another post after a long break

Hi, it's been a long time since my last post. Do you miss me? ;;)
Actually during the long break, I have cooked/baked some food I wanna post in here. But I am (will always will- I guess) too lazy to search the photos that are buried under other 2,525 *catchy number, eh?* photos. It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack, you know.

So, I only have two of them in hand right now. Meringue Cookies and Kani Cream Korokke (another food from runnyrunny999)

*crisp*

Green Tea and Chocolate Meringue

Kani (Crab) Cream Korokke

 MERINGUE :

I'm going to talk about the meringue first, so that you don't get confused :p I think making meringue cookies is like making macarons but minus almond meal? It's easy and only took FEW ingredients to make for the basic ones (egg whites, sugar, vanilla extract, and cream of tartar). You can skip the cream of tartar and add a pinch of salt instead. SEE?! You can make this anytime. If you don't have those ingredients I guess there's something wrong with you *teehee*

Swiss Meringue Cookies
recipe adapted from somewhere

-4 egg whites 
-1 cup of sugar 
-a pinch of cream of tartar/salt
-1/4 tsp vanilla extract or other flavorings

1. Put everything except vanilla in a double boiler (You put ingredients in a heatproof metal bowl, then put the bowl on a pan filled with water)
2. Constantly whisk the mixture until it's warm to the touch or water is simmering (just almost boiling point, not boiled)
3. With an electric beater/stand mixer, whip up the egg whites until stiff and glossy peaks form. 
4. Then, put your flavoring and mix until just combine.
5. Pipe / scoop dough onto a cookie pan (greased and lined with a cookie sheet or parchment paper)
6. Bake on a preheated oven (100 degrees celsius) for 50-60 minutes.

Notes :

To make green tea meringues -add 2 tbsp green tea powder
        chocolate           -add 2 tbsp cocoa powder 

*I always add 1/4 tsp vanilla extract for any flavor though*


KANI CREAM KOROKKE :


A crispy yet creamy tasty Japanese treat! Just click on the link I gave you above for the recipe :) 
In the video, he (the cook) divided his dough into four pieces. I think it's too big, so I made mine into 13 balls *I gave my maid two balls BEFORE I took the photo. I DIDN'T eat it*

 Thanks for stopping bye, have a nice day in the kitchen! :D