Agak lama jugak iol tak post anything here sampai kene carutan dalam keindahan dari pembaca tegar blog ini. Kata pelangot blog I nih "You all dah baca latest blog mrhotmuffins??" kat MukaBuka memberi tamparan wanita pada iol. iol feel so tired last week and iol do have some materials to write here but my fingers are so lazy to type.ehhh?? sampai George Clooney pun whatsapps iol bila nak update blog nih. *mode verangan ON.
"Babe, update blog hari-hari yek. Boleh abang baca kat Iphone4 abang masa Academy Awards nanti untuk hilang bosan masa tunggu results. Love your blog to death !!" *Ko mampooo??? |
Last week, my best friend came to visit me at my cottage. He asked me to cook dinner for him. Katernyerr welcome home dinner since he came back from his study leave. Yang diminta makanan western sebab katernyer rindu his time kat Leeds, UK ehhh??...iol faham sangat perasaan dia...hihihihihi. So, iol bukak kitchen cupboard nak tengok apa yang ada. With the recipe provided by my mentor, Jamie Oliver, here is what I served for my Yorkshire friend :). I will also show how these fantastic meals were prepared.
Main
Linguine & Meatballs with Rich Tomato Sauce
The Ingredients |
Tip all the ingredients: mince beef, chopped onions, breadcrumbs, parsley, dried oregano, Dijon mustard and egg yolk into a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Mix them all well with a wooden spoon. Boleh gak guna tangan janji bersih yer.
This is how it looks like after I mixed them well |
With your hands, roll the mince mixture into a golf-size meatballs. Drizzle the top of meatballs with olive oil and fresh thyme (optional). Put in the pre-heated oven to 200C/gas 7 and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown. You can pan-fried the meatballs until brown with olive oil if you do no have an oven.
Meanwhile, make the sauce. Heat the oil in a pan. Add the garlic and onion and sizzle for one minute. Then, tip in chopped celery and cook until it begins to soften. Stir in chopped tomatoes, parsley, tomato puree and seasoning. Simmer for 15-20 minutes until slightly thickened. Please, don't you forget, I beg *macam lagu Adele tak? you not to use sauce from a jar like Prego. It tastes horrible. Make your own sauce from scratch, ok?
Also,do not forget to boil the pasta (I use linguine here). I think everybody knows how to do it. When the pasta is cooked, drain it and put aside until it is ready to serve. Sorry, tak ada gambar sebab lupa nak ambil :-)
When the mince turns into brown in color, take out from the oven. Pour the tomato sauce over the cooked mince and sprinkle some parsley.
People like to eat with some bread. Well, for a change, I ate it with Yorkshire pudding to scoop out every bit of sauce left in the bowl. :-)
Ta daaaa :) |
Dessert
Sticky Toffee Pudding with Vanilla Ice-Cream
If you asked me my favorite dessert, this one surely will be on my top list. Sticky toffee pudding is a classic British steamed dessert consisting of a very moist sponge cake, packed with chopped dates, covered with hot toffee sauce and often served with a vanilla ice-cream or vanilla custard. *terliur already???
I remember this would be my dessert, everytime, after having a Sunday roast years ago (tak yah la mention bila and di mana, kang ada yang letak tangan atas bahu, mata naik ke atas). It is quite rare to find this pudding in a restaurant around KL. I had it once in a very famous restaurant in the city centre but I did not like it so much because the cake was dry and it served with very little toffee sauce. It is very important to serve with a generous amount of sauce so you can scoop out the cake with the sauce into your mouth. It is very sweet, I warn you, but it tastes really good.... yum yum yum.
So, it was my first ever attempt at making the pudding. My friend loves it and he took all the left-pudding home, and I had to make an extra sauce for him. Sorry, no pictures how it was done but if you really want to know, maybe i will show you next time :-).
Ciao Bella!!!
first time i tgk kuih akok tu menjadi yokshire pudding...can imagine how majestic nya dapat makan masakan di atas ...tetiba anak dalam perut ni menendang nendang plak...
ReplyDeleteanak sapa lah yg tendang sepak terajang tu kann :D
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