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Monday, August 20, 2012

Passion fruit macarons



These passion fruit flavored macarons is something that I have been wanting to try for the longest time. What hindered the process was the lack of the main ingredient, the passion fruit itself. We planted a passion fruit tree last summer, there was one sole fruit on the tree when I got it. This summer, I was so excited to see many beautiful passion fruit flowers blooming under the sun. But that was all that happened, just the flowers, never came the fruits! The flowers kept on coming and blooming, but that was all I can see. I was so disappointed not being able to see those beautiful little brown things hanging on my tree. 

Just when I thought I would never be able to accomplish my dream, then came the real things. Although these were not from my tree, but they are as real and as fresh as any passion fruits can be. Thanks to my mother-in-law who supplied me with these rare, precious fruits from her friend's garden. My impossible mission is finally accomplished.

I just love how the passion fruit flavor and fragrant play out in this little delightful dessert. The exquisite scent of passion fruits to me smells like a cross between guava and and strawberry.  Passion fruit itself is tarty and tangy in flavor with a subtle taste of sweetness. They are mostly use in gourmet baking or cooking to enhance the aromatic flavor of the desserts or dishes. Once being added, it will bring out a very pleasant, distinctive flavor to the dish.  Not only being well known for the aroma, it's also packed with tons of vitamin C, potassium and fiber. A very healthful fruit indeed!
Hopefully one day, my passion fruit tree will be able to bear some of these precious fruits for me. Until then I will have to depend on the generosity of others:).

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Langues de chat cookies (Banh luoi meo)



I hope everyone had a great weekend! As for me, it was such a busy weekend, many parties, many things to do with so little time. But it was all good that I got to see my old friend, her new baby, her family and some of her good friends this weekend. While the adults were catching up with the stories of our daily lives, the kids had a blast at their kiddy pools in the backyard. The weather was nice and warm, the food was delicious and comforting. I wish we could do this more often just for the sake of our sanity after many long tiring working weeks. 
Anyway, back to business, I've been making ice cream like a mad woman ever since the ice cream maker came to my possession. I have churned out buckets after buckets of the smooth, creamy frozen treat, but the down side is that I got left with gazillion egg whites. Of course, god forbid if anything should go to waste, so what to do with the egg whites is a tough question that I have to face with. Well, beside making more macarons, which are overflown in my fridge right now, what else could I make? Then I thought of these little French cookies called "langues de chat" that are absolutely easy to make. And in no time, I got myself some buttery and quite addicting cookies to enjoy with my afternoon tea.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Cranberry cookies


To tell you the truth, I'm not a big cookie fan at all. As the matter of fact, I like to bake more than I like to eat my baked goods. Every now and then, I would bake my favorite cookie recipe for my work family, but rarely I would want to eat it. Everyone at work loved it, everyone .... except myself!

The other day, while searching for  new flavors of  macarons, I came across this very simple to make and yet very addicting to eat cookie recipe. So the next day I went and bought some cranberry to try it out. In less than an hour, I produced a fresh batch of yummy cookies that I actually like to eat. 

At the first bite, you probably won't feel anything special about the taste, but as you go on for a few more bites, I bet you will reach out to get the second one as soon you are done with the first. The taste and the texture of the cookies resemble the taste of shortbread cookies. Not too sweet, but buttery, tangy and addicting.  And also very cute to look at. Don't you agree???

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