What can you do with Milk Bread, especially with the last few pieces that have gone a bit stale? Let me introduce you to the Hong Kong Style French Toast, which is a Chaa Chan Teng (casual-setting, uniquely Hong Kong breakfast/brunch/lunch/afternoon tea restaurant) staple.Served alongside milk tea and a pad of butter, it’s one of…
Category: Recipes – Sweet Treats
Chocolate Cloud Pie/tart
Question: when is it OK to call a tart, a pie? I set out to make a chocolate tart with a light airy filling; in fact it was so airy, it struggled under the weight of the mirror glaze… You can find the recipe for the glaze at this post. So I think I can…
Raspberry and chocolate mousse delight
It’s birthday month in our bubble and I went all out to make S and J’s favourite dessert. Layers are chocolate pate sable biscuit layers, raspberry jelly layers, chocolate and raspberry mousse, with a cocoa mirror glaze, garnished with freeze dried raspberries and gold (!! I did say I went all out!!). It’s deviously straightforward…
Hokey Pokey Japanese Milk Pudding
Lewis Road Creamery has released yet another new limited edition milk. This time it is a classic NZ flavour – hokey pokey. This is marriage between honeycomb and caramel, and it tastes just like the ice cream Kiwis are familiar with. Of course I am going to make a dessert out of it – it’s…
Biscoff Blondie Slice with Burnt Butter Ice Cream
Sometimes all you need is a slice of nutty, buttery, chewy and fudgey baking to brighten up your day. In our case, Lockdown 4.0 has intensified this need and I wanted to make something quick but new at the same time. Our criteria: • nutty, buttery and caramely• soft and chewy• using what we’ve got•…
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