Must try this out - Rose Apple tart

Saw this in http://tikkido.com/node/750

Here are the photos to tempt u to visit their site for the recipe, or until i get to try it out & post my own version of this tart.

What do u think? Yummy & good presentation!

Red Durian

Last year, I wrote about red bananas & red oranges. Now I found out from a fellow blogger that there are red durians...

http://mount-kinabalu-borneo.com/blog/the-story-of-red-durian-seeds.html

Oranges.. & art

Great way to use orange & pomelo peel?

Wanna see more? http://crazeepatches.blogspot.com/

Red, red, red.... beyond the ordinary!

Ever tried --- Red Bananas ? Also known as Jamaican bananas. I showed many of my friends and everyone thought the inside would be red too! Great for baking & cooking, but I just love to eat it as is, slightly unripe.. Made some banana wholemeal muffins.

Sorry-lah... inside is just like an ordinary banana.

Some banana trivia :

• Did you know that bananas can be peeled & frozen in a plastic bag up to 6 mths!
• Bananas don't grow on trees... check out this site for more info....
  http://www.produceoasis.com/Items_folder/Fruits/RedBanana.html
  http://www.dole.eu/Products/FreshFruit/RedBananas/tabid/103/Default.aspx
  

Nutrition : 1 medium banana = 126 g = 110 calories - Low Fat, Sodium-free, Source of fiber and potassium, Source of vitamin C & B6, Cholesterol-free.

What about red oranges ? These are called Blood Oranges, pigmented orange or Moro orange, from the California. The juice is purplish red.. but not very sweet..

Nutrition : 1 medium orange = 154 g = 80 calories

http://www.produceoasis.com/Items_folder/Fruits/BloodOrange.html

Next is Red Pears! This is a bit more common. Juicy!

And what about this Red Man ?
Guess what -- it is a knife stand for your collection of knives. Perfect gift for someone who has just been dumped by their ex!!

OR .. Maybe you can send this to someone you HATE! ha..ha.. only joking because you won't be laughing if he turns up dead the next day and YOU WILL be the first suspect!!

More durian cakes! (2)

Durian, an acquired taste! As mentioned before I don't eat durians but I was attracted to this little shop "HAPPY MEAL", near Petaling Street, by the sheer smell of its durian butter cake! Its at the traffic light junction where you can find the large Popular Book shop, Hotel Malaya, flower boutique (wholesale).

It had freshly baked cakes & tarts (I saw them mixing the batter & baking it, right behind the cashier). .... I got carried away and bought durian butter cake, banana butter cake, plain butter cake (all@ RM1 per slice- worth it); durian tart, almond tart (@RM 2.50- a bit pricey there); durian cream puff (@RM2.40 per pack of 6 pcs), pineapple tart, chocolate cake slice and mixed bean tart.
My friends loved it, especially the durian butter cake & durian cream puff.. It had REAL DURIAN pieces inside, not just the bottled 'essence/flavour'! Only one problem... I wanted to buy some for the Arts & Crafts Guild AGM mentioned in the Crazeepatches craft blog. http://crazeepatches.blogspot.com/

I went at 11.30am .. the durian cakes where not ready.... I hanged around until 12.00noon... it was not baked yet... maybe 12.30, they said! Well, I had to go to work, ... so no cakes :(

I went @12.00 noon a couple of days later... again they said.. may be later in the afternoon... My friend went in the afternoon and .... Oh! it's all sold out!! Apparently, they only bake one large square of the cake a day!!

So, durian lovers and butter cake lovers... Try your luck when you are nearby, around lunchtime! It's a hit with the tourists too! One American backpacker I spoke to bought a slice of banana butter cake. When I recommended to him the durian cake, he said has tried durians & liked it, but wanted to try the banana cake (or maybe his GF didn't like durian). However, minutes later, they were back.. to try the durian butter cake !!! One more plus for tourism !!

How to cut a pineapple, "Malaysian Style"

The pineapple, with all its spiky, rough & tough exterior actually masks a delicious, juicy interior for all who venture to try it!

But how do you get at the flesh inside?? How do you cut it??

• One way --- is to hold it by its crown (you may need to use an oven glove/dish towel, to avoid cuts from its spiky leaves) and just slice thickly the outer skin. Then you have the 'eyes'. You could slice until the eyes are gone, but so is the flesh!! Nothing much left to eat, then!!

• We (my mom, fruit sellers,...), normally will slice diagonally and remove a few 'eye' at a time. keep turning the pineapple around in one hand. This keeps as much as the flesh intact and makes a lovely design once you finish!!
  
  You can cut it into rounds or lengthwise. If lengthwise, you can slice off the hard stem.
  
  
  
  
  



• Martha's way : I saw on Martha Stewart's Show a 'strange' way (to us Malaysians-lah!) of removing the eye's. She just digs out the eyes using a small melon-baller (you know, the one used to scoop watermelon flesh into small balls). Left unsightly holes in the pineapple... However, slice the pineapple into thin (as thin as possible) round slices and BAKE IT (yes!) until its dry & crispy and... Voila! you have lovely delicate pineapple flowers. She used it to top small cupcakes using the Hummingbird recipe (a banana & pineapple cake).

http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/dried-pineapple-flowers?lnc=5a79cf380e1dd010VgnVCM1000005b09a00aRCRD&rsc=recipecontent_food