Ingredients : 4 cups milk 2 cups day old bread, diced (about 6 bread slices) 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 2 tsp. vanilla extract 4 tbsp. melted butter (or margarine) 1 cup macapuno (or 1 cup drained langka jackfruit preserves) Cooking Procedures : Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 1-1/2 quart casserole. In a saucepan, heat milk over low heat until tiny bubbles appear around the edges. Remove from heat, add diced bread. For custard-like pudding, let bread soak for about 30 minutes, mash pieces against the side of bowl with a spoon until mixture is smooth. Blend […] Read more »
Bibingka Espesyal (Special Rice Cake)
In the Philippines, cubes of kesong puti, made from carabao milk, are often used as topping. Traditionally, the rice cake is baked in clay ovens with glowing charcoal under and above the cake. Ingredients : 2 cups all-purpose flour (or rice flour) 2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 1-1/4 cups coconut milk 1/4 cup grated (sharp) cheddar cheese 2 tbsp. melted butter 2 tbsp. sugar 1/2 cup grated fresh coconut Cooking Procedures : Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and line with wax paper, or banana leaves, the bottoms of two 8″ layer baking pans. In a bowl, […] Read more »
Filipino Cuisine
Barquillos
Ingredients : 1/4 cup flour, sifted 3/4 cup fresh milk 5 egg yolks, lightly beaten sugar, to taste lemon rind, finely crushed Cooking Procedures : Prepare and grease both sides of the mold barquillera. Put sifted flour in a bowl. Set aside. In another bowl, combine milk and egg yolks. Pour mixture on flour and mix until the batter is smooth. Add sugar and lemon rind. Set aside. Put the greased mold over medium heat. Drop a teaspoon of the batter on the middle of the mold. Put the two sides of the mold together so that the batter is wedged in […] Read more »
Filipino Cuisine Recipes
Cream Cheese Brownies
This version adds cream cheese, fridge-cold and sliced, to give an inner layer of almost salty sourness. Just think of cheesecake – rich, sweet, sharp, palate-cleaving. What’s not to like? Ingredients : 4 oz. bittersweet chocolate 1/2 cup unsalted butter 2 large eggs 3/4 cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1/3 cup plus 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour pinch of salt 7 oz. cold cream cheese Cooking Procedures : Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Prepare 9 inch square pan, greased and lined with parchment or wax paper. Melt the chocolate and butter over medium-to-low heat in a heavy-based saucepan. While you’re waiting for it to melt, […] Read more »
Easy Cake Recipe
Classic Fudge Brownies
A prizewinning recipe for dense, moist saucepan brownies. Ingredients : 1/2 cup butter 3 oz. unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped 1 cup granulated sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 2 eggs, lightly beaten 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans Cooking Procedures : Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Prepare a greased 8-inch square cake pan. Set aside. In heavy saucepan, heat butter with chocolate over low heat until almost melted, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and continue stirring until completely melted. Add in sugar, vanilla, and eggs and blend well. Stir in flour and walnuts just until combined. Transfer and spread into […] Read more »
Easy Cake Recipe
French Omelet
Ingredients : 2 to 3 eggs salt and pepper, to taste butter Cooking Procedures : Break the eggs into a small mixing bowl and season with salt and pepper. Stir briskly with a table fork for 30 seconds or until the whites and yolks are blended together. Heat an ungreased 7 to 8 inch omelet pan until it is very hot. Drop in a tbsp. of butter and swirl in the pan so that it melts quickly and coats the bottom and sides. Before the butter browns, pour in the eggs. Quickly, stir the eggs with the flat of the fork, at […] Read more »