Home-made Dark Chocolate Truffles

OK fine, I'm a chocolate eater only if it's dark. Sometimes, I can eat a box (12 pieces) in one sitting while watching TV. It would be nice if I will learn how to make chocolate, as a start I have here Truffles. Truffles are very cheap here in Costco, but they are made of milk-chocolate. I made them into cubes instead of cirlces :)

I adapted this recipe from Famous French Dessert. The mistake I made here was I refrigerated the truffles first before I rolled in cocoa powder. That's why the outcome looks like wet.(I know better next time!)

8 oz 70% dark chocolate (break into small pieces)

1 cup cream (I used all purpose)

1 cup cocoa powder (I used Godiva cocoa)

Place the chocolate in a large bowl, then set aside. Slightly boil the cream, pour the cream over chocolate and keep stirring until the chocolates melted. Keep stirring until the gnache (chocolate mix) thickens and warm. Spread the gnache in a wax paper. Slice the gnache into a small cube. Roll the gnache in cocoa powder.

Voila! Home-made Dark Chocolate Truffles!

Note: This can be made into ball, roll it with other toppings like coconut, butter, and other variations.

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Simple Sauteed Beansprout

The cheapest and maybe healthiest side dish for today. I was passing by the Traditional Market and bought a bunch of beansprout for only NT$10 (3 cents). I sauteed it with leeks, seasoned with salt and pepper, dropped a little bit of soy sauce and that's it!

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Weekend Food Tour: Bei Hai Dao Hot Pot Soup

After watching Harry Potter, without second thought my friend and I decided to have Hot Pot Soup in our favorite Shabu-Shabu (Huo Guo) Place in Da Zhi.

The vegetables are set menu, there are choices for soup flavor, and noodles or rice. For the sauce, I have a mixture of onion, garlic, chili, green onion, bean paste, and soy sauce.

Some slices of chicken and beef for flavor.

Here it is, just put everything and let it boil...

Be careful, it's really hot...pot...

And for my dessert, I had this warm sweet green beans,

 there are also unlimited choices of fruits, soda, juice, tea, and coffee .

After an hour we had our Traditional Foot and Body Masage,

what a relaxing Satuday :)

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Ordinary Buttermilk Scones

I haven't work in my kitchen for a while, I made this long time ago and here I'm sharing it to everyone.

1 1/2 cup self-rising flour (+ extra for dusting)

1 tablespoon powder sugar

pinch of salt

1/3 cup butter, cut into small pieces

1 egg lightly beaten

1/4 cup buttermilk

Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F). Place a parchment paper in a baking sheet. Sift the flour, sugar, and salt in a mixing bowl and rub in the butter with fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured counter. Cut out with into circles wit ay size of your choice. Place the scones on the prepared baking sheet, and brush the tops with the reserved milk. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the scones are golden brown.

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Home-made Shabu-Shabu

It's time of the year where Hot Pot Soup (Shabu-Shabu) is in season. In Taipei, mostly the restaurants offer Eat All You Can. I decided to make my own, since I have my own electric stove as shown above. The only difference is the sauce. I only have wasabi in soysauce.

Well, some of the flavored ingredients were bought that way. The base soup is just like hot water and I added some seasonings (any of your choice). For the vegetables, I have string mushroom and romaine lettuce.

It's really a comfort food for me, yum!

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