts... but I'm a little bit worried about finding a job... tomorrow I've got an interview, wish me luck!!

And thanks for being there, you're so wonderful!!

Traditional Roast Turkey Thanksgiving Dinner for One

Although a sizeable majority outwith the United States won't be aware of it, next Thursday (25th) is the day when the people of the USA celebrate Thanksgiving. One of the biggest culinary traditions associated with Thanksgiving in the USA is the roast turkey, which family and friends sit down to enjoy together. While this is all very well for those in the majority who have the family and friends with whom to share this traditional feast, what about those who are going to be alone on Thanksgiving, or perhaps simply part of a couple? A whole turkey is hardly likely to be feasible, so people who find themselves in this situation may miss out by having to settle for a more run of the mill Thanksgiving dinner. Fortunately, as we are about to see, that definitely does not have to be the case...

Turkey is often perceived as being a dish served only on special occasions. Be it Thanksgiving in the USA, or Christmas here in the UK and in many other countries, people naturally associate turkey meals with those days and think only in terms of a whole turkey, roasted in the oven and served with all the traditional trimmings. The reality is that turkey is every bit as versatile as chicken and can be cooked, prepared and served in any number of ways. This means that supermarkets sell not only whole turkeys but pieces of turkey, diced turkey breast and even minced/ground turkey. If you are looking for a traditional roast turkey Thanksgiving dinner for one this year, see what your local supermarket can offer in this respect. I bought the above whole turkey leg today at my local supermarket for £3.99 (around $6). The drumstick is carefully tucked away in my deep freeze, while I prepared the thigh as I am about to demonstrate.

Roast Turkey Thanksgiving Dinner for One Ingredients

1 turkey thigh
2 potatoes (1 medium, 1 large)
2 rashers of bacon
1 small carrot
1 tbsp frozen peas
Pinch of dried dill
Little bit of butter
Salt

Method

This is as simple a way of roasting turkey as it gets. The turkey thigh is sat on a roasting tray - with nothing added. The tray is then placed in to the oven, preheated to 400F/200C/Gas Mark 6. When the turkey is in the oven, peel and quarter the medium potato and put it in to a pot of cold, slightly salted water. Put the pot on a high heat until the water boils, then reduce the heat and allow it to simmer for ten minutes only. Drain the water and refill the pot with cold water, in which the potato should be left to cool for about ten minutes. After this time, drain the water away and cover the pot.

When the turkey has been in the oven for half an hour, take it out and cover it with two rashers of bacon. Most people use streaky bacon at this stage but I prefer to use ordinary bacon, as I find streaky bacon can be too greasy. By all means, however, use perhaps four rashers of streaky bacon if you prefer.

After a further half hour, the cooled potato pieces should be added to the roasting tray for what will be the final half hour of cooking the turkey. Shake the potatoes around in the pot to fluff the surface up a little before adding them to the tray and carefully turning them around in the cooking juices with a spoon.

When the turkey has fifteen minutes of cooking time remaining, the large potato should be peeled, chopped and added to a pot of cold, slightly salted water. The water should be brought to a boil, before being reduced to a simmer for twenty minutes.

It is imperative that the turkey be allowed to rest when it is removed from the oven. Ten to fifteen minutes will be sufficient for this piece of meat. Cover the tray with some aluminium foil to form a seal and leave it while the potatoes which will be mashed complete cooking and you cook the carrot and peas.

The carrot should be washed and sliced in to discs. It should be added to boiling water for ten minutes, with the frozen peas added to the same pot for the final three minutes of the cooking time.

When the potatoes are ready, they should be drained and mashed with the dried dill and a little butter. The carrots and peas should then be drained, the turkey carved and the meal plated up and served.

Note that this sized piece of turkey will easily provide for two but equally, the excess can be refrigerated and enjoyed on sandwiches for lunch the following day. Although gravy is popular with a meal such as this, I prefer not to serve it, as if the turkey is prepared as described, it will be so tender and moist that gravy would simply mask and detract from its delicious, natural flavours.

The link below affords lots more ideas for turkey recipes for Thanksgiving, either for one person or where the family may fancy a slight change from the absolutely traditional.

Tasty Thanksgiving Turkey Recipes

Whatever you are doing this Thanksgiving, I hope that you have a wonderful time and thoroughly enjoy your turkey, however it may be prepared and served.

Great Christmas Gift Ideas for Cooks 2010: Dishwashers

There are countless millions of people around the world who love to cook. Whether they like cooking tried and trusted family favourites, scouring cookbooks or the search engines for new recipes, or experimenting to see what they themselves can come up with, they will happily spend hours in the kitchen, creating dishes for themselves and their families to enjoy. They will then sit down to consume their creation, perhaps with a nice glass of wine or two, to afterwards be faced with what? A sink full of dirty dishes requiring to be washed...

It may of course be the case that the family cook has a domestic arrangement in place where someone else in the household does the washing-up but even where this is the case, wouldn't a dishwasher make life so much more simple? It means that everyone can relax after the meal, while a machine does the dirty work.

Determining what to buy anyone as a Christmas gift will often largely be influenced by how much you have available to spend. It is unlikely that you are going to fork out for a dishwasher for a casual friend with whom you exchange small gifts! Where the gift recipient is someone special in your life, however, who either does not have a dishwasher or the one they do have is past its best, why not take a look at how much you can save on buying dishwashers from Amazon? Top brand names that you will see in the Mall or on the High Street - at often considerably reduced prices!

Click on the examples below from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk - one of the Web's biggest and most trusted retailers - to check the full extent of the deals available, how much you are saving and how this more than worthwhile investment can make life so much easier for the special cook in your life.

Just that bit too expensive? Well, you could always buy them some rubber gloves...

I want I want I want

I've been thinking about this lately, and how badly I want one. I have a feeling Santa might bring me one this year, I've been mostly nice. :)  There are several reasons I feel I need

one of these babies in my life:

1. I need to stay connected to my email on the go, running my own business.

2. I would love to take my music with me, and especially have access to pandora

3. Blogging. I can't tell you enough about this. I love blogging, but sometimes it's a pain in the arse to upload images from my camera to blog about. I think pictures are essential to a good blog. If I could take pictures with my phone and post them to my blog instantly, It would be amazing! I could blog from anywhere!

4. Facetime. Something we all thought might happen in the future, and here we are now..it actually exists! How fun would it be to chat with your friends face to face rather than just talking. I would love to see my mom and sisters face when I talk to them, Or show them something I see from across the country. It would also be nice to see my hubby's face when he is gone on a work trip.

Do you have one? I would like to know what you like most about it!