Easy Recipe - Pain Perdu , good for tea time !

Pain Perdu, meaning a "Lost Bread" from French, is one of recipes from France. This one is easy to cook at home, and less fats than the version from Hong Kong. The one from Hong Kong is deep-fried and with peanut-butter filling between two of the sliced breads, which is deemed as a high calories tea break item in Hong Kong.

So, today I will use one piece of bread for my tea time serving with some fruits and my coffee, hoping that it is less calories... :)


Ingredients  (1 pax)

1. bread of your choice 
2. 1 egg
3. 30 ml of fresh milk
4. cinnamon
5. salt
6. butter

Method

1. beat the egg in a mixing bowl
2. add a pitch of salt
3. add a pitch of cinnamon
4. mix well the mixture
5. put the mixture on a tray with milk
6. soak the bread until all mixture is absorbed (cut your desired size in advance)
7. heat the skillet with butter
8. pan fried on medium heat and serve with Nutella or toppings of your choice.

Bon appétit!

Easy Recipe - Gazpacho

It's time to share my recipe again since talking so much on art and cultures.

Here I would like to introduce my secrete recipe of Gazpacho - a soup originating from Andalusia of Spain.  It's a very low cost, high in nutrient and yummy recipe! Sometimes I have left little vegetables like half of cucumber, bell peppers, then you can just buy some more tomatoes to make Gazpacho. 
Gazpacho serves chill so it is ideal for summer.   

Ingredients:  (for 2 pax)

8 large tomatoes
1/2 cucumber
1 clove of Garlic
1/4 of green bell pepper
1/4 onion
1/2 slide of day-old white bread

Seasoning:
Olive oil (Extra Virgin)
Salt
Black pepper
Basilic leaves / mint for garnish

Luxury version: add Spanish ham on top (optional)




Cooking Method:
1) Cut a cross on the bottom of tomatoes and boil under hot water, to remove the skin of tomatoes
2) Cool down the tomatoes in a room temperature
3) Wash all vegetables and cut into cubes , leave some vegetables cubes for garnish
4) Use a blender to blend all tomatoes, bread and vegetables, seasoning with salt and pepper
5) garnish with mint/basilic leaves or Spanish ham for topping , with extra virgin olive oil.
6) Lastly, chill them before serving

Volia! Let's try ! Really good for summer and it can keep up to 2 days.

Easy Recipe for Summer - Tofu Cheese Cake

Every one loves chilled dessert for summer time, as I do. In the summer, I will make the Japanese styled tofu cheese cake at home which delighting you after lunch or dinner.

It's easy as you can find a fresh tofu at the supermarket or the market.

Ingredients (for 8 portions)
Creme Cheese 200g
Hard Beancurd (1 piece estimated 340 grams)
Lemon juice (1 tea spoon)
Sugar (2 tablespoons)
Yogurt (50 grams)
Gelatins (20 grams)

Cake Base:
Crackers (8 pieces)
Butter (30 grams)



Method:

Step 1: prepare the cake base with digestive crackers and melted butter. And chill the base into the fridge for minimum 3 hours.

Step 2: For tofu cheese cake fillings, melt the gelatin in water first and mix well all ingredients together.

Step 3: beat the tofu and cream cheese into fine mixtures

Step 4: Layer the cream cheese mixture on the top of the crackers base

Step 5: Chill for overnight before serving 

Bon appetit!