Miss A's Secret Life.: 2012

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Salted-butter caramel Macarons

Salted-butter caramel

Ingradients (for 40 macarons)
Caster sugar: 250g
Water: 75ml
Fresh full-fat pouring cream: 120ml
Salted butter: 200g

1. Heat the sugar and water in a saucepan, over a medium heat. Without stirring!! Otherwise, it will be crystallization.

This is the right colour of the caramel.

Overcooked caramel.

2. Next add the pouring cream into the caramel.

3. Once the cream is well incorporated into the caramel, remove from the heat when it reaches 108 degree, and incorporate the butter in small pieces.

4. Beat until the caramel is smooth and even.

5. Chill in the fridge for at least 1.5 hours

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Vanilla butter cream and Chocolate ganache Macarons.

心意意試新野.
這是我的生日禮物.
愛死我的朋友們 !
所以相約Macaron Buddies一起試新玩具.
第一次嘗試整Macarons.好緊張同好興奮.

Italian macarons

Ingredients: (for 40 macarons, shells 3cm)
Ground almonds: 200g
Icing sugar: 200g
Water: 75ml
Caster sugar: 200g
Aged egg whites: 2 x 80g
Vanilla bean: 1/2

Vanilla butter cream
Softened butter: 350g
Icing sugar: 140g
Ground almonds: 160g
Vanilla bean: 1/2 or few drops of vanilla extracts

When the syrup reaches 115 degrees, remove the saucepan from heat and pour the syrup in a thin stream into the beaten egg whites.

Combine to beat the meringue for about 10 mins, so that it cools a little.
Combine the tant pour tant with the remaining egg whites, making a smooth almond paste.

Incorporate about 1/3 of the meringue into the almond paste in order to loosen the mixture a little, then add the rest of the meringue, working the batter.

第一次也算是成功吧.

Piping time. Chocolate ganache and vanilla butter cream filling.

完成 !! 這就是我們的製成品~
Yum~好好味.

Monday, 4 June 2012

Sick...

考試前2天終於生病了... =(

Mini Pooh: Nice cola~

下午來杯熱檸樂.可以助我盡快康復嗎?

小睡一會.繼續努力.

Mini Pooh: Omg... headache...

要睡了.明天還有考試.

Good night~ Zzz

P.S. 毋忘六四

Sunday, 3 June 2012

Sweet strawberry

很久沒幫Mini Pooh洗白白.
是時候幫他清潔一下.

去旅行要做足準備~
"指南針.有!
地圖. 有!
我仲問屋企人借左部手提電話添~"
90年代電視經典對白.
相信無人不曉.

讀書讀上腦了.瘋了.

Mini Pooh: Im so CLEAN ! =)

終於有一顆像樣的草莓.終於長得像圖一樣了.
I Love sweet strawberry~

Mini Pooh: I don't want honey, I want this strawberry now~

It is mine. kakaka~~

Saturday, 14 April 2012

Our Little Farm. Day 1.

Day 1.

Goodbye UGLY orchid!!
It looks more tidy now.
Plan A: We want to plant tulip, but it seems too trouble. Give up.
Plan B: We decided to plant some herbs, fruit, vege and flowers. 1/3 part is for herbs, 1/3 part is for fruit and vege, and 1/3 part is for flowers. Wow~ should be so pretty. Our ideal garden. Just ideal. Haha~

Soil improver and fertilizer for the soil.

After mixed all fertilizer and soil improver, our little land is ready for plant. =)

Plants from left to right.

Spearmint.

Spring Onion.

I grew spring onion from the seeds before I went back to HK for holiday. They had some seedlings and they were growing well. However, when I came back to Perth, they all Died!!! T_T Because someone forgot to water them! My poor baby spring onion...

Chives.

It looks like a fountain~ haha.

Ginger.

Basil Mint.

Temptation Strawberry.

It has some pretty white flowers.

Tarpan Strawberry.

Radish (Long White Icicle) seeds.

Sow: all year round.
Harvest: 3-4 weeks.

Sow thinly, 5mm deep in rows 25cm apart. Thin seedlings to 3-5cm apart when the second leaf has grown. Repeat at fortnightly intervals. Seedlings emerge 5-8 days.

Carrot (Early Nantes) seeds.

Sow: Winter through to Autumn.
Harvest: 8-10 weeks.

Sow Winter through to Autumn in a well cultivated soil and a sunny position. Separate the strips and roll out into prepared rows which are 5mm deep and 30cm apart. Cover with soil and keep moist. Seedlings emerge 7-14 days.

Pansy (Swiss Giants Ullswater Blue) seeds.

Sow: Autumn, Spring too in cool climates.
Flowers: 14-16 weeks from sowing.

Sow seeds thinly 5mm deep. Cover lightly, firm down and keep moist.Seedlings emerge 21-28 days.When large enough thin to 10 apart. transplant to flowering position 15cm apart.

Pansy (Blackjack) seeds.

Sow: Mid Summer to early Winter.
Flowers: 16 weeks

Sow seeds thinly 5mm deep. Just cover the seed and keep moist. Transplant the seedlings when sturdy into well prepared garden soil. Space 15-20cm apart.Seedlings emerge 21-28 days.