Amarena Wild Cherries

"Wow! What a beautiful bottle! Who cares about the cherries?" These were M & I's initial replies when our client gave us these Fabbri Amarena Wild Cherries. We had no idea what we were missing out till we tried the cherries for the first time. 

During the meeting, a cocktail was prepared for us to try. It was prepared with a teaspoon of Amarena syrup, some cherries and champagne. It was so refreshing and makes me want to have more. Oh gosh! Did I mention that we were drinking at 12pm?

For the sweet-toothed, you can add the Amarena cherries onto scoops of vanilla bean ice cream and drizzle some Amarena syrup for a finishing touch.

These Fabbri Amarena wild cherries are simply divine! You will not know till you try it for yourself!

Beancurd with Gingko Nuts & Barley Dessert

To me, no dinner is complete without dessert. I personally enjoy this particular dessert as it is known to beneficial to us, women. The beancurd is known to improve our complexion and gingko nuts if taken in moderation is good for our brains. Pssst! Ladies out there, give this beauty food a try.

Ingredients (Serve 2)
50g dried beancurd,
100g Holland barley, rinsed
16 gingko nuts
2 egg whites
750g water
2 pandan leaves, tied into a knot
Yellow rock sugar

Method
Soak dried beancurd till soften and remove hard pieces. Break into small pieces.

Bring water to a boil and add beancurd pieces and pandan leaves. Cook for 30 mins over low heat.

Add barley and simmer for 1 1/2 hours.

Stir in the gingko nuts and rock sugar. Cook for 30 mins.

Bring the mixture to a boil at medium heat. Gently stir in the egg white and cook for 5 mins.

Serve warm.

Snow Fungus & Chinese Pear Dessert

Oh my! The hot and humid weather is back again and I just love to have nice bowl of healthy and refreshing dessert. Snow fungus and Chinese pear is one of my fave combination.

Chinese New Year is just round the corner, and lots of goodies waiting to feast on. This dessert is a good way to keep the sore throats and coughs at bay as snow fungus is known to soothe the lungs and throats. Good to have this at least once a week!

Ingredients (Serve 4)
2 Chinese snow pears
2 pieces of dried snow fungus
20g apricot kernels (mixture of sweet and bitter)
Yellow rock sugar to taste

Method
Soak snow fungus into hot water till softened. Break into small pieces and trim off hard bases.

Wash pears and cut into halves. Remove cores and trim hard stems.

Rinse apricot kernels with water. Add 2 litres of water into a slow cooker, followed by pears, snow fungus and apricot kernels.

Simmer for approx. 1 1/2 hours.

Stir in yellow rock sugar before serving.

Variation: Replace snow pears with 1/2 small papaya

Yummy - My Latest Creations

It's the festive season once again! And my desire to try out new baking receipes is back... The experience of baking is heightened since I've found a wonderful baking buddy, C.

Today, we decided to try something new - Cornflakes Cookies & Chocolate Eclairs. Hmm... Yummy! So what shall we bake next?

Top: Cornflakes Cookies
Bottom: Chocolate Eclairs