Pierre Herme's Sable Viennois

Chinese New Year is coming .... So, mom is asking me to make some cookie for all relative as present stuff. She is sick of buying all those cookie from the street vendor. Reason? Some of them are selling it really expensive and nothing so special. and another reason? Because Chilie is home! make use of my time n skill I guess. Hahaha... :p  After some searching in the internet , I found a recipe from Pierre Herme. Sable Viennois. Hmmm..... Gonna give it a try... It really came out surprisingly DELICIOUS! Omg.. you have to try this.

Pierre Herme's Sable Viennois

Ingredients:
95g               Unsalted Butter, soften
1g                 Salt
1/8 tsp          Vanilla paste
40g               Icing Sugar
15g               Egg White
115g             Plain flour 

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180C.
2. In a mixing bowl, whisk butter until creamy.
3. Add Icing sugar and salt to butter and continue to whisk until light and creamy.
4. Whisk in egg white until it is well combined.
5.  Add in sifted flour and mix until well combined.
6. Spoon dough into a piping bag fitted with a star tip.
7. Pipe circles on to a prepared pan.
8. Bake cookies at 180C for 10-12 mins.
9. Transfer and cool on a wire rack. Then store in a airtight container.

 P/S: For chocolate version, swap 10-15g of plain flour to cocoa powder.

So there you go, need some packing n labeling then it's ready for Chinese New Year!! Hooray!! Em... Mom, How many relative we have? How many boxes u need? 30 boxes maybe.. O.O  Again?! Oook... I'm off to ingredient shopping now! Bye...

Cheers

Chilie

Happy New Year 2013!!

Hello  ~

Happy New Year to Everyone!!

Time flies. It's another year gone. Getting another year older.. Haiz.....

We are sort of busy and lazy ... *flush flush.. hahaha

I promise promise to get more more more update this year. :p

Cheers

Chilie

John Kepplers (Premium Irish Cider)

Ok. On a recent trip to Dublin, I tried an Irish Cider.

 

 

Taste Test Time    

                  

        I have tasted lots of cider, and I think its a excellent summer drink. So when I seen a new (new to me) brand I wanted to give it a try. I bought a few of the 500ml cans-which were cheap. From the pictures you can see below its a black can with a large red apple in the middle. The Cider is from C&R Drink Link ltd. which was set up in 2004. Kepplers is made in Midleton Co. Cork an area that's more well known for its whiskey.

 

                                                                   

Kepplers Irish Cider

When trying a cider its a good idea to drink it from a chilled glass. On first pour this cider had a lot happening, its was bubbly, and its head fizzed off quick. The colour was bright orange & looked inviting.

Now, for the all important taste. It was sweet and you could almost feel the bubbles on your nose as you sipped it back. Its was a good Apple flavour, simple and not over powering.

For me the taste was very like Bulmer's Cider, with the added bonus of being cheaper. This is a winner. Kepplers also boasts a nice 6%ABV, I will definitely have a John Kepplers again.

In general, World Cider drinking is growing. I found the following paragraph from "thegrocer.co.uk" website...
  Half the world’s 20 million hl worth of cider sales are in the UK and Ireland. Heineken is the world’s biggest cider producer, with a 19.5% share of global sales, C&C is second with 12.7% and third is African company Distell (30% of which is owned by SAB Miller) with 12.1%.

So with this in mind go try Kepplers or another Cider & join the revolution!

Kepplers Irish Cider

Some cookie please....

Hi,

How things going? I know I know I know..... It's been a while we didn't update the blog...

We've been travelling everywhere and sometime internet isn't that handy... :(

We were in Ireland for a month , then back to Malaysia , then a wedding in Jakarta, then China for about 3 weeks which is the worst for internet, blogging n facebook stuff, we all know abt that...

Am now back to Malaysia, feeling lost n don't know what to do. thinking of working with others and thinking of opening up my own shop too..

Am I thinking too much and blah blah blah.......too much to tell u guys.

Why not sit down with me and have some tea n cookie!  :) That makes me more happy.. :P


Simple Butter Cookie 
200g Unsalted Butter
200g Caster Sugar
1       Egg
400g Plain Flour, sifted
1tsp  Vanilla Extract (or any flavour u like)


Method:
1. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Add egg and flavouring mix until well cooperated.
3. Fold in the flour.
4. Shape it into a disk and wrap in cling wrap. Put into the fridge for at least 30 mins.
5. Preheat the oven to 200c.
6. Roll it out to about 4mm thickness and cut it out with cookie cutter.
7. Bake it in the oven for 8-10mins or till cooked.

I bought some cookie cutter when I was in China. That's why I can't wait to try them out.. Hahaha...
There u go !!

The Angry Bird Cookie Cutter!

Cut n Cut n Cut

Fresh from the oven. :)

Opss.. They are Angrying !! When I forgot to take them out from the oven

Any packaging idea?
Logo designing is still in progress.

NOW..... Where is my tea ??


Love,

Chilie

Bear Beer (Danish Beer)

 

 

Hi all, its been awhile but here is a Beer I found in a supermarket in Malaysia. Lets get straight into it!

 

 

 

  TASTE TEST TIME

 

 

Recently I was in an International supermarket in Kuala Lumpur & I found an interesting beer name- So I said heck ill give it a go.

 

The Beers name is " Bear Beer ", & it comes from the Harboe Brewery in Denmark.  I bought a 33cl can. It was a smart simple can, Black in colour with a great white Bear in the middle.

 

To be honest I have been wanting to try a strong beer for a while & '' Bear Beer " had a nice 7.7% ABV to start me off. ( I know there are hundreds of more stronger beers,but I wanted to start a bit low).

 

The actual day I had this beer was one of the worst flooding in Selangor so I just grabbed it from the sinking fridge, there was no time to find a glass to take a picture! Sorry

 

The first taste seemed over powering & very Malty. Its had a very malty smell too. This did not stop me from finishing it. The strong taste lasted till the end of the can & altho its probably too malty for my likening this is well worth a try. Think Friday 6pm after a really long week at work to get you started quickly.

 

 

Go Try it & update me what you think.

 

Talk Soon

 

 

 

Bear Beer 7.7%ABV

                                        

18yr Chivas Regal (Scotland Whisky)

Hello folks, I hope the drinking is going well. Today I'm on the scotch whisky. Lets see how it goes.

Taste Test Time

Chivas Regal is one of the most recognisable brands in the whole world. Many years ago when I started drinking I found the name a bit funny to pronounce....Chives I would call it! trying to sound man like.
Anyway despite my stupidity Chivas has grown from strength to strength, because its so freely available & recognisable I think its lost a bit of its posh status.

Lets start with the bottle. Its in a clear glass bottle engraved with the year the original Chivas grocery store opened (1801). The label is rather grand, its a gold colour that mixes the name & age of the blend in blue (Pictured Below)

18yr CHIVAS REGAL

When I poured it into my glass it was a a sharp gold colour, its looks was appealing, rusty & bright.

Next was the all important taste. Recently I had been drinking single malt aged whisky so this was kind of a personal difference test.

At first you can taste the spiciness in the mouth. Its not a smooth taste. However after a few glasses the spiciness got a little less...but it remained. I can see why its popular. Its a whisky that lets your throat know "I'm here" so its a good drop. Its has a 40 % ABV so its a normal intake.

Overall this is a drop I would recommend. And it has been requested by Frank Sinatra on many of his backstage tours, So who am I to argue

18YR CHIVAS IN THE GLASS

18YR CHIVAS REGAL

If you would like to know more about "Chivas" simply click and go to the website. If you have tried it let me know what you think.

Talk to ya soon.

Tumans Monastrell ( Spanish Wine)

Im back on the Vino, and here is my review of this Spanish Drop.


Taste Test Time

A few nights ago I was invited out to dinner in Kuala Lumpur & I got to taste some Spanish red wine. The wine was from the "Salvador Poveda Winery" in Monovar, Alicante in Spain. It was a wine made from a grape Ive never heard of before "Monastrell".

The wine was from the Tuman range in 2006.

Tumans Monastrell

This is a great wine with a superb light fruity finish. This one of the smoothest wines I've tried. The taste also gives a great blend of berries in the mouth. A top choice. Its smells fruity as well & as you can see from the picture its a deep red in colour.

If your looking for a real easy to drink, smooth wine this is perfect. Go try it and comment a yay or nay.....