faye's profile午夜飞行PhotosBlogListsMore ![]() | Help |
|
版权声明
|
午夜飞行Vol De Nuit July 01 Stone fruits----cherriesLovely summer has arrived, lucky the temperature didn't went too high yet. As I said earlier, summer makes me excited: sunny day walking on the beach, having a picnic on a lazy afternoon, a lots lots of fruits, all those kinds of thing. ah, I can't wait for these.
It's fun and easy to make cherry jam, all you need is a lemon, sugar, some lemon verbena leaves and cherries. Rinse the cherries then remove the stems, and here comes my favorite part of making this jam---pit the cherries, with the cherry pitter. After you done all of them, chop up 3/4 cherries, put in a large pot with juice of one lemon and zests, cooking and stirring for 20 minutes, or until softened.
I made cherry and rosemary clafoutis with leftover cherries. And the scents are quite strong, I didn't happy with it, although it's not bad. So I use lemon thyme instead, when you serve the custard warm, a hint of thyme scents makes all the different.
Cherry and rosemary clafoutis (adapted from Jams, conserves & preserving) 125g sugar 1. Whisk together the sugar and egg yolk in a bowl, then whisk in the whole eggs. Fold in the flour, almonds and a pinch of salt and whisk well. Stir in the milk,cream and kirsch, then set aside in a cool place to rest for 10 minutes. June 23 lemon-verbena fruit tartlets, key lime white-chocolate tart早就想用lemon verbena做这个tartlet了,只是一直没有等到喜欢的水果,现在我最爱的stone fruits正好in season, 怎么可以错过。(我还用cherry做了很多东西,先卖个小关子,嘻~~)
Lemon verbena的香味,闻一次就会爱上它,like someone said: If you've never rubbed a leaf of lemon verbena, it's impossible to explain the lovely scent. 有点像清爽的花香气里带着淡淡的柠檬味,哪怕只是摘几片泡茶喝都让人愉悦。不过一定要用新鲜的叶子,干的味道远不及新鲜的来得好闻。
这是另外一天做的Key lime white-chocolate tart,酸酸甜甜的。不过对我来说酸了点,我怕酸。配上whipped crème fraîche稍微好点。跟我想象中的差距蛮大的,虽然有苦甜的巧克力塔皮来中和,不过味道还是太sharp,也许下次做key lime pie看会不会好点。
Lemon verbena pastry cream (adapted from Joy of Cooking) 2 cups milk 牛奶 1. In a heavy saucepan, dissolve sugar in milk and bring to a boil. Turn off heat. 我用了一半的食谱。 June 14 Let life be beautiful like summer flowers夏天----想想就觉得兴奋, 尤其是水果多得挑花眼, 可以做好多好多甜点, 有没有人像我一样瞎开心的?
把Fava bean入甜点,不得不说Hidemi sugino是个genius. 用Vanilla bean poach fave beans, 来去除豆腥味,再purée加入蛋糕里,增加清香。蛋糕做法和Kumquat pound cake 一样。
还记得去年拍的那些rosebushs 吗,今年发现了新的颜色,粉嫩,粉嫩的。还有蜜蜂一直来抢镜头,也帮它们拍了几张,不过很难拍。
P.S: Special thanks to P, for giving me a "hand". June 11 Happy birthday, Peter!当还和Peter是普通朋友的时候,他的birthday cake就是我负责的。他说想要cheesecake,所以就选个不太一样的给他.
提前做好的fleur de sel and hazelnut brittle,放在密封罐里,等蛋糕做好,吃之前摆在上去。要赶快吃掉,不然会化的。
P看着照片说: 蛋糕不好看。 好吧,我要声明一下,蛋糕比看上去的好吃。
Brie white-chocolate cheesecake (adapted from Pure chocolate) 4 oz white chocolate, chopped 1. Preheat the oven to 300°F. May 29 Cherry blossom again再不更新,5月就溜走了,夏天开始悄无声息的到来。
Peter说他最喜欢这张,一定要我放上来。我问到底哪里好,他也说不出来,可就是喜欢,呵呵。
这张不是我拍的,听着peter说花已经开了,拍不到心里实在舍不得,就拜托他替我去拍。尽管能挑出一大堆的毛病来,可我还是最喜欢这张,锦缎似的~~
记得去年做过的樱花甜点吗?最让我惊艳的Cherry blossom cardamom english cream,实在是很喜欢,所以今年又做了,不过是以Crème brûlée的形式。味道还是那么迷人,小小用力敲开焦糖,露出底下香滑的蛋奶,几乎融合了我的最爱。
很好奇cherry blossom和cream cheese在一起会是什么味道。这个no-bake cheesecake里加了细细切碎的樱花,上面一层樱花冻,下面是原味的joconde sans beurre. 至于味道嘛,淡淡的花香,要细细的品,口感很清爽。
May 21 When you're goneI always needed time on my own
I never thought I'd need you there when I cry
And the days feel like years when I'm alone
And the bed where you lie is made up on your side
When you walk away I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day And make it ok
I miss you ---- For my beloved grandma
2009. 5.19. 8:30pm
March 27 Chocolate madeleines with Buddha's hand zest我放着马上要meet deadline的东西不写,跑来更新是为了什么呀?我被打击到了,我被蛋糕神遗弃了,我一连做了3个蛋糕----都失败了!
还没有开始烤整个面糊就香气四逸,和我想象的一样,加了Buddha's hand zest 味道完全就不一样了。buddha's hand 是我闻过最好闻的水果,花香加橙香的味道。照片把它拍丑了,实物是更漂亮的。我把它们切片放在糖罐头里,做buddha's hand sugar,这样就算过季没有了,我还能保留这个味道,闻到它实在是很幸福的事呀。
扯远了,回到我的comfort food,madeleines出炉时就有股浓浓的巧克力香,当你咬破这个小点心时,里面有一个惊喜,就好像花儿一下子绽放开来,花香伴着巧克力的苦香,Mmm......这一刻我的心受到了抚慰,看来我还没有完全被遗弃,还是有救的。原食谱是单纯的chocolate madeleine,我加进了zest,觉得比原来的更好。 Chocolate madeleines (adapted from Pure chocolate) 3 oz unsalted butter 1. 把奶油溶化,放在一边放凉。 我在面糊里加了1/2tsp的Buddha's hand zest。如果没有,用橙子,柠檬或者是青檬皮,也是一样美味的。这个食谱不甜,偏苦。 March 14 我很勤劳的......我说过的,这次会勤劳------勤劳的清理冰箱。上次做东西剩下的材料,蛋白、橘子奶油,塔皮全部凑到一块,就有了这个Mandarin meringue tartlet. 其实,我一直都是想做Lemon meringue tart的,只是每次都阴差阳错的错过了。
做这个也是为了上面的挤花,挤得各式各样,很漂亮,可惜这次材料不够,就做了2个,还没挤过隐呢。最后Blow torch烧一烧就很漂亮了,不过这个烧焦了点。
去花市买了点花,在那里挑了半天,就为了配颜色。想做一个漂亮的球状插花,无奈没什么天赋,只能弄成这样。多下来的放在窗台上,坐着上网一抬头能看到它,心情就很好。
|
|||||||
|
|