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Braised pork belly with some spare ribs :)

This is the second time I’ve made 红烧肉 and it came out quite delicious. Moist, flavorful, rich, but not too excessive. As you can see, there is quite a lot of oil because the pork belly SF chinatown sold me was very fatty!

#pork #chinesefood #homemade #yummy #meat #hongshaorou

Moist chocolate cupcake with fresh strawberry cream cheese frosting

These came out perfectly moist, not too sweet, and the flavor balances so well with strawberry cream cheese frosting :)

For a dozen cupcakes

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup warm coffee

1 Tbsp white vinegar

2 tsp vanilla extract

1/3 cup olive oil (virgin or not)

Sift and mix the dry ingredients together. Use a whisk, mix together the wet ingredients. Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Mix until just combined. Bake at 350F for 18-20 minutes.

Frosting

1 pack of 8oz cream cheese

1 stick (1/2 cup) butter

1/2 cup powdered sugar

2 Tbsp Strawberry jam/puree

For the frosting - let the butter and cream cheese reach about room temperature. Then use a handmixer, beat the butter. Add in the cream cheese and sugar and beat until fluffy. Add in strawberry jam/puree. To make strawberry puree, just put strawberries in a food processor.

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Meringue cookies!

beat egg whites until stiff white peaks form. To do so, add sugar as you beat. Then pipe them into roses, bake at 220F for 50 minutes.

#meringue #cookies #baking

Greek yogurt cupcakes w/ fresh blackberry frosting.

I made these using Natasha’s recipe . Thank you Natasha. They came out really pretty, but i didn’t exactly love the texture, it was a bit dry. I will try this recipe again and add in some olive oil, which should make the cupcake overall more moist.

Here is the recipe:

1 2/3 cups cake flour (really makes a difference) 1 cup granulated sugar (I don’t like mine that sweet, so I don’t use as much sugar. 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 6 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temp (cut into 6-8 pieces) 1 large egg, room temp 1 large egg white, room temp 1/2 Tbsp vanilla extract 1 cup plain Greek Yogurt (I used the regular, full fat version)

Frosting Ingredients:

1 stick unsalted butter, soft at room temp 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 1/8 tsp fine sea salt 8 oz (1 stick) cream cheese, softened to room temp and cut into 8 pieces 1/2 cup (about 15) Blackberries to puree + 12 blackberries for garnish

You’d want to first sift and whisk together the dry ingredients. Then use an electric mixer and mix the butter in with the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, mix together the wet ingredients (greek yogurt is a wet ingredient). Finally, mix everything together until it’s smooth, and scoop into cupcake pa ~ 3/4 full. Bake at 350F for 18-23 minutes.

Now the frosting is the super easy part - mix the butter until its soft, add in cream cheese, sugar, and a bit of salt. Use a blender/food processor to puree the blackberries, and mix in the blackberry puree in to the creamcheese/butter frosting - your frosting should turn into a beautiful purple!

Finally, pipe these delicious (healthy) cupcakes and enjoy!

#cupcake #yummy #baking #cake

Hi guys! I am back :) I have been doing lots and lots of cooking and baking lately - why not share my joy with the world?

If you don’t have a cast iron, seriously, get one. It is only $15.92 on our favorite online store, amazing amazon. Props to you if you have one, if not, please do yourself a favor and get one!

Feeling lazy? This is a great recipe for you - get yourself some drumsticks, potatoes/sweet potatoes, kale, onions. Have some leftover wine in the fridge? perfect! Have some lemons sitting there? Even better! Soy sauce, sesame oil? throw them all in. Give it a hour and dinner will be served.

Ingredients:

Drumsticks

shallots

onions

kale

sweet potato

garlic

Sauce:

Fresh lemon juice

white wine (any)

Soy sauce

Sesame Oil (optional)

How:

Heat up the cast iron and turn the oven on to 350F. Add some butter and pan fry the drumsticks. After the drumsticks have this gorgeous gold crispy coating, add onions and stir. Then, throw in everything else - garlic, sweet potato, and kale. Finally, before we set this pan of deliciousness in the oven - we will need to pour the sauce in. You can totally be spontaneous and make whatever sauce you prefer. I made the sauce with soy sauce, fresh lemon juice, white wine, and some sesame oil. Finally, put on an oven mit and put the cast iron in the oven for 40-50 minutes.

Voila!

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