Maja Blanca Cake Tart Good morning everyone( or evening depending under what palm tree you are reading this post) and Happy Birthday! Who's birthday? Depends on specific cases ( Happy Bday Ate A and Gabrielle (counting that you'll be a Feb. baby, people born this month are the best!), but mostly generic we should celebrate the best day of all, Women's Day, on March 1st! Why the best? Because it's well known they always bring the best ( or worst ) in us ( but for this specific occasion we shall assume it's the best! ), and as such I have researched deep inside my endless bucket of inspiration for an appropriate gift. Not having found one and considering that flowers are overrated, I shall give you the best gift of all: the gift of knowledge, as I shall bake the best cake ever, using an old filipino recipe and my best unique ideas for an astonishing end result that I shall eat all alone while you cheer Sarap, Sarap ! Yes, as you already figured it out from t...
LUMPIA ROLLS
Good morning everyone and halo to you!
As we all know this week was all about the Football World Cup ( no, there's no such thing as soccer) therefore cooking was limited by the fact I got stuck inside watching games all day. But that won't stop us because guess what: I'll resurface one of the archive great cookings never seen before (literally, it's almost impossible to get to my cooking results, not sure if i should be proud ..). Don't worry L, your kare kare challenge still stands for next week( yes, you're featured in the blog, you're famous now, yohoooo :) ! )
As we all know this week was all about the Football World Cup ( no, there's no such thing as soccer) therefore cooking was limited by the fact I got stuck inside watching games all day. But that won't stop us because guess what: I'll resurface one of the archive great cookings never seen before (literally, it's almost impossible to get to my cooking results, not sure if i should be proud ..). Don't worry L, your kare kare challenge still stands for next week( yes, you're featured in the blog, you're famous now, yohoooo :) ! )
So let's get going. If you are a Filipino just thinking lumpia should get your mouth watery, it's those tasty yumi deep fried crunchy spicy meat rolls that your mom used to spend 5 hours doing and you ate them in 5 minutes .
Well, not this time! In our best tradition we'll heavily modify the original recipe because change is good and not necessarily tasty, for a result that will haunt your dreams for years like that time when Cookie your childhood friend pet dog left you to travel the world to that farm far away where he was born..
1- chop onion and garlic and shed a manly tear ( why Cookie, why, we were so happy together!?) To avoid more tears chew some gum. Gum is good for stopping your onion tears and also restores your PH balance after eating. Buy gum! ( space for commercial here - sponsors welcome)
2- vigorously mix minced meat with it and precook in a pan. Add some more garlic powder just in case. Actually add some more on top. More. More! mmMMMmmm-mmm!!
3- add some green beans for color( why not, they are certainly multipurpose?!)
3.5- GOOAAAAAAAAL, Mexico scored. Cough. This reminds me of the time I was happily running in the park laughing and I swallowed a bug.
4- add some balsamic vinegar ( for taste). I'd do some soy sauce also but R always says i'm overdoing it. (R is my trusty adviser on filipino cuisine and more. She's also the best.). Yes, ok, all of you are.
5- add an egg ( just cause it felt like something was missing )
6- add pepper ( and some more garlic just in case. More!)
7- search Google on how to roll rolls ( a good day for learning) , ignore it and find your own method. Experiment ! Ok, stop experimenting now, we'll try fusion cuisine at another time.
8- wait for the rice sheets to unfreeze at room temperature because you forgot to take them out of the fridge.. ( Cookie, you never sent postcards..)
9- Ok, wait over. Rool rool rooling.. Add cheese inside( cause R said so!) Cheese will melt and give the roll the cheesy flavor surprise that will make your guests stop chewing and wonder about their late culinary life choices.
10- fail some of them then re-roll most of the rolls. Good job, now they look worst.
12- serve with or without R's favorite smoked hot sauce, yuuuuum! Certainly with is the better choice here.
See you next weekend, hopefully with L's super kare kare challenge.
See you next weekend, hopefully with L's super kare kare challenge.
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