Saturday, February 26, 2011

Grandma's Egg Custard Pie

Ingredients

  • 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust (follow next pie crust recipe, included here)
  • 3 eggs, beaten + 1 egg yolk
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg white
  • 2 1/2 cups fresh milk (some readers said if mixed with a tin of evaporated milk would be nice as well)
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 3 drops yellow food coloring (optional)


Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
  2. Mix together eggs, sugar, salt, and vanilla. Stir well. Blend in the fresh milk. For more yellow color, add few drops yellow food coloring. (can use mixer as well for 1 minute)
  3. Line pie pan with pastry, and brush inside bottom and sides of shell with egg white to help prevent a soggy crust. Pour custard mixture into piecrust. Sprinkle with nutmeg.
  4. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on rack. Serve with caramel sos or strawberry jam


Easy Pie Crust


Original Recipe Yield 1 - 9 inch pie crust

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt (or just a pinch if u think it is too salty)
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons milk

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  2. Place all ingredients in 9 inch pie pan. Stir together with fork. Pat mixture into bottom and up the sides of the pan. Poke holes in bottom and side of crust.
  3. Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until light brown. Use as directed in favorite pie recipe.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Creme Puff terbaik

  • (try to halve the recipe if it is too much)
  • 1/2 cup butter (110g)
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt & sugar
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 4 eggs (or 3 large size egg) + Vanilla

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
  2. In a large pot, bring water and butter to a rolling boil. Stir in flour and salt until the mixture forms a ball. Transfer the dough to a large mixing bowl. Let it COOL first. Using a wooden spoon or stand mixer, beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. ESSENTIAL to beat in as much air as possible when mixing the eggs until the dough is a sticky, elasticky, "chewy" consistency.
  3. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet. Cover with PARCHMENT paper. because once the puff baked, it will be sticky to the base. (or use piping beg..better & nicer result)
  4. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Poke with fork or tooth pick in the final minutes. (try to poke at the soft spot...hehe. this one needs practice to find the best spot). Centers should be dry.
  5. When the shells are cool, either split and fill them with the custard mixture, or use a pastry bag to pipe the custard into the shells.

Custad cream recipe

Bahan-bahan ( lebih kurang 300ml )

1 sudu besar tepung

1 sudu besar tepung jagung

4 sudu besar gula

200cc(1 cup) susu segar

1 biji telur (L size)

1 sudu besar mentega

Cara-cara

Masukkan bahan dari no1 - 3 ke dalam mangkuk. Masukkan 1-2 sudu besar susu. Kacau jangan ada yang berketul.

Masukkan telur dan kacau lagi. Kemudian masukkan susu yang selebihnya dan kacau.

Wrapping mangkuk dan masukkan ke dalam microwave. Guna suhu yang tinggi. Masak sehingga pekat. Setiap 1 minit lebih bawa keluar dari microwave dan kacau. Ulang sehingga pekat.

Bila dah siap, masukkan mentega. Kacau.

** Perhatian: Kalau nak guna hanya kuning telur, gantikan sebiji telur tu dengan 2 biji telur kuning.