Party garlic twists

I used to buy packed garlic twists until I chance upon this wonderful recipe from onepotchef.blogspot.com.
I have always loved his easy recipes and this particular one is really two thumbs up especially if you want to have a quick and classy party starter!

Ingredients (slightly modified)
Seasoning:
1 tablespoon of olive oil
2 teaspoons of garlic powder
1 teaspoon of dried dill
1 teaspoon of dried spaghetti bolognese herb mix

Pampas puff pastry

1. Mix ingredients for seasoning together.
2. Slice pampas puff pastry into long strips with a sharp knife while it's still
frozen.
3. Lay out grease proof paper.
4. Twist each strip of pastry and place on grease proof paper.
5. Brush seasoning.
6. Bake for 15 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius and flip over for another 5 minutes or until golden brown.
7. Now you are ready to serve for a party!

Review on LUNCH PUNCH

Pretty sandwiches are possible even if we busy mums only have 5-10 minutes or need to make a few sets. Thanks to LunchPunch, sandwiches are made pretty in a jiffy! 

Just make your sandwich as per usual and punch it with the cutter you want! It's easy even for your children to handle!

Here's some designs we have made! Of course the possibilities are endless!

It comes in a themes box of 4 cutters for S$17.90.

Available at ToTT, 896 dunearn road #01-01A Singapore 589472.

You can also shop online at www.tottstore.com

This is a personal review and it is not paid. 

Have fun!

Inspiring Yummy Mummies 

Poshpearl 

Fast and Yummy fruit tarts

I was pleased to find ready made tartlets from phoon huat and thought of making fruit tarts. The tartlets are crunchy and nice, not too thick or thin. However. It's best to be consumed within 2 hours as it will start to soften. Nevertheless, it is still yummy when soft!

Ingredients:
30 tartlets
Cream cheese frosting
500g cream cheese with 50g icing sugar
Sliced fruits
Phoon huat mirror gel

1. Cream cream cheese in mixer till smooth.
2. Add icing sugar a little at a time when mixing. Taste and stop when you feel that the sweetness is just right.
3. Pipe cream cheese into tartlets.
4. Place sliced fruits on top.
5. Glaze with a thin layer of mirror gel.
Enjoy!!!

Recipe for Yonanas ice cream maker: banana, mango and peach yogurt ice cream pie

I simply love Yonanas ice cream maker and decided to do an ice cream pie for my daughter's actual birthday home party!

My guests love it, with some having second servings!
It's my own recipe and I hope you will like it!

Banana, mango and yogurt ice cream pie
Ingredients:
(serves 24)
500g processed into sand like texture Digestive biscuits
200g melted unsalted butter
2 bunches of frozen and peeled ripe Dole bananas
1 litre non fat peach and mango yogurt pre frozen into ice cubes set in silicon trays to easy removal
300g 55% dark chocolate chips
200g whole walnuts
1 can sliced peaches
6 longans

1. Use a spring form pie Tin or one with removable base and grease your tin.
2. Pour in processed biscuits and mix in melted butter a little at a time until all biscuits are coated with butter.
3. Press firmly with a glass bottle to compress the biscuits to form the pie base.
4. Set in the freezer for 15 minutes.
5. Use Yonanas ice cream maker and process all frozen bananas in 1 bowl and frozen yogurt in another.
6. Remove pie base from freezer and spread banana mixture to fill half of the pie tin.
7. Spread walnuts and chocolate chips.
8. Spread frozen yogurt.
9. Decorate with sliced peaches, Starting from the circumference and moving towards the centre. Use longans to fill the spaces.
10. Freeze for at least 5 hours or until set.
11. Defrost for at least 10 minutes before slicing!!! Enjoy!

Munch Ministry invite! A meal under 1 hour! 3 recipes!

I'm blessed to be invited by munch ministry to share how to whip up a meal under 1 hour. Munch ministry is the place that has inspired me to cook with strong support from fellow members! Munch Ministry has a dictionary full of wonderful recipes!

Link:

http://munchministry.com/my-dinner-under-one-hour/my-dinner-under-one-hour-featuring-pearl-tan/

Back to preparing this meal...since my elder daughter loves cream based western food accompanied with some crunch, I decided to prepare 3 simple and yummy dishes that she will like for her birthday.
Here's the menu:
Crunchy garlic baguette
Cream of Mushroom soup
Ham and prawn Mentaiko angel hair

Crunchy garlic baguette
Ingredients:
Sliced baguette
5 tablespoon Salted butter
2 teaspoon Minced garlic
Optional: 1 teaspoon dry herbs of your choice.

1. Mix salted butter, minced garlic and dry herbs.
2. Spread evenly on each slice of baguette.
3. Bake for 10 minutes at 160 degree Celsius and it's done!

Mushroom soup
Ingredients:
2 teaspoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 packs pesticide free fresh brown button mushrooms
2 packs pesticide free fresh white button mushrooms
1 liter swansons chicken stock
4 mashed russet potatoes
4 tablespoon Cooking cream
Optional: a dash of truffle oil


1. Remove any dirt on mushroom. As it is pesticide free, there is no need to wash them and unnecessary washing will cause mushrooms to absorb too much water.Slice mushrooms.
2. Heat pot on low. Add olive oil and butter.
3. Add garlic when butter has melted. Sauté until fragrant.
4. Add sliced mushrooms and sauté until mushrooms has reduced in size and simmer for 10 minutes.
5. Add stock and mash potatoes.
6. Stir evenly and taste. Add salt if it's bland and water if it's salty.
7. Off the fire. Use hand blender to blend soup to the consistency fancied.
8. Add cooking cream and stir. Taste and add more cooking cream if required.
9. Now it's done! Serve with a dash of truffle oil if you fancy.


Ham and prawn creamy angel hair
Ingredients
600ml swanson chicken stock
150ml water
1 tablespoon butter
500ml of cooking cream
2 tablespoon of shredded red and white cheddar cheese
300g Sliced honey shaved ham
300g defrosted frozen deshelled prawns
500g San Remo angelhair
50g flying fish roe
Shredded roasted japanese seaweed

1. Bring chicken stock to boil on low heat.
2. Add butter, ham and prawns.
3. Simmer for 2 minutes.
4. Taste. Add 150ml of water if necessary.
5. Add cooking cream. Turn off heat and add cheese
6. Cook angel hair in boiling water with 1 tablespoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of olive oil for 2 minutes. Remove and wash in cold water.
7. Toss in olive oil.
8. Combine pasta sauce and pasta
when ready to serve and add flying fish roe and seaweed.
9. Now it's done! Enjoy!

Sweet star cheesy and creamy puff pastry

Puff pastries are really yummy and we pay an average of $1-5 for 1 pcs of pastry. But it is actually very easy and fast to have yummy pastries at home. I use pampas pastry. I chose this brand as it uses butter. Butter based pastries will be more fragrant. It's frozen and all you need to do is to use cookie cutters to cut out the Shapes you want! Brush with egg wash and send into the oven!
My daughter loves prawns and cheese so I made her this cheesy creamy prawns in a star shaped puff pastry!
This is a very easy recipe and I hope you will try it out soon!

Ingredients:
Pampas puff pastry 2 sheets
1 tablespoon of cheddar cheese
5 tablespoon of full cream milk
6 prawns ( I used frozen prawns to have the crunchy effect.)
1 egg, beaten

Special tool:
Big and small star cookie cutters

Optional:
Faces cut out using Seaweed

1. Preheat oven at 180deg Celsius.
Do not defrost puff pastry. Only bring it out when you are ready to work with it. Slice pastries into halves and stack. You will have 4 layer of pastries.
2. Use a big star cookie cutter and press firmly through the pastries, followed by the small star cookie cutters.
3. Remove 3 small star pastries, leaving 1 in the bottom.
4. Glaze beaten egg over the pastries and send them into preheated oven for 8 minutes. Turn other the other side. And bake for 3 minutes so that both sides will be crispy. Remove and cool them.
5. In low heat cook milk till it bubbles. Mix in cheddar cheese and prawns. Turn off the fire after 3 minutes.
6. Serve the prawns in the pastry and watch your child with a big grin on their face as they see and eat it!

Inspiring yummy mummies
PoshPearl

Review: Yonanas ice cream maker

Wouldn't it be nice to have Ice cream with absolutely no trace of cream and sugar yet still taste creamy and luxurious?
Well, my dream came true when I got the yonanas ice cream maker!
At just SGD$118, this maker can make very smooth and creamy ice cream just by grinding frozen fruits!
All you have to do is to peel the skin of your favorite fruits and freeze them for at least 24 hours. Then, as and when you want it, you can pop and grind them into the maker and get ice cream
immediately! It is not only easy to use, it is also easy to wash and clean. Just wash the five parts with soapy water.

After getting the yummy ice cream
I like to mix in my own toppings to control the level of sweetness and crunchiness and freeze the ice cream in an air tight container. In that way My family will be able to eat guilt free ice cream anytime!

Inspiring yummy mummies
PoshPearl