Sunday, January 4, 2009

Austrainlian Toaster Biscuits

Make Wild Rice Bread with Nutella and Cacao for Dia de Reyes

The tradition of the Feast or Kings Day, coming to America with the English, still in force!

La Fiesta in itself is not documented in a fragment of the Bible, in fact, is an adaptation on the date from other parties including Egyptian origin / Arab January 6 to mark the winter solstice, and was eventually taking other elements of different ways to what we know today.





At this link I found very interesting aspects to the best also know, like that:



  1. Kings Kings but would NOT astrologers or priests (the term used to Mago lead )


  2. or could not have traveled to Bethlehem in 13 days even with camels,


  3. but the Bible speaks of the Magi ( not say how many) that would go to know Jesus as Son of God and savior of Jewish people.


As part of the customs that were heredandadose and adapting, it is said that the people in the days when Herod in search for babies under 2 years old, hid some of his small bowls of flour achieving save them from there, go down in celebration unleavened bread (unleavened ) , which later became bread with yeast, honey and dates and figs, as I understand it could be finally part of the root source of the Rosca de Reyes .



thread is said by its round shape as a sign of God's love completely and without purpose, and even more, of these babies hidden tradition that was hidden in bread or a child thread or clay doll symbolizing the fact that the Magi found Jesus to be hidden!. However, it also is said to thread their way of Corona.




Although not in Venezuela, Mexico, the doll is still hiding in the Thread (porcelain or heat resistant plastic) and of course who will also find their task as Godfather of the Child Jesus , and fulfill its obligations on February 2 in the Festival de La Virgen de la Candelaria presenting the child in his church and then having a party!.



thing that is clear to me is the spirit of the party around to celebrate the manifestation of the Child Jesus to the world, and the act of faith to believe in him takers regardless of origin, so the adoption of a date or event for me is not the point!



I have prepared for this day according to my New Year's resolutions, a sweet bread (as we know in Caracas), and gave him the form of thread, I did cocoa and filled with Nutella and candied orange and citron , very rich, smooth, and while not the traditional thread (I do not like fruit on top), is an option that I hope you like for breakfast or snack, with a mass alternative to make a Brioche!.



For 2 Cocoa Bread with Nutella and you need:



  • 760 grams of common wheat flour


  • 125 grams of brown sugar


  • 55 grs of butter


  • 40 grams of milk powder


  • 25 grams of cocoa powder


  • 425 grams of water
    filtered


  • Nutella 250 g


  • 40 grams of dark chocolate tablet


  • 250 grams candied citron and orange


  • hazelnuts

  • 50 ml of liquor to macerate the fruit


  • Vanilla


  • ground spices


  • 10 grams of salt


  • granulated yeast 10 grams instant


Knead by machine or by hand, the flour, cocoa and ground spices with water, sugar and vanilla essence to take off the bowl.

In the table, integrating continue kneading 3 / 4 of butter soft but still cold.



Add a little yeast, the remaining butter, finish with salt. May require a bit of liquid to finish adding the salt.



must help a little extra flour on the hands or the table, but not too much, and although it appears that mass will bind ever ... is only a matter of patience.



is soft and smooth. Stand in a closed 90 minutes

After the rest, divide dough in half, approx. 500 grams each dough roll, and extending into a rectangular shape with the help of flour on the table, and fill with cold nutella refrigerator, previously macerated fruit, chocolate chunks and chopped hazelnuts,



Coil, and-closing cylinder, and then screw shape, and rest 45 minutes. Before moving to the oven brush with beaten egg or water and then sprinkle with sugar, as desired completion.



Bake at 200C for 30 minutes. Upon leaving, I placed the edge butter to shine, and covered with cocoa and nevazúcar (powdered sugar), because I broke a little out of the oven and wanted to cover the details.



is very soft, the filling is sweet discreet and quiet, nothing fancy.



Happy day. Bon appetit.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Difference Between Indian And Pakistani Wedding

milled Corn Masa


mass
I Corn white hulled, and she caught an old challenge and stayed for a delicious arepas and of course hallacas a basis for more than native, spoke of working with milled CORN , as grandmothers times when there was no ground corn meal industrially precooked and packaged ready for export in the yellow bag provided, and that was by 1960!.


Here are some secrets that took the internet and what my grandmother explained to my grandmother and my mother as a child, yes you have to work a little but no more than when some of us take time to make sushi or paella at home, so get to work and to rescue this tradition:


For half a kilo of prepared dough you need:


  • 500 grams of white milled Corn (grain)

  • 2 or 3 liters of water

  • salt to taste


Steps for PREVIOUS day to prepare the dough:

  1. Clean a little corn of those spots that are not so pretty.

  2. Place in large pot covered with water twice

  3. Soak at least 12 hours.


Steps for cooking:



  1. Cooking corn soaked the day before to fire first and then top half, so that the pot receives heat evenly.

  2. If necessary, stir every once in a while to ensure that all the grains are cooked

  3. If the water evaporates, add more water, but hot.

  4. takes 45 min. 1 hour cooking, should be tender.


Steps to prepare the dough:



  1. Lower grains of fire and removed 1 / 4 or 1 / 2 of the hot cooking

  2. Refill the pot where the beans are cool enough water to cover

  3. Let there at least 4 hours to cool down.

  4. well
    Strain the liquid and drain the beans when you are kneading.

  5. In grain mill, grind the corn cooked and chilled;

  6. With the mass obtained, complete the kneading by hand, with a little salt and water, achieving a smooth texture !


Listo !; finalmente obtienes una muy blanca y de particular sabor masa para hacer arepas o con los cambios pertinentes, para hacer hallacas !


El molino para granos made in Colombia, asi como el maiz pilado blanco o amarillo no son tan dificiles de encontrar, y de veras pienso vale la pena tomarse el tiempo para esta experiencia, que en mi caso en este momento, ha sido muy importante. Gracias, y buen provecho.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Go Kart With Motorcycle Transmission

Torrijas


Time: 45 minutes.


Ingredients:

18 slices of bread,

1 / 2 liter of milk, 2 eggs

,

sugar, flour

,

cinnamon ,

cinnamon,

aceite


Preparación :

En un cazo se calienta la leche con cinco cucharadas de azúcar y un palo de canela; antes de que llegue a hervir se retira y se vierte sobre las rebanadas de pan dispuestas en una fuente, dejándolas en remojo por espacio de media hora.

Transcurrido este tiempo, se rebozan en harina y huevo batido y se fríen en abundante aceite caliente. Cuando estén doradas, se escurren y se pasan a una fuente, donde se espolvorean con azúcar y canela en polvo. Se sirven calientes, pudiendo adornarse con cordones de crema pastelera.