【巧克力海綿蛋糕】Chocolate Meringue Sponge Cake

【巧克力海綿蛋糕】Chocolate Meringue Sponge Cake

Recipe adapted from sorted food

Ingredients:

125g softened butter

200g sugar

70g cake flour

2 eggs (separated)

30g cocoa powder

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

chocolate chips

Procedures:

1. Whisk the butter and half of the sugar until airy. Then add in the yolks. Last fold in the flour.

2. Whisk the meringue with the rest of the sugar until soft peaks form.

3. Put the cake layer at the bottom and spread the meringue on top. Sprinkle on some choco chips.

4. Bake at 180C for 20min

白癡都會的 【紅酒炆牛尾】Braised ox tail

客人到訪的時候，不知道做甚麼菜，最好就是炆東西。既簡單，有看似有心機。簡直是廚師最愛。

時間，就是熬出美食的最好調味品。

時間，足以讓人熬出白髮，卻同時讓我們變得成熟，更有風韻。

【紅酒炆牛尾】Braised ox tail

Ingredients: (serves 5-6)

Ox tail (hkd120)

2 carrot chopped

2 onion chopped

3 tomato diced (1 can tomato)

2pc bay leaf

2pc star anise

500ml chicken stock

150cl red wine (more may be added for self preference)

Seasoning: pepper salt, sugar and a bundle of herbs de province (rosemary, thyme)

Procedures:

1. Brown the ox tail.

2. Fry off the vegetables, return the ox tail to the pot.

3. Deglaze the pot with the wine. 

4. Allow the wine to reduce by half then pour in stock.

5. Bring the liquid to a boil and turn down to a simmer.

6. Braise in medium fire for at least 2hr. 

Note: 

Apart from braising on stove top, you may move the pot to the oven and bake at 160C for 2 hr.

The ox tail may be exchanged with beef brisket, the braising time will be down to 1-1.5hr only.

Reduce the sauce by allowing it to boil and evaporate the liquid.

Best served with rice. The sauce can be kept for cooking pasta the day after.