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Anchor's tart and pies



Class started off today with the Pear Frangipane Tart. Chef Maymixed her very own special blend of pie crust mix consisting of flour, salt, sugar and butter etc.Then, she covers the flattened dough with plastic wrap until it becomes firm. After that, she layers it at the bottom of the pie mould and moves on to making the Frangipane using butter, icing sugar, eggs etc. while her tart chills in the refrigerator. The frangipane is then spread over the chilled tart and the pear slices are arranged professionally into the tart.. Then the tart is brought to bake.

 you can apply some melted butter over the top for a golden brown effect after it finishes baking.

Next for the Paris Brest/ Choux Ring, boil milk, butter,etc. in a saucepan and add flour till it forms a dough before placing it over high heat to cook it.  Beat eggs in a mixer till it becomes glossy. Then chef then pipes the paste onto baking paper using a star shaped nozzle. Sprinkle almond flakes before baking it for added taste.



 Next recipe is the Flaky Banana Nutella Wrap. First she whips Instant Custard till smooth.

  Then she used phyllo pastry and wrapped it into half, brushed it with lots of melted butter and spread a layer of nutella and a sprinkle of nuts. Pipe another layer of custard and arrange a sliced banana on it. Then they wrap it up neatly.

 Sprinkle some cinnamon sugar before baking.

 And now for the bonus recipe, the Cheesy Chocolate Banana Muffins with Caramalised Walnuts, beat Gula Melaka and eggs till light and fluffy and add in melted butter. Stir anf fold in flour, baking powder, etc. and finally add in bananas and chocolate chip. Divide it into baking cups and sprinkle nuts over the dough. Leave it to bake.

 You can add sliced strawberries for decoration.



 Moving on to the Puffy Chicken Pie by Chef Riruz, vegetables, mushrooms, diced chicken, etc. are cooked and chilled in the refrigerator. Roll one sheet of pie pastry and place some filling on it. Seal it with a fork. Cut a small X on top so that it will cook equally. 



For the Shepard pie, cook some lamb, onion, carrots, etc. Then cook potatoes until soft and mash them. transfer lamb and other cooked ingredients into oven proof dishes and top it off with the seasoned mashed potatoes. Brush the top with some egg so that it will look better after it is baked in the oven.



Lastly, the Oreo Ice Blended or as the chef calls it, The Wild Teddy Creamy Oreo Ice Blended.
Blend ice, milk, oreo etc. until smooth. Add chocolate sauce and serve it in a tall glass with whipped cream.


 At the end of the class, the results are as follows.

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Cheese Cake Class

Chef Halima held a class on 4 types of delicious, mouth-watering cheesy cakes. Starting off with the Boston Cheese Cake, line a round cake tin with aluminum foil.


Then double boil full cream milk and add some sugar, eggs, etc.

 For the filling, add lemon juice, vanilla, lemon paste and cream cheese to whipping cream and etc.

 For the meringue, beat egg whites till they look like this.

 add in more secret ingredients and beat till it becomes thicker and pour it over a vanilla sponge

 Put the baking tin into a bigger tin and over a water bath before baking
 
Moving on to the Oreo cheese cake, mix crushed Oreo biscuits and Marie biscuits with butter to make the base.

 Press it firmly onto the base of a round baking tin.

 Next, double boil gelatin and white chocolate

 Add them into some beaten cream cheese.

 Spread it over the biscuit base.

Add a layer of Oreo biscuit bits.

Cover that layer and repeat until you run out of Oreo biscuits/cream cheese mixture/space in the baking tin.

You can make it look smoother using the triangle comb.
 Leave it in the chiller to set before decorating.
Next, the chilled Black Forest Cheese Cake. Begin by  making the biscuit base with Marie biscuits, almond flakes and melted butter pressed firmly onto the base of a round cake tin.

Cook a mixture of juice of Black Pitted Cherries, corn flour and sugar until it thickens.

 Mix it with cream cheese in a mixer until it's even and spread over biscuit base.

 Leave it to cool in the chiller before decorating.
Lastly, the Marshmallow Chocolate Chilled Cheese Cake begins with the biscuit base made with crushed Oreos and Marie biscuits held together with melted butter and pressed onto the round cake tin again.

Beat fresh cream, cream cheese and add in melted chocolate etc.

Pour it into the round cake tin and add marshmallows layer by layer (Note: similar to the oreo cake technique) and again, into the chiller to cool before decorating.

Decorations do not have any specific steps but if you are out of ideas or you simply need a basic guide, here's some simple ways you can add finishing touches to your delicious cakes.




A big thank you to Chef Halima for her dedication during her class

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