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Strawberry Jam to mix with Sparkling Wine at the Thai Dinner
(aka Red & White theme dinner according to JC)
I love strawberries and i have been wanting to create this strawberry jam thingy since i saw the Jamie Oliver show many months back. Since we don't have the luxury of growing fresh strawberries in our backyard, zzz and myself had to make-do with a smaller quantity of strawberries for a slightly diluted version of the jam. We made strawberry concentrate, good to go with any fizzy drinks on a hot day.
Strawberry Jam1) Wash strawberries and dry off excess water. Remove any stems and freeze overnight
2) Heat up a saucepan, place frozen strawberries over heated saucepan
3) Stir occasionally, add appropriate amount of water.
4) Stir in sugar (taste for sweetness) to strawberry mash.
5) Remove from heat, cool and store in fridge.
The gals, together with the help of zzz and JC, recreated the Thai menu which we learn at Bangkok in '07.
Have to confess that we engaged the help of some pretty reliable ready-made paste. Not that the end result was any less palatable. We still managed to enjoy a FEAST, just like in Bangkok
Menu: Tom Yam fish soup, green pork curry,mayo wasabi eggs, double cheese salad, chicken salad, baked chicken with vegetables, grilled vegetables/shrimp skewers, cheesecake, chin chow with Nata De Coco, mixed mock tails and strawberry flavored champagne.
Looks like alot? It was. But not to fret, we finished all of the food, thanks to the gals who very nicely offered to takeaway some leftovers.
Was a good thing we did this together, only lament that our kitchen has limited working space for a more comfortable cooking experience. (",)
This is my weakness snack.
Spicy fried ikan bilis, coated with caramelized sugar.
The crunch exploding in the mouth, the sweet and spicy taste that blends so well.
When we were younger, my mum would make this in a large quantity for keeps as a porridge meal side dish and I even enjoyed this often while in Beijing. My mum would prepare a few containers as emergency comfort food. We never got to keep this for long though, OWL and myself are quite capable of finishing one container full of ikan bilis in a single night.
The tiny pieces are so addictive that i have been resisting to lay my hands on it (i obviously failed) ever since my colleague found this gem in Carrefour and in a very unwisely decision, left it sitting on my desk. It was tempting me!
Good thing that the price is steep to stop any over-indulgence. Carrefour sells this at $2.90/100g. Quite expensive on such a small amount to munch happily away.
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