Creme Brulee

When you love baking, you have to try making creme brulee. It's the silent code of baking.haha..kidding..anyway, i baked one and here's how i do it.

Ingredients

6 egg yolks
6 tbsp white sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
2 1/2 cups heavy cream (I used whipping cream)
2 tbsp brown sugar


Method

1. Preheat oven to 300F ( 150C ).
2. Beat egg yolks, white sugar and vanilla in a bowl until thick and creamy.
3. Pour 1cup of cream into a saucepan and stir over low heat until it almost come to boil. Remove cream from heat.
4. Stir cream into egg yolk mixture and whisk briefly.
5. Pour the cream/yolk mixture into the rest of the cream and whisk.
6. Skim the foam and pour the mixture into ramekins and place in a baking dish.
7. Place baking dish in oven and pour hot water in the dish until it comes halfway up the ramekins.
8. Bake at 375 F (180C ) for 15 - 30 minutes or until it has the gelatin like jiggle.
9. Remove from oven, cool in bath water for about 15minutes.
10. Place ramekins in freezer for an hour then you can transfer it to the fridge until serving time.
11. Sprinkle the top with sugar and brown sugar.
12. Torch the sugar until it caramelized. Be carefull not to burn.
13. Serve immediately.
    

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You can use coffee cups if you do not have ramekins.
You can use a broiler if you do not have a torch.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

this is a basic chocolate chip cookies. An all time favorite.

Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons hot water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth.
   
3. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.
   
4. Dissolve baking soda in hot water.
   
5. Add to batter along with salt.
   
6. Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and nuts.
   
7. Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased pans.
8. Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are nicely browned.

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i love chewy cookies with crispy edges. If you do, you'll love this.

8th month anniversary

i was sick =( poor me!!

Aglio Olio

Ever eaten aglio olio from Pizza Uno? The pasta with garlic sauce?
Well...i cooked that last few weeks. Kudos for me!
Here's how.

Prepare

1 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 cup water
8 cloves of garlic (sliced)
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp oregano
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp parsley

In a saucepan, saute garlic in oil over medium heat until the garlic is golden brown.

Add water and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add parsley and seasonings; simmer uncovered another 10 minutes.

Combine thoroughly with pasta before serving.

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See, it's really really easy. I used 500g of spaghetti.

Enjoy your own aglio olio while its hot.

my 7th month anniversary

12.00 am : Happy anniversary sayang!

ahh....7months.its been 7 months.seems short..after a 3years relationship. 7 fresh months. 7 fun months. Isn't life great?

12.03 am : Stomach growled.

12.31 am : ZzZzZzZzZz

8.31 am : Stirred from bed.

Beep beep.

Jesus! Give me a break..
1 message received
opening message..
-good morning sayang!

9.45 am : *Ring Ring*

-yes?
-come to the workshop now!
-but what if I can't start the car?
-just try.
-I want to take bath first.
-okay. make it fast!

10.05 am : stayed in workshop

11.00 am : got my car from the workshop. New tyres. New battery.awesome.

lazed around till 12.00pm. God....college.
Dont get me wrong. I like studying. I like learning new things.sounds nerdy? i know. but still love college but not when I have to travel 2 long hours to college.

home - ktm = 20minutes
ktm sbg - ktm kl sentral = 25minutes
lrt kl sentral - lrt tmn melati = 25minutes
lrt tmn melati - college = 20minutes

total = 1hour 30minutes

If im lucky,that is. If not, i'll have to wait for hours for the ktm train to arrive. You know how malaysia works. God, how much I miss high school..and how I take it for granted. Takes only 5minutes to school and I skip school like almost EVERYDAY.

2.00 pm : English class started.

2.15 pm :

Mr Santa : okay...let's get started on our lesson...turn to page 158..where is your book,young man? you know, i used to have a friend bla bla bla...yap yap yap....blee blaa bloo...

3.30pm :

Mr. Santa : okay...that's it for today. thank you for coming. wake up suet teng and remember, no more skipping class. I can't cover for you all the time.

SuetTheChomel : *yawn* yes sir.thanks alot.i appreciate it.you are the best! bye!!

English class is a bore. really.

5.00 pm : ahh....sampai subang.udara yang penuh dengan masalah.

called my boyfriend and picked him up from work so we could have a little minum petang at kopitiam. It rained heavily. I ordered Xi Mut Milk Tea. Cant resist those. and a set of roti bakar.My boyfriend ordered mee goreng and fries.

why would wanna know any of those.

bla bla bla...ate...dad..mom...bla bla bla...rain stopped...bla bla bla...

reached home.wanted to lepak.
called fatin=no can do..movie with ali..
called rysa=no can do..mom in bad mood.
called kyrue=no answer
called boyfriend=sleeping

jesus!!! why is it when im available, no one else is.
so i watched tv..
browsed around in myspace..
more tv...
made menu for my dinner party this saturday..
more tv..its mystery woman bookstore now.
started this blog.
im a boring person.i know.dont blame me.