Apple Fritters.

macam best je fritters ni.
recipe dari sini

Pie crust / Apple pie

my recipe - for savoury and also sweet filling

250 g flour / 2 cups flour (can also added up 1 tablespoon corn flour)
125 g butter
1 eggs yolk
1/2  tsp salt
1 tbsp castor sugar (for sweet filling)
1/4 or 1/2 cup cold water ..depending on flour ....if too dry..more water, if still fresh..less water

- add salt /sugar into the flour
- make a bread crumbs from the flour and butter
- add in egg yolk
- add in cold water
- knead just enough to form a dough ( do not over knead, as it will not be crispy...)
- wrap with a plastic cling and keep refrigerated for 30 minutes to one hour
- prepare your pie as you like it
- bake your pie for 180/190 degree Celsius for 30- 40  minutes depending on oven.


VARIATION.
- to have a savory western taste - add 1 or 2 tsp dried crushed oregano leaves in the dough or filling,
- if it is for a savory filling better to have cheese in it....mozarella or cheddar or both.

make two flat round. one is bigger than the other.

pinch as per your preferences....

make sure you poke the pie so to have some air holes so hot air can escape....if you do not do that i believe your pie will just burst by the angry hot air....hehehe
and brush your pie with one beaten egg yolk mix with 1 tblsp water - so to get a nice pie color....
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SWEET filling.
Apple cinnamon filling.
for the above pie size - here is the recipe.

pictures from internet search.

4-5 apples peeled and cut into quater. deseed. and cut into thin slice (roughly about 4 or 5 cuts for every quater).
1/2 cup brown sugar packed (or 1/3 caster sugar)
1 tablespoon lemon or lime juice
1 tablespoon corn starch.
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
1/4 tsp nutmeg powder
1 tablesppon of butter (cold )

mix everything in and throw into your pie....scattered the cold butter on top of the filling...then covered by the top pie dough.

note:
- internet search advise -  mix different type of apple for the filling to yield a tasty filling
- jimmy oliver said mix cooking apple (Breamley) with the eating apple

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pictures from internet search.

eating/cooking apple: Granny Smith

eating apple: Gala 

eating apples: Braeburn (UK)

cooking apples: Breamley (UK)

don't know much about apples....

normally just get apples from TESCO as they will have bargain prices for the last stocks apples.....

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Chocolate Butter Cake, Orange Butter Cake, and Strawberry Butter Cake

Chocolate Butter Cake, Orange Butter Cake, and Strawberry Butter Cake .
yes...this time around three types of butter cakes were made for emak birthday.
i told everyone i dont want a german chocolate cake again became the 'cake'.
so Idah suggested a rainbow cake....
but to make a rainbow cake will have a risk also...as the cake will turn hard as you can overbeat the mixture during giving colors to the cake  (divided the cake and then individually color it....)

so i decided to have a similar rainbow cake but with limited color hehehe...
so we will have chocolate cake alternate with orang cake and also strawberry cake. ok settled. that will be the cake for 01.01.12.

here are the recipes used.
you can refer the recipes in the internet also. and as usual i will adjust to suit to my preferences and easyness...hehehe.

bake at medium heat 170-180 degree celsius for 30 -40 minutes depending on oven.

for the filling i made:
1. chocolate ganache
2. whipped cream with grated orange peel (should made cream cheese with grated orange peel instead!)
3. strawberry jam

decorated with M&M candies....hehehe...

i like on how the cake turned out.
aqilah said it taste soooo goooood the next day...
so the cake has 8 layers with 3/4 inch thickness each (roughly) ...so the height came to 6 inches.....and plus the filling it might be reaching 8 inches....hehehe...

emak was having difficulty cutting the cake...hehehe....

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