When I was a child, Japanese Persimmon trees were everywhere in my home town. Many families owned one. If you have a Persimmon tree, you get more fruit than you can consume every Autumn. My mother used to hang the peeled Persimmons in the early winter’s cold dry air to make Dried Persimmons. You can …
When I was looking for Ukrainian foods on the internet and came across ‘Walnuts Stuffed Prunes’, I was not very interested. I was not a big fan of Dried Prunes, though I was fully aware of the health benefit of Prunes. ‘Walnuts Stuffed Prunes’ should be super easy to make, so I made a few. …
According to the ‘Cherry Varenyky’ recipes I found, I should use fresh Cherries. Cherry season in Melbourne is December. It’s March now. I couldn’t wait that long and I decided to use Frozen Cherries. It’s challenging to make ‘Cherry Varenyky’ using Frozen Cherries OR Canned Cherries, but it can be done. The juice that comes …
Some Apples were turning wrinkly and I stewed them. I stored the stewed Apple in the fridge. On a hot day, I ate the chilled stewed Apple with leftover whipped Cream and Vanilla Ice Cream. As I always have a jar of Rum-steeped Sultanas, I poured some over the Ice Cream. And it was bloody …
My ‘Super Easy Peach Cobbler’ can be made with a variety of Fruit. Today I used Fresh Cherries (Dark Coloured Cherries) that are in season. When Fresh Cherries are not available, You can use Frozen Cherries OR Canned Cherries, but you need to alter the amount of Sugar accordingly. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients 500g Fresh …
Jam stuffed cupcakes are popular, but I have never seen Pineapple Jam stuffed ones in Australia. Australia produces a lot of Pineapples, but it is funny that I have never seen Pineapple Jam either. Today I made Pineapple Jam using canned Pineapple to make these cupcakes. There is something you need to know when you …
Pineapple Jam is tricky to make. As Pineapple contains very little pectin, it won’t thicken if you cook it like other popular jam fruit. I recommend to process Pineapple into paste. You need to add a fair amount of Sugar. You would need to add Lemon Juice for extra sourness. This is a recipe you …
When I first made Plum Jam, the hardest challenge was removing stones. The recipe said that I needed to cut Plums in half and remove stones, but I just couldn’t do that. DO NOT try to do so. Cook Plums with stones. Best part of a Plum is actually around the stone. You can remove …
My daughter recently moved out and started living independently. She bought some cookware for her new life. She invested extra money to buy a good rice cooker that has Cake Cooking function. Now I am writing this recipe for her so that she can make our family’s favourite upside-down cake using her rice cooker. Makes …
This is a great way to save your old Apples that have turned wrinkly and spongy. Of course, you can cook fresh ones. Since I started cooking Broccoli in the pan-steam-frying method, I am cooking many things in the same way. The frying pan method works for savoury Vegetables, why not for sweet Fruit? Ingredients …
I use Snow Fungus mainly for salads and soups, but I recently discovered that Snow Fungus is often used for sweets in some Asian countries. Snow Fungus is tasteless and it has unique gelatinous texture, and it is believed that Snow Fungus has some medicinal benefits. Today I cooked it with Pear in lemony syrup. …
I bought a bag of Frozen Raspberries. I was VERY DISAPPOINTED when I found most of the Raspberries were broken into tiny pieces. I picked good ones to make a dessert, and a lot of broken crumbles were left in the bag. What would you do with the crappy Raspberries? I made this sauce. It …