MEAL 8 : apple/ blueberry Bread Pudding, w/ butter poached pears

k so 2 blogs in 1 week, that's a first, but thanks to Louis, i got those awesome pics!!! anyways, this should be a quick one since i really don't' know what to write, plus i feel bit sick........Meal 8 is the first sweet treat form Latte & cig. so hopefully u'll like it!!! PS. to cindy, i did not use any EXPENSIVE ingredients this time!!!!

Ingredients:

Apple filling(quick way)
* 2 apples( skined n cut into pcs)
* whole cinnamon stick
* 2 tbl spoon brown sugar
* nutmug
* pinch of salt
* 1/2 cup of apple juice
* 1/4 cup of water

Bread Pudding
* 1 1/2 loaf of Italian Bread (cut into pcs)
* 3 eggs
* 1/2 cups of milk
* 1/4 cups of heavy cream
* 1/4 cups of heavy whipping cream
* 1/3 cups of Amaretto(if you want to get drunk u can add more)
* 3/4 cups of Brown sugar
* 1/2 cup of sugar
* pinch of salt
* 2 drops of vanilla extract.
* hand full of blue berries(if you want, you can change into chocolate chips)

Poached pears
* butter
* Brown sugar
* vanilla extract
* 1/2 of pears cut in to 1/8" slices

STEP 1 - Remember the time when the apple dropped on Newton's head??

Cut apples in to sq. pcs. Mix apple juice, water, brown sugar, cinnamon stick, salt, and nut mug in a cup. Throw the apples into the cups and stick it into microwave on high for 8 mins.

STEP 2 - the good stuff


Pre-heat the oven in 400f. Mix brown sugar, sugar and salt together, then whisk eggs, milk , cream, whipping cream, vanilla extract and Amaretto together in a big bowl. Add the sugar mix into the bowl and whisk it for another 5 mins. Toss the blue berry in and give it a quick whisk, and then put the bread into the mixture to let the bread soak the mixture. Get a baking dish and transfer half of the bread into it, then add the apple fillings on top, and top it off with the remaining bread. transfer the baking dish into the oven and let it bake for bout 25 mins.

Step 3- PP (poached pears!!!!)


Melt the butter in the skillet add brown sugar, vanilla extract whisk for a little bit, make sure that the ingredients are mix together. Turn the fire into the med heat, add the pears and let it poached evenly for both side.

STEP 4- Bread Pudding Assssssssmble?

Get the Bread pudding out of the oven and get a pc out of it, n add the poach pears on top, it's a really sweet dish so I rcm'd milk or black coffee w/ this sweet treat, k enough of this typing......I'm gonna get fat..........

meal 6: safaron cauliflower puree w/ seared seabass top it of w/ harry&davids' Relish!!!

OK ,i know 6 should come before 7 and 8 should came after 7, but o well, this is my blog so i guess 6 can come right after 7 lol. Anyways as you all know, I'm a big "top chef" fan, especially season 2 & season 3. Both winner of two seasons happened to be 2 of my favorite chefs from the casts; Ilan Hall(dude wears glasses, and so do i, need i say more??) and Hung Huynh (even he's a total jackass, but u can't deny the guy knows how to cook, plus he's Asian) I admit it's hard to judge the taste by looking at the dish, but you can tell the chef's skills and styles by the techniques and the plating. If you have watched the show before you would know saffron is Ilan's signature ingredients. In Meal 6 I'm going attempt to use saffron in my dish!!! therefore get ready this is latte & cig's version of top chef !!!!

Ingredients:
Saffron cauliflower Puree
* Cauliflower
* Leaks & onions
* Pinch of Saffron (apparently saffron is a really strong spices, if you just put a lil bit , the dish will get a strong taste, wish i knew that the first time........)
* Heavy cream or milk
* Butter
* bit of bout 1/8 of cup chicken stock
* pinch of salt / freshly grind black pepper.

Seared Sea Bass
* 6 oz Sea Bass fillet
* Lemon pepper
* Lemon zest
* Fresh grind black pepper
* Pinch of salt
* Juice of half lemon
* Dry Chardonnay/EVOO(2:1)

STEP 1- FISHY FISHY fish!!!
rub the seasonings and lemon zest on the fish and set it aside. Mix lemon juice , chardonnay, and EVOO well, n quickly dip the fish in for 10 mins and dry the fish off before you seared it.

STEP 2 - PUREEEEEE, i just like the sound of it.

Heat up a pot of water, and add saffrons(break into small pcs) and pinch salt. Add cauliflower in once it starts to boil. Drains the waters out (but keeps about 1 cup ) once the cauliflowers soften.

heat up the remaining "saffrons water" left overs and add chicken stock, onions and leaks. once the onions and leaks soften add heavy cream, mix well and turn off the fire.

Add butter, cauliflowers and saffrons/cream mix into the blenders. and set it on high for bout 30 secs.

STEP 3 - plate it and enjoy !!!

<==i add some relish n raw leaks on top of the fish for garnish.

Meal 7: winter spiced shrimp

So i luv my mom, she sacrifice soo much just to get me to states, n she's prob the only woman i the world i would ever use "Love", (I'm not Oedipus). But MEMOM Han is just like all other women, they will annoy the shit out of you sometimes........but o well, that's how families are. Anyways, I was talking to her the other day, and she was telling me that how cold it is in tw, so i asked her how cold is it over there; get ready for her answer ........."42F, 6C".....WTF, mom do you want to try -18 F...I'll do anything just to get 42F right now....back to the food, i love this dish, easy to make and some how i get warm after i eat it(maybe bc it's the wine i drank with.....)here's the meal 7 winter spiced shrimp, also known as Greek spiced shrimp. i found this recipe on line, but i also did little modification, so enjoy it!!!.

Ingredients:

* 6 -8 pcs shrimps
* pinched lemon pepper
* dazzled of EVOO
* 1/4 cup of white wine
* juice of Half lemon


* tomato(chopped to dices)
* 1/4 onions( chopped)
* 2 celery heart ( chopped)
* 1/4 cup of chicken stock
* pinch of cinnamon
* 2 pinches of all spices
* 2 tbs heavy cream

* feta cheese( w/ tomoato and basil blend)
* fresh dill

STEP1 - CROUCHING TIGER SHRIMP HIDDEN WILSON????

mix evvo, white wine and lemon juice. throw the shrimps in and let it sit for 15-20 mins. Take the shrimps out and dry them with paper towel n rub them with lemon peeper evenly. saute the shrimp with some quick fire(do not cook the shrimps too long as soon as the shell turn into red, get them off the skillet.) plate them on a plate(the kind you can put into oven later.)

STEP 2 SPICED TOMATO SAUCE

saute onions and celery in a sauce pan then add tomatoes and turn the heat to med. Once the tomatoes are cooked and turning to paste looking, add all spice, Cinnamon, and chicken stock. turn the heat to low, once it starts to boil add heavy cream to thicken the sauce. Set it a side.

STEP 3 - ASSSSSSEMBLE
So we got the shrimp done, and we got the sauce done, now we just need to put them together, first pre-heat the oven @ 300 F. Add sauce to the shrimp plate and make sure you cover all the shrimp w/ sauce, and put feta cheese on top. stick it in the over for bout 15- 20 mins, then add fresh dill to garnish the plate.