Thursday, August 28, 2014

Chili Pepper / 辣椒 / 고추


Recently, Chili Pepper Festival was held at the Seoul Plaza in front of the Seoul City Hall building. Share with you some of the pictures...

最近,辣椒庆典在首尔的市政厅广场举行。 与您分享其中的一些照片。。。

The chili pepper (also chile pepper or chilli pepper, from Nahuatl chīlli /ˈt͡ʃiːlːi/) is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae. In Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, and other Asian countries, the word "pepper" is usually omitted.

Chili peppers originated in the Americas. After the Columbian Exchange, many cultivars of chili pepper spread across the world, used in both food and medicine. Chilies were brought to Asia by Portuguese navigators during the 16th century.
India is the world's largest producer, consumer and exporter of chili peppers. Guntur in Andhra Pradesh produces 30% of all the chilies produced in India, and the state of Andhra Pradesh as a whole contributes 75% of India's chili exports.

The spread of chili peppers to Asia was most likely a natural consequence of its introduction to Portuguese traders (Lisbon was a common port of call for Spanish ships sailing to and from the Americas) who, aware of its trade value, would have likely promoted its commerce in the Asian spice trade routes then dominated by Portuguese and Arab traders.

 Today chillies are an integral part of Indian cuisine.
There is a verifiable correlation between the chili pepper geographical dissemination and consumption in Asia and the presence of Portuguese traders, India and southeast Asia being obvious examples.

Red chilies contain large amounts of vitamin C and small amounts of carotene (provitamin A). Yellow and especially green chilies (which are essentially unripe fruit) contain a considerably lower amount of both substances. In addition, peppers are a good source of most B vitamins, and vitamin B6 in particular. They are very high in potassium, magnesium, and iron. Their very high vitamin C content can also substantially increase the uptake of non-heme iron from other ingredients in a meal, such as beans and grains.

辣椒学名Capsicum annuum),又叫牛角椒长辣椒番椒番姜海椒辣子辣角秦椒等,是一种茄科辣椒属植物。

辣椒原产于南美洲热带地区。从墨西哥秘鲁,古印第安人在不同地域纷纷驯化了这种作物,早於公元前7500已用作烹調食品。厄瓜多爾出土的一系列考古證據指出美洲人在公元前6000年已懂得種植辣椒,其耕作縱影遍及美洲中、南、北部,從秘魯到墨西哥皆留有古人培植辣椒的資料。
雖然歐洲曾有學者提出古羅馬人已有本土辣椒出品,如古羅馬詩人Martialis形容的一種帶核的「生椒」(Pipervee crudum),但學術界仍公認辣椒並不適合在歐洲的自然環境生長。直至15世纪末,哥伦布到达美洲之后,在加勒比海發現辣椒後,把辣椒带回欧洲,并由此传播到世界其他地方,這種香料始為世界所識。 因為哥倫布等人一開始認為辣椒是胡椒的一種,辣椒因此得名。
1493年,哥倫布第二次橫渡美洲時,船上的醫生Diego Álvarez Chanca首次從墨西哥把辣椒帶入西班牙,並在1494年論說它的藥用效果。此時西班牙已將墨西哥收歸為殖民地,辣椒也隨著西班牙的貿易船隊流入其亞洲的殖民地菲律賓,辣椒再流入中國、印度和日韓等地。

红辣椒含有丰富的维生素C胡萝卜素维生素A前体)。但在黄色辣椒和尤其是绿色辣椒(基本为未成熟果实)中这两种维生素含量则相对显著偏低。此外,辣椒还富含多种的维生素B(尤其是维生素B6),以及钾,镁和铁等人体所必需微量元素。辣椒中高含量的维生素C还有助于食物,比如豆类和谷物,中非血红素源的铁元素的吸收。
並非所有的辣椒屬植物都有味,比如沒有辣味的青椒甜椒。辣椒的辣度由史高維爾指標(Scoville scale)衡量,2007年,印度的“斷魂椒”(Naga Jolokia)达到1,041,427個史高維爾單位,被认为是世界上最辣的辣椒.


(source : wikipedia)


























Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Brioche/브리오슈


Baked the Brioche today !

Dear friends, do you know what is "Brioche" ? Let me share with you...

今天烘焙了 Brioche !

亲爱的朋友们, 您可知道,什麽叫做 “ Brioche” ? 让我来与您分享。。。

 Brioche (/ˈbriʃ/ or /ˈbriɒʃ/; French: [bʁi.ɔʃ]) is a pastry of French origin that is akin to a highly enriched bread, and whose high egg and butter content give it a rich and tender crumb. It is "light and slightly puffy, more or less fine, according to the proportion of butter and eggs." It has a dark, golden, and flaky crust, frequently accentuated by an egg wash applied after proofing.

Brioche is considered a Viennoiserie, in that it is made in the same basic way as bread, but has the richer aspect of a pastry because of the extra addition of eggs, butter, liquid (milk, water, cream, and, sometimes, brandy) and occasionally a bit of sugar. Brioche, along with pain au lait and pain aux raisins — which are commonly eaten at breakfast or as a snack — form a leavened subgroup of Viennoiserie. Brioche is often cooked with fruit or chocolate chips[citation needed] and served as a pastry or as the basis of a dessert with many local variations in added ingredients, fillings or toppings.

"Brioche is eaten with dessert or tea, but also has numerous uses in cuisine. Common brioche dough is suitable for coulibiac and fillet of beef en croute. Brioche mousseline surrounds foie gras, sausage, cervelat lyonnais; ... individual brioches serve as containers for various chopped and sauced stuffings, savoury or sweet, as warm appetizers or intermediate courses."

Brioche à tête or parisienne is perhaps the most classically recognized form: it is formed and baked in a fluted round, flared tin; a large ball of dough is placed on the bottom and topped with a smaller ball of dough to form the head (tête). Brioche Nanterre is a loaf of brioche made in a standard loaf pan. Instead of shaping two pieces of dough and baking them together, two rows of small pieces of dough are placed in the pan. Loaves are then proofed (allowed to rise) in the pan, fusing the pieces together. During the baking process the balls of dough rise further and form an attractive pattern.

Brioche can also be made in a pan without being rolled into balls to make an ordinary loaf.
(source : wikipedia )


Monday, August 18, 2014

Dutch Bread / 더치빵


This morning, learnt to bake this Dutch Bread !...
Dear friend, do you know what is Dutch Bread ? Here it is....

今早,学了烘焙 “Dutch Bread ” 这面包。。。
 亲爱的朋友们,您可知道什麽叫 " Dutch Bread " ? 那是来自荷兰的面包 。。。

Tiger bread (also sold as Dutch crunch in the US, tijgerbrood or tijgerbol in Netherlands and giraffe bread in Canada and in Sainsbury's branches throughout the United Kingdom) is the commercial name for a loaf of bread which has a unique mottled crust. Within the United States, it is popular in the San Francisco Bay Area (as "Dutch crunch") and St. Margaretsbury Cricket Club.

The bread is generally made with sesame oil, which gives it a distinct aroma, and with a pattern baked into the top made by painting rice paste onto the surface prior to baking. The paste dries and cracks during the baking process. The rice paste crust also gives the bread a distinctive flavour. It has a crusty exterior, but is soft inside. Typically, tiger bread is made as a white bread bloomer loaf or bread roll, but the technique can be applied to any shape of bread.
(source : wikipedia )

P/s : Will update the recipe in near future....

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Seven Square At The Plaza Hotel In Seoul ( Part 4 )

                Share with you the desserts from Seven Square at The Plaza Hotel...
                与您分享Seven Square 餐馆内的点心与甜品。。。。

                                                        Choco Crumble


                                                             Pudding


                                                          Cream Bulee


                                                           Roll Cakes


                                                        Cream Cakes


                                                    Chocolate Mousse Cakes



                                                          Mango Pudding

                                                              Pudding


                                                             Pudding

                                                       Yogurt ice cream


                                                       Red Jelly Mousse

                                                              Cheeses

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Seven Square At The Plaza Hotel In Seoul ...( Part 3 )

My favourite grilled lamb....


                              
                                                              Lobster


                                                                Grilled eel



                                                              Grilled abalones..
























Monday, August 11, 2014

Seven Square At The Plaza Hotel in Seoul...(Part 2 )

                                                            Hamon


Dear friends, would you like to stay at the Plaza Hotel when you visit Korea, it is located in  the down town of Seoul, just opposite the building of Seoul City Hall, you can walk on foot to Namdae Mun.
Share with you some of the food that we enjoyed at the Seven Square, Plaza Hotel in Seoul. Thanks Claire for inviting mum & the members of our family for lunch.....



                                                              Salad bar


                                   Mushroom soup, sweet & soup pork ,etc...


                                               Grilled cherry tomatoes...


                                                     Feta Cheese & Olive....


                                                     Endive/ 엔다이브


                                                     Arrow Squid / 화살오징어


                                                      Crab meat soup


                                                          Crab claws


                                                            Sushi

                                                            Lobsters





Seven Square At The Plaza Hotel in Seoul ( Part 1 )


Dear friends, would you like to stay at the Plaza Hotel when you visit Korea, it is located in  the down town of Seoul, just opposite the building of Seoul City Hall, you can walk on foot to Namdae Mun.
Share with you some of the food that we enjoyed at the Seven Square, Plaza Hotel in Seoul. Thanks Claire for inviting mum & the members of our family for lunch.....

This is the grilled pineapple dumpling, slice the pineapple to make the skin instead of the flour dough for the dumpling, is very special...

朋友们,如果我告诉您,这饺子的皮是用凤梨做成的,而非面团,您会感到惊异吗?

Plaza Hotel,位于首尔的市中心,就在市政厅的对面。从那可徒步到南大门。。。

























                                                              Hamon


                                                Grana Padano Wheel Cheese