Grilled Rib with Beer Sauce

Summer is the time for us to grill food outdoor but so far I still didn't try to grill ribs on BBQ grill at open fire.I promise myself I'm going to try open fire grill very soon.I guess I fear by grilling over open fire my food will get burnt!! I think baking ribs in oven gave me the sense of comfort because I can set the temperature and timer to mine desire.Anyway,here is my Baked Ribs with Salt ,Pepper and Beer.This method of grilling ribs in the oven is really easy,not to said the ribs is really soft and moist. If you don't have BBQ grill outdoor,you might try this method.

Ingredients:
1 rack of ribs,cut excess fats and meat away
3 tbsp fine sea salt
3 tbsp ground black pepper
2 tbsp sugar
For sauce:
2 tbsp tomato paste
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 cup beer
maltose for brushing*optional*
Method:
1:Prepare a clean rack of rib,with a knife, cut a small slit through the silvery membrane at 1 end of the rack. Using a paper towel, grip the cut portion of the membrane, gently peel it from the rack, and discard.
2:Combine sugar,salt and pepper in a bowl.Rub mixture on both sides of each rack. Place ribs on a aluminum foil in rimmed baking sheet, cover, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours (or overnight).
3:Meanwhile,heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add tomato paste and brown sugar, and cook for 1 minute. Stir in beer, scraping the pan,continuing to stir, until sugar dissolves. Use immediately, or let cool completely, cover, and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.
4:Preheat oven at 375 F to bake setting.Place rubbed rib in the oven middle rack on baking tray and cook for 45 minutes each side until meat tender
5:Brush both sides of ribs with the beer sauce,then turn the oven setting to broil.Cook rib for another 10 minutes until glistening and deep mahogany color.
6:Remove rib from oven and brush with maltose.Let it stand for 5-10 minutes before cut and serve.

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Berries Smoothies

One of the great delights of summer is the abundance of fruit.Fruit like strawberry,blueberries,blackberries,cheery,peach and watermelon are relatively cheap now.Each week when I do my food shopping,I'm sure buy few punnets of berries for Mishu. But she can't finish all these fruit in a week .These fruit don't have long shelf life even thought I store them in fridge....the appearance doesn't look great but still can be eaten.. so I decided make a Fruit Smoothie for Mishu and she love it!

Ingredients:
1/2 punnet strawberry,about 6 oz
1/2 punnet blueberries,about 2 oz
1/2 punnet blackberries,about 2 oz
1 cup whole milk
2 tbsp sugar or to taste
2 cups ice cubes or more
Method:

1:Combine all fruits ,ice cubes ,milk and sugar in blender.Press smoothie function or pulse for couple of times until all ice cubes and fruits mix well.
2:Check the taste before pour and serve immediately.

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Bread Machine:Maple and Oatmeal Loaf

Most of the time I only buy wholemeal loaf for hubby's sandwich.Since I bought a breadmaker, I try to make bread myself.I understand wholemeal grain is healthy for our body.The American Diabetes Association recommends an increased intake of dietary fibre and whole grain products to prevent the development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease .The term "whole grain" is often used to describe both whole-meal products in which the structure of the kernel has been destroyed and cereal products in which a large proportion of the grain is intact. I make this oatmeal bread 3 days ago,but until today the loaf is still soft.If you're wholemeal or grain person,you might want to try out this recipe:)

Ingredients:
1 1/3 cups water
2 tbsp maple syrup
3 1/4 cups white bread flour
3/4 cup whole-wheat flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
2 tbsp whole ground Flaxseed Meal
1 tsp salt
1 tsp granulated sugar
3 tbsp butter
1 tbsp rapid-rise active dry yeast
1 tbsp bread improver*optional*
Method:

1:Pour the water into the bread machine pan and then add the maple syrup.If the instructions for your machine specify that the yeast is to be placed in the pan first,reverse the order in which you add the liquid and dry ingredients.
2:Sprinkle both white and whole-wheat flours over,then the rolled oats and ground Flaxseed Meal ,ensuring that the water is completely covered.
3:Add the salt,sugar and butter,placing them in separate corner of the bread pan.Make a shallow indentation in the center of the flour(but not down as far as the liquid) and add the yeast.
4:Set the bread machine to the basic/dough setting,medium crust.Press start.I didn't bake the bread in bread machine ,so I used dough setting.After it's proof,I removed dough from bread machine pan to regular loaf pan because my bread machine pan are vertical,so I prefer my regular pan and bake in oven at 375 F for 25-30 minutes.
5:Remove the bread at the end of the cycle and turn out onto a wire rack to cool.

Note:

The key to have soft and moist bread is to store the bread in air tight container and add in bread improver.

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Creamy Seafood with Saffron

I'm been looking high and low for a Latin's creamy seafood's dish recipe but sadly I dunno the name of this dish.We celebrated Father's Day dinner at one of the local Latin's restaurant nearby.Hubby ordered a creamy seafood dish and it's taste so great!! I forget to look at the name..Anyway,I created my own Creamy Seafood dish and hubby gave thumb up except the coconut milk.He said I shouldn't add coconut milk into the sauce because the flavor is too strong,over taking the fresh seafood taste in the dish..If you're are up to challenging to try Latin's dish,you might try this Cream Seafood dish!!

Ingredients:
1 lbs clam,wash and soaked in salt water for hours before use or you can use frozen clean clam
10 large shrimp,shelled and deviened
12 oz fresh salmon
5-6 large scallop

For the sauce:
2 tbsp oil
4-5 cloves garlic,peeled and chopped
2 cups whole milk or half and half
200 ml coconut milk*optional* if you opt out coconut milk add in more milk
I packet Sazón with Coriander and Annatto
1 packet Sazón with Azafrán
2 tbsp Chicken Bouillon powder
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp salt
5-6 thread saffron
1 cup frozen mix vegetable
1 small onion,peel and sliced
some cilantro for garnish
Method:

1:Heat large deep skillet at medium high heat with oil,add in garlic,fry until light brown,then add in milk ,coconut milk ,sugar,chicken bouillon ,salt and both Sazon seasoning.Increase the heat to high.
2:When the sauce is bubbling boil,add in saffron,clam,shrimp,salmon,scallop ,onion and frozen mix vegetables.Check the seasoning.
3:Cook for 5-10 minutes or until it's sauce is bubbling boil again.Remove skillet immediately from heat.*do not over cook seafood and fish*
4:Dish out,garnish wt cilantro and serve warm with rice.

Note:

You can use any type of seafood and fish.But I found salmon taste really creamy and soft with this sauce.

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Baked Potatoes with Butter and Parmesan

Potatoes are relatively cheap and it's a staple food for most of American .I preferred to use Russet Burbank potatoes or Russet from Idaho because it's has starchy and creamy texture and easily to cook..Hubby loves potatoes but I run out of idea how to cook his dinner..or side dishes..Actually I peeled and cut these batch of potatoes for making soup but end up baking this batch of potatoes for his dinner.Hubby gave a thump up said it's very tasty and good!! If you are looking for potatoes side dish,you might want to try this simple and easy potatoes dish!!





Ingredients:
5 medium size Idaho potatoes,peel and cut quarter
2 tbsp butter
1 tbsp seasalt
1 tsp ground pepper
some Parmesan cheese ,for sprinkle
handful cilantro or Italian parsley ,chopped
Method:
1:Preheat oven to 375 F.Prepare a baking dish with aluminum foil,combine cut potatoes with butter ,ground black pepper and sea salt well.
2:Bake potatoes for 35-40 minutes or until lightly golden brown.Then sprinkle with some Parmesan cheese and Italian parsley.
3:Serve warm as side dish.

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Perfect Panna Cotta Recipe From David Lebovitz

I been longing to make Panna Cotta for a while but didn't make any effort until now..Whenever I blog hopping I see this dessert pop out all over some famous blog and food site..Since berries and mango are on sale and abundant now,why not now right? Panna cotta is an Italian dessert made by simmering together cream, milk and sugar, mixing this with gelatin, and letting it cool until set. An Italian phrase which literally means "cooked cream", it generally refers to a creamy..Before I make this dessert,I thought this dessert involved alot of work but to my surprised ,this dessert is amazing easy and simple to prepared!!

Ingredients:
For Upper Layer Adapted from David Lebovitz Perfect Panna_Cotta

4 cups or 1 liter heavy cream (or half-and-half)I used heavy whipped cream
1/2 cup (100g) sugar
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, or 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
2 packets powdered gelatin (about 4 1/2 teaspoons)
6 tablespoons (90ml) cold water

For Bottom Layer
2 cups mango puree( I used fresh mango )
1/2 cup sugar
1 packet powdered gelatin
Method:
For Bottom Layer:

1:Prepare 8 clean glasses,set aside.Puree mango with sugar,if necessary add in 3 tbsp water.
2:Sprinkle the gelatin over the mango puree in a bowl and let stand 5 to 10 minutes.
3:Divide the Mango mixture into the prepared cups, then chill them until firm.

For Top Layer:
1: Heat the heavy cream and sugar in a saucepan or microwave. Once the sugar is dissolved, remove from heat and stir in the vanilla extract.
(If using a vanilla bean, scrape the seeds from the bean into the cream and add the bean pod. Cover, and let infuse for 30 minutes. Remove the bean then rewarm the mixture before continuing.)
2. Sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water in a medium-sized bowl and let stand 5 to 10 minutes.
3. Pour the very warm Panna Cotta mixture over the gelatin and stir until the gelatin is completely dissolved.
4. Divide the Panna Cotta mixture over the mango layer into the prepared cups, then chill them until firm, which will take at least two hours but I let them stand at least four hours. If you're pressed for time, pour the Panna Cotta mixture into wine goblets so you can serve them in the glasses, without unmolding
5:Run a sharp knife around the edge of each Panna Cotta and unmold each onto a serving plate, and garnish as desired.
This glass is without mango puree
this dessert is great to ideal to serve at any party

Note:

You can use any fruit at the bottom or can leave without.Some people prefer to have fruit glaze on the top..

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Bacon Pizza Recipe from "The Bon Appetit"

Hubby and Mishu loves pizza very much.They both can eat pizza everyday.Unfortunately I'm not a pizza person,I'm still a rice or noodles person.I make pizza for them almost weekly. Recently I bought "Bon Appetit" cookbook at discount store..I found few pizza dough recipe in that cookbook..I altered the topping given to my own favourite topping and changed the grilling method on open grill to oven.I also used my bread maker to mix the dough instead of kneading with hands.So for now I already tried one of the dough recipe and found it's quite good!! If your family love pizza like mine,why not try to make your own pizza at home? Ingredients:
1 cup warm water(105 F-115 F)
1 tbsp sugar
1 envelope dry yeast( I used instant active yeast)
3 tbsp olive oil
3 cups or more all purpose flour ( I used bread flour)
1 1/2 tsp salt

Method:
1:Combine 1 cup warm water and sugar in processor.Sprinkle yeast over;let stand until yeast dissolves and mixture is foamy,about 10 minutes.
2:Add oil,then 3 cups flour and salt.Process until dough comes together,about 1 minute.
3:Turn dough out onto floured work surface.Knead until dough is smooth and elastic,adding more flour by tablespoonfuls,if dough is sticky ,about 5 minutes.
4:Lightly oil large bowl,add dough and turn to coat.Cover bowl with plastic wrap,then clean kitchen towel.Let stand in warm draft-free area until dough doubles in volume,about 1 hour.
5:Punch down dough.Knead dough in bowl until smooth,about 2 minutes.Spread dough over brick pan .Cover loosely with towel and set aside until double in volume.
6:Spread your favourite topping on the dough: Spaghetti /tomato sauce,shredder cheese and bacon..
7:Bake at 375 F for 30 minutes or until lightly brown.Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve warm.
I used Breadmaker,so I dump everything(ingredients) in the mixing pan and press dough function to let the machine knead and proof the dough until the cycle finished.

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