Life is Like a Long Journey: Pudding

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Less Sinful Crème Caramel

I watched one of 孟老师's old video of Crème Caramelon on Asian Food Channel..

Her original recipe asked for 120g whole egg and 25g additional egg yolks.

Although I have lots of eggs in the refrigerator..I wanted to make something healthier.

So Kanten came into my mind..I went ahead to give it a try!

It worked really well !!

My man said he thought it's made of milk, eggs and cream before I revealed that it's Kanten!

and what's more...this doesn't require any baking! Get to save some electricity too..heehee

It's smooth and silky...with a thick milky taste!

A dessert which made me addicted..

I had this for breakfast today!

Couldn't control myself after snapping these pictures..

The caramel went so well with the pudding!

Try it by yourself to taste how fantastic it is!

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Less Sinful Crème Caramel

Caramel :

40g Sugar

15g Water

1. Boil sugar and water in a heavy metal pot over low heat. Do not stir.

2. When the sides start to turn brown in colour, stir around the sides. Slowly incorporating into the center.

3. When it turns to coffee brown, remove from heat immediately. (Caramel burns really fast)

4. Use a tablespoon and spoon caramel into a aluminium tart mould or ramekin.

5. Tilt mould/ramekin around to coat the bottom with caramel evenly.

(Be quick, as caramel dries up really fast too)

6. Set aside.

Pudding :

300ml Fresh Milk

40g Sugar

1 tsp Vanilla Extract/Essence

2g Kanten (Half packet)

1. Mix milk and sugar over medium heat in a pot.

2. When bubbles start to appear at the sides, pour vanilla extract/essence in. Mix well.

3. Sprinkle Kanten into the milk mixture and let it boil for at least 2 minutes.

(Any shorter than 2 minutes, pudding will not form)

4. Remove from heat and pour into moulds/ ramekins.

5. Let cool completely and store in refrigerator.

6. Serve cold.

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Monday, January 31, 2011

Hokkaido 3.6 Milk Pudding

My house has quite a number of decorative ornaments..

They are mainly animal themed...

I love the country style feel...so soothing and makes me feel really comfortable...

I'm always happy when people come into my house and mention the word "cozy"...

That's what I want my guest to feel...and seriously,

whenever I'm at home I don't even feel like stepping out!

Let me introduce one of my favourite ornament =)

It's hung in my kitchen!

Besides being an ornament, it has 3 hooks at the bottom and I can hang my keys.

The mooooooooooo...

so cute!

I love animals a lot, and in the beginning, I wanted my kitchen to be "meat free".

Means no eating or cooking of any meat in this house.

After moving in, I tried to stop my family from bringing meat in.

And I don't buy any too.

After awhile, I find that it's hard.

I have guests around sometimes, and it's hard to cook without meat sometimes.

So I broke my own rule.

There's Chicken, Pork, Fish and Seafood in my freezer now!

As for mutton and beef..BIG NO NO...

I've not touched them for nearly 3 years I think...

I will start to cut down on meat intake after Chinese New Year again!

And in this post, there's no meat, just milk =)

The Hokkaido 3.6 Milk!

Hokkaido's 3.6 is a kind of premium milk.

I bought 2 cartons from Meidi-ya supermarket.

It costs $6+ each.

I feel that it's worth the money.

After drinking, you will know why! =)

I don't know how to describe it, it's just different!!

After getting the milk,

an idea popped out in my mind...

Why not make some pudding with it. Since it's thick!

And I have many boxes of Kanten in my cupboard..

I think it can last me for a few years!

Previously, I used it for diet purposes..I may start using it again!

Anyway Kanten is a 0 calorie kind of seaweed extract agar agar powder.

I will make some nice desserts with Kanten soon!

Here's my Hokkaido 3.6 Milk Pudding!

Look at the milk carton...