2010 May | Latest Recipes

Piece Montee (Croquembouche) »

The May 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Cat of Little Miss Cupcake. Cat challenged everyone to make a piece montée, or croquembouche, based on recipes from Peter Kump’s Baking School in Manhattan and Nick Malgieri. Croquembouche or Piece Montee is a beautiful cake, I’ve always wanted to make this but it intimidates me [...]

May 27, 2010 | Posted in Daring Bakers, Photo | Read More »

Dwaeji Kalbi (Sweet and Spicy Korean Pork Barbecue) »

This delicious barbecue is very easy to do even more so if you use the marinade powder (that’s where I “discovered” this delicious Korean dish); but making it from scratch using a mini food processor or blender makes it almost as easy as opening a packet of marinade mix. The homemade marinade is deliciously scented and it’s sweet, [...]

May 26, 2010 | Posted in Korean Recipes, Olive's Twist, Photo | Read More »

Pancit Bihon »

When I was young, elders say that eating pancit will give us long life and one should not cut the noodles when cooking it especially for birthdays or the celebrant’s life will be shortened too, I know that sounds silly, and I know now that it isn’t true. But I believe that eating pancit could indeed help make one’s life [...]

May 20, 2010 | Posted in Filipino Food, Photo | Read More »

Pancit Canton ( Kulinarya Cooking Club) »

It’s noodles for May’s Kulinarya Cooking Club theme. Caroline and I are the hosts for this month and we’ve decided on pancit. When you say pancit (noodles) in Filipino, it usually refers to pancit bihon the most common and popular but there are several pancit or noodle dishes in Filipino cuisine: pancit canton, sotanghon (mung [...]

May 19, 2010 | Posted in Kulinarya Cooking Club, Photo | Read More »

Chicken Inasal »

Inasal means grilled or barbecued; this dish originated in Panay and Negros region in the Philippines. What makes it different from other grilled chicken is it’s delicious tang and distinct orange color from annatto oil. The marinade has both vinegar and calamansi juice.. so you can just imagine how sour that is ( it makes my mouth [...]

May 15, 2010 | Posted in Featured, Filipino Food, Photo | Read More »

Green Chile and Grilled Chicken Enchiladas »

I ‘m so glad I did this month’s Daring Cooks’ challenge; it was very, very good- hot and spicy delicious to the max! ;) Our hosts this month, Barbara of Barbara Bakes and Bunnee of Anna+Food have chosen a delicious Stacked Green Chile & Grilled Chicken Enchilada recipe in celebration of Cinco de Mayo! The recipe, [...]

May 14, 2010 | Posted in Daring Cooks, Photo | Read More »

How To Make Flour Tortillas »

I can’t believe I made my own flour tortillas, I used to just buy a pack from the grocery store whenever it’s available but they ran out and I needed some tortillas for the DK challenge so I had to make my own. I couldn’t find masa harina to make corn tortillas so I just searched [...]

May 14, 2010 | Posted in Video | Read More »

Black Rice Pilaf »

Black Rice or Forbidden rice is very high in fiber and nutrients, it has a nutty taste that I like but it’s not something that I could eat everyday, it took me a while to get used to the texture, because unlike regular (white) rice, black (the same is true for brown rice) rice are [...]

May 11, 2010 | Posted in Olive's Twist, Photo | Read More »

Chicken Adobo in Coconut Milk ( Adobong Manok sa Gata) »

Another delicious way to cook adobo: with coconut milk and some chillies! Chicken cooks faster than pork so this is perfect when you’re craving for adobo but wants to put food at the dinner table fast. Adobo seeasoning is soy sauce, vinegar, garlic (lots of it), peppercorns and bay leaf. You can “adobo” anything really [...]

May 5, 2010 | Posted in Chicken, Filipino Food, Photo | Read More »

Pretty Flower Cupcakes »

These cupcakes have gotten raves from everyone who have tasted it. They’re not just pretty but very yummy too. I have several vanilla cupcake recipes that I use before but I decided to stick to this one because it’s easier and gives me consistent result everytime. It can take on different flavors too, just substitute [...]

May 3, 2010 | Posted in Olive's Twist, Photo | Read More »