The Malaysian Insider :: Food

Super quick snack for a lazy Sunday afternoon

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 04:33 PM PST

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 — I get pleasure from having people over to the house, relaxing and catching up. During moments like these, I prefer to serve something simple yet mouth-watering, so I can entertain them and not spend my time slaving in the kitchen.

Something easy to eat and equally easy to prepare would be ideal… I'm not thinking laksa or curries, more of something you can pop into your mouth, something like fried wantons.

As they're extremely easy to prepare as you do not even need to marinade the minced meat. This is because minced meat has a larger surface area, so the sauces you combine with the minced meat will marinade it well in an instant.

Wantons, unlike Italian ravioli, which are only eaten boiled, are simply irresistible when fried. In the supermarket, you'll come across two types of wanton skin; be sure to buy the thicker wanton skin as these don't split when deep-fried.

They are great served with a glass of white wine on a lazy Sunday afternoon in the company of good friends.

Fried wantons

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves 8

500g pork belly, chopped well with a cleaver
200g tiger prawns, shells removed and cut into small pieces
1 sprig of spring onions, finely sliced
1 egg white, lightly beaten
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon salt, adjust according to taste
2 dashes of black pepper
1 packet thick wanton skins
Oil for deep frying

1. In a clean bowl, mix chopped pork, prawns, spring onions, egg white, sesame oil, salt and pepper.
2. Leave the mixture to marinade for 10 minutes.
3. Using a clean teaspoon, dish out 1 teaspoon pork mixture per wanton skin.
4. Taking the ends of all four corners of the wanton skin with your fingertips, bring it over the top of the pork mixture and seal it by pressing it tightly.
5. Meanwhile, heat about 2inches of oil in a pan.
6. Once bubbles are formed in the oil, drop one piece of wrapped wanton at a time into the oil.
7. Pat excess oil from the wanton with a paper towel.
8. Serve immediately.

For more recipes, go to www.chopstickdiner.com

Thomas Keller launches luxury gourmet gift sets

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 05:02 AM PST

NEW YORK, Dec 6 — Have US$1,000 (RM3,047) kicking around and looking for gift ideas for the foodie gourmand in your life? Thomas Keller has launched luxury gift sets for the holiday season that include a sparkling wine and caviar box set and a truffle risotto kit that replicates the same meal from Per Se.

Of the trio of gift sets on offer, The French Laundry Sparkling Wine & Caviar Gift Set is, perhaps, the most luxurious, with a price tag of US$1,000.

The box contains a bottle of Schramsberg Blanc de Blanc Chardonnay-based Brut sparkling wine; a two-ounce serving of Sterling White Sturgeon Caviar; two mother of pearl caviar spoons; and a French Laundry buckwheat blini mix which requires the addition of milk, heavy cream and eggs.

For the black truffle lover, Keller has also developed a black truffle risotto kit from Per Se.

With the exception of butter and onions, the kit comes with all the ingredients needed to replicate the dish from his New York outpost.

Inside the engraved wooden box, recipients will find three ounces of black truffle from Provence; an engraved wooden truffle shaver; Carnaroli rice from Northern Italy - considered the 'king of rice'; organic white truffle-infused extra virgin olive oil; grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, Battenkill Farms' heavy cream, Per Se chicken stock and a recipe card. The risotto kit is priced at US$850.

And for the sweet tooth in your life, there's also a US$260 chocolate tart kit from his famous Bouchon Bakery that comes with a tart shell mix; 70 per cent dark Guittard chocolate coins; Tahitian vanilla bean; a Bouchon oven mitt; and a 500 ml bottle of Meyer Family Port wine.

Orders must be placed by December 15. Shipments are only available in the US, with the exception of New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Vermont and West Virginia due to shipping laws.

Meanwhile, last month New York's Le Bernardin chef Eric Ripert likewise launched his own line of premium caviar in time for the holiday season. An eight-ounce tin is priced at US$1,050. — AFP-Relaxnews

Kredit: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com

Khamis, 6 Disember 2012

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