素晴らしいこのビデオ！小さい子供たちの可愛い手で美味しいものを次から次に作っていくなんて。。。。ちょっと元気をもらいました。

Life is complicated but Cooking doesn’t has to be!

 

手作りでとても美味しかったものです。

毎日何かしら新しい発見を見つけて料理に取り入れています。

 

今日は、Ham（8~10 pound)のマリネードの覚書を紹介です。

大きなハムをどうやって美味しく焼き上げてみようかと思い、何度も試みています。

ナイフで切れ目を深くクロスに入れて深めのベーキングシートに水を入れて網を乗せてこの上にハムを乗せてホイルをして３２５で１時間入れてその後ホイルをとってさらに１時間。

ここであらかじめ作っておいたソースをブラシで塗って温度を４００に上げて４５分。

Brown Sugar/ Dijon Mustard/ オレンジマーマレード／シェリービネガー／コリアンダー／ginger/  All spice/black pepper/

このレシピはテレビから耳に入ったものなのでほとんどは私自身の感覚レシピになっています。

分量は自分の舌で調整してみてくださいね。

今日のビデオのように子供達の手の感覚で作り上げていく感性を持ち合わせたいものですね。

The best Roasted Ham of my life.

Enjoy!!

忘れないように作りたいスリランカのカレー

覚えてる範囲でレシピをアレンジしてみると。。。。

フライパンに　Onion, /Hot chili green pepper/ fennel seeds/ muster seeds/ curry leaf/を入れて香りが出てゴールデンカラーになるまで炒めていく。

＊この間にチキンのマリネードをしておく＊

チキンは胸肉、もも肉、手羽先でも好みのもので代用する。

塩をさっとふり、Chili powder / Garlic, Ginger/ スリランカmis powderを入れて手で揉みほぐしておく。

少しマリネードの時間を置いたら、オニオンソテーのフライパンの方にチキンマリネードを入れる。

残り汁も捨てずに少し水を足して全てフライパンに入れてしまう。

１０分ぐらい煮込んだ後、最後にトマトペースト、トマトケチャップで味を整える。

 

できたカレーと一緒にナンを作っていただくて食欲も倍増間違いなし！

スリランカのお友達の家で初めてこのカレーを食べた時は確か、インディアンライスだったと思います。ポリポリしていて日本人はあまり好きかどうかはわかりませんが、私は大好きでした。お友達は手で掴むようにして食べていました。そうなんです、お箸を使わず手で食べる習慣だったのです。私にはさすがにフォークを出してくれました。

私はとにかくスパイスにとても興味があったのでもう必死に彼女の作る料理手順などをしっかり見て私なりのカレーを彼女によって収穫することができました。

感覚で作ることの裏にはやはりそれなりの努力が必要不可欠ですね。

スリランカのお友達とは自然に疎遠になってしまいましたが、このカレーを作るたびに楽しかった会話などが浮かんできます。

近いうちにこのスパイスを使ったカレーとナンを作りたいと思います。

 

 

First, prepare a mixture of warm water, sugar, dry yeast in a bowl.

In another bowl, combine flour, salt and lots of eggs.

Add the yeast mixture into the flour bowl, the mixture should be extra sticky. Knead the dough for about 20 minutes, until it is all very smooth.

Now add about 1 stick of room temperature butter little by little into the bread, it should make squelch sounds!

After everything is kneaded well, cover the top of the bowl with a kitchen towel and leave it at room temperature for 2 hours.

After 2 hours, divide the dough into 3 pieces.

On a big cutting board, spread each dough into thin, long pieces and align each dough piece horizontally on your cutting board.

Now start braiding (like you braid hair) with the 3 long dough pieces.

Once it is all done, place the entire braided dough onto an oven sheet, and again, lay it in a warm place for about 1 hour.

Before you put it in the oven, have a mixture of egg and milk to coat the bread.

Then put the bread in the oven for 400 degrees celsius for 20 minutes.

And abracadabra! All done 🙂

First things first, make a simple syrup: 1C water and 1C sugar.

Use 2C watermelon juice (any juice of your choice), to put in a bowl. Add about the same amount of champagne (2C) and a touch salt.

Add the syrup mixture to the juice, and keep it in the fridge for about 1 hour.

Take out the mixture after an hour, use a fork to shake shake the sherbert for 2 hours ever 30 minutes (4 times in total).

Serve in a martini glass and smile and be happy!!

Mix 3 cups of flour and 1 tsp salt.

On a big cutting board, pour the flour and make an opening in the middle of the flour.

On the side prepare 1 cup of of warm water, dry yeast, and honey. Set aside.

After 5 minutes, pour this yeast mix into the middle of the flour. Mix it all little by little with your hands and form a round dough shape.

In a bowl, pour a little bit of olive oil and put in the dough. Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel, and keep it in a warm place (such as in an oven with its light on) for 1 hour.

After 1 hour, it should be double its size. Punch the flour and knead the dough, taking the air bubbles out. Tear into 2 pieces and keep both in the bowl.

Put this bowl back in the oven and let it sit for an hour. After this, your dough is complete!

Now you can be creative and decorate the pizza gorgeously and put it in a heated oven this time around!

 

Tip of the day:

If you do not have crème fraîche in your fridge, you can make your own!

• Just use buttermilk and heavy cream and mix it together, then put it in the fridge. It is ready to use the next day!

Here is the aroma of one of the many cake batters I like the most.

I am a very much curious about anything, so here we go.

Prepare oregano honey, pomegranate molasses, brown sugar, 1 stick unsalted butter, heat until everything is smooth and set aside.

Dry ingredients: 2C flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

Now put your creativity in for the fun part!! Put in ingredients such as cinnamon, ginger, anise seeds, coriander powder, cardamon, a pinch of nutmeg and clove, orange zest and 1 egg. The choice is yours, you can use any fragrance you like! Work until you find your own flavour! If it was not up to your standards, try again and again and again…

Put it all together in a baking pan, and get all the air bubbles out by shaking it like a dance. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35min.

Once finished, you can dress it up with powdered sugar, whipping cream or any fruits you like.

Enjoy your life!

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Prepare vegetables such a cucumber, and beet (green and purple are great colours, colour is the most important thing to me wherever I go!). Thyme, dill and bay leaves also have wonderful aromas and it also makes me happy!

To make pickle juice: First prepare balsamic vinegar, water, sugar, and salt. Heat until everything is blended together. Set aside

Spice: Set aside toasted coriander and mustard seeds (using a frying pan, until you can smell its aroma).

And then put the vegetables, pickle juice. and spice all together in a jar.

Keep the jar in a cold place for at least 24hours, and enjoy them!

 

One more thing, if you have left over carrots, you can prepare another side dish which is healthy and delicious.

Combing sugar, oregano, honey, salt and pepper to taste and last but not least drizzle olive oil and coat all the flavours together and put it in the oven. It is a yummy side dish for anything!