Archive for the ‘Japanese’ Category

• Melon Buns (Meron Pan)

  Posted in: Baking,Japanese - Thursday, February 23 2012

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  Hot on the heels of recreating my childhood baked favourite of Castella (Kasutera) this month for the Sweet Adventures Blog Hop (Love At First Bite), I managed to stretch my trip down memory lane further with a batch of Melon Buns (Meron Pan in Japanese). These buns are almost as quintessentially Japanese as Castella (ironically [...]

  
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• Strawberry Castella (Kasutera)

  Posted in: Baking,Japanese,Thermomix - Monday, February 20 2012

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  It’s hard to believe how fast 2012 is moving along already isn’t it? Before you know it we’ll have knocked over one-sixth of the year! One fun way to count down the months has been the Sweet Adventures Blog Hop which has been running now for four months. This month’s hop is hosted by Nic [...]

  
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• Easy Teriyaki Chicken

  Posted in: Japanese - Thursday, February 02 2012

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  It felt a bit odd adding ‘Easy’ to this post’s title as it alludes that teriyaki chicken is somehow complicated to cook. You’d be forgiven for assuming that something which tastes so good must require some secret ingredient or deft kitchen skills but that isn’t the case at all. I guess the aim of this [...]

  
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• Kinako (Roasted Soybean Flour) & Cookies

  Posted in: Japanese - Tuesday, January 10 2012

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  A lesser known culinary item greatly loved by Japanese people but quite often dismissed as bland by foreigners is kinako, or roasted soybean flour. It’s a decidedly traditional, niche food and I have rarely seen it used as anything other than an accompaniment to glutinous rice (mochi) and similar desserts. Kinako can be an acquired [...]

  
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• Yakisoba Noodles with Pork Belly

  Posted in: Food,Japanese - Wednesday, October 19 2011

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  There are some nights during the week when I need a quick and easy dinner for the kids and hubby. I get home at 6pm and my mission is to have dinner on the table by 6:30pm lest Armageddon strikes. Thirty minutes. Do I turn to Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals (which I still read as meals [...]

  
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• Miso Katsudon – Crumbed Pork with Miso Sauce

  Posted in: Food,Japanese - Friday, July 15 2011

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  Hot on the heels of my Oyakadon (chicken rice bowl) recipe is the mighty Katsudon; a rice bowl dish of delicious crumbed pork with a tasty miso sauce. There is a specific sauce (Tonkatsu sauce) to eat with crumbed pork in Japan but I decided to try out a miso sauce on this occasion. You [...]

  
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