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Sunday, 26 June 2011

Bun Rieu







Ingredients:
1 chicken carcasse
1 medium size chinese radish
2 medium carrot
1 onion

1 tbsp garlic
1 tbsp shallot
8 - 10 tomatoes 
120g crab
100g dried shirmp

1 jar of carb paste 
1/4 cup tamarind pulp
1tbsp shirmp paste
200g ground pork
4 eggs

Methods:

Soak dry shirmp in water for 1h
Soak tamarind in 500ml water for 30mins.
Add 1 tsp salt to ground pork.
Peel radish and carrot, cut  into chunks, peel onion. Cut tomatoes in large chunks.
Boil water, add chicken carcasse, bring back to boil for 2 mins.
Boil 3l water in stock pot, add chicken carasse, carrot, radish and onion. Bring back to boil, turn heat down to simmer for 2h.
Meanwhile, in a food processor, grind the dry shirmp, add the crab, crab paste and 3 beaten eggs, season with 1/2tsp salt, 1/2 tbsp sugar.
Mix shirmp paste with 500l water, leave for 15 mins.
Cut tofu into cubes, heat some oil in a wok. Fry the tofu until they are golden. Strain the oil into a bowl, wipe clean the wok
Cut tomatoes Add 1 tbsp of 1 oil to the wok, when oil is hot, fry shallot garlic till golden, add tomatoes, fry slightly.
Remove chicken carcasse, carrot, onions, radish. Bring stock back to boil, gentle slice the crab mixture into the pot, turn the heat to low, when the crab meat is cooked it will appear on the stock surface.
Gently transfer the crap mixture into a large surface conlander or plate, try not to break them too much.
Add ground pork, tomatoes, strained tamarind juice, and the shirmp paste water to the stock pot.
Bring back to boil.
Serve with spring sprout, rau muong( morning glory), bap chuoi (banana blossom), selection of vietnamese herbs: kinh gioi, rau ram, tia to, limes slices, slices of chillies.

Friday, 24 June 2011

Com tam suon bi cha


Com tam lan nay minh hap hoai ma ko thay chin, cho nen minh buc minh qua, minh cho vo cai noi nuoc soi. Chi co 1-2 phut thoi la com da bat dau mem. Minh bo lai vo noi hap toi rao. Lan sau minh ngam gao truoc khi nau xem co khac gi ko.

 
Cha trung thi minh lam lan dau nhung an ngon qua, minh trang tri hoi mau me mot chut, va chua co quet trung kheo cho lam.
300g thit ma lam ra nhieu qua, minh xai thit cua va thit nat tron chung, an ngon lam



Com suon bi cha day!!! Ngon lam ai thich thi moi an nha, mon nay lam ko kho ma nhieu khau chuan bi qua. Lan sau minh se chuan bi truoc.




 Cha trung con du, de dong da lan sau an com suon se co san.

Thit bi ((Shredded Pork and Pork Skin)


Ingredients:
200g pork fillet
1 tbsp garlic
1 tbsp shallot
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp fish sauce
1/2 tsp salt 
1/2 tsp black peppers

Finish 
50g bi (pork skin strip)
2tbsp thinh ( ground toasted rice) 
1tsp salt

Methods:
Leave the pork skin to defrost. 
Cut pork fillet into 3cm wide medallions.
Mix the pork fillet with all the seasonings, leave marinated for at least 2h or overnight.
Pour some white vinegar over the pork skin, rinse the pork skin under tap water to clean the pork skin.
Let the pork skin drain till dry.
Over medium heat, fry the pork fillet till brown,
Lower the heat to medium, add some water, leave simmering till the pork, keep adding water little by little if the pan is dried.
Once the pork is cooked, leave the heat on until there is no water left in the pan.
Let cool, cut meat into very fine strips.
Mix the porks strips with pork skin, toss over the thinh and salt.




Nuoc mam






Ingredients:
1tbsp finely minced garlic 
1tbsp finely minced chillies
4tbsp sugar
6tbsp water
3tbsp fish sauce
3tbps cider vinegar
1tbsp lemon juice
Methods:
Mix sugar and water until sugar is dissolved, add fish sauce, vinegar and lemon juice at last. Add garlic and chillies. 
Keep in refrigerator in an airtigh container till serving. It can be keep up to 2 weeks.





Sunday, 19 June 2011

Pho Bo



Pho dac biet nong hoi day, an rat ngon, lan nay la lan thu hai minh nau ma an cung kha ngon chi co cai nuoc leo hoi den la vi sao khi minh nuonc cu hanh va gung minh ko co phui bot cai lop khet ben ngoai

Lan sau co le minh se cho them gung va cu hanh tim, neu ranh thi minh se lam nuoc dung ga voi carot va cu cai trang truoc roi moi xai nau nuoc pho chac la se ngon lam.

Saturday, 4 June 2011

Fondant modelling

Santa Clause 2010

 Piggy 2011

Fondant Rose

These are my fondant roses from Wilton 3, they would be nicer if I used gumpaste instead of just normal fondant