braised shiitake mushroom with fish maw 燜冬菇花膠

ingredients:
- 20 dried shiitake mushrooms

- corn starch, use to rub shiitake mushroom

- 1 shallot onion, minced

- about 10 g rock sugar

- 1 or 2 soaked fish baws, cut, optional

- 2 tsp soy sauce

- 2 tsp oyster sauce

- 3 tsp corn starch with 3 tbsp water

- sesame oil, optional

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- 20 dried shiitake mushrooms

1. clean the dried shiitake mushrooms.

2. Soak shiitake mushrooms in water at least half hour or stay overnight.

3. Squeeze the water out.  Save the shiitake water for later use.

- corn starch, use to rub shiitake mushroom

4. Remove the roots.  Use corn starch to rub shiitake mushroom.  Set aside for few minutes.

5. Rinse the shiitake mushroom.  Squeeze the water out again and ready to cook.

- 1 shallot onion, minced

- about 10 g rock sugar

6. Use thick bottom pan, medium heat, stir fry shallot onion.

7. Add 1 1/2 cups shiitake water (if not enough add water until 1 1/2 cups,) shiitake mushrooms, rock sugar.

8. Keep cooking with lid until boiling again.

9. Reduce the heat to medium-low. keep cooking with lid for 30 to 45 mins.

10. Add soaked fish maw if desire, keep cooking for 10 mins more. Otherwise skip this part.

- 2 tsp soy sauce

- 2 tsp oyster sauce

- 3 tsp corn starch with 3 tbsp water

- sesame oil, optional

11. Add soy sauce, oyster, corn starch water and sesame oil(optional).  Cook until the sauce thick enough.  Ready to eat.

Pressure pot:

1-5. Same as above.

6. Use sauté to stir fry shallot onion.

7. Add 1 1/2  cup shiitake water, shiitake mushrooms and rock sugar.

8. Keep cooking until the rock sugar dissolve.

9. Change to pressure mode to cook for 20 mins. And auto release for 15 mins.

10. Add soaked fish maw if desire. Use sauté for 10 mins more. Otherwise skip this part.

- 2 tsp soy sauce

- 2 tsp oyster sauce

- 3 tsp corn starch with 3 tbsp water

- sesame oil, optional

11. Add soy sauce, oyster, corn starch water and sesame oil(optional).  Cook until the sauce thick enough.  Ready to eat.

Ref: https://www.christinesrecipes.com/2012/12/braised-shiitaki-with-fish-maw.html

soak fish maw 發花膠

ingredients:

- 1 or 2 fish maws (花膠) about 320 g

- 2 slices ginger

- few sticks of green onion

1. Put fish maws in a pot, add water until cover the fish maws at least 3 inches more.

2. Cook with high heat with lid until boiling.

3. Don't open the lid and turn the medium-low heat and continue cooking for 15 mins.

4. Don't open the lid.  Turn off the heat and remove from the stovetop. Set aside and soak it until the water cool down.  If the fish maws are thick, it can leave overnight.

5. Take the fish maws out and rinse.

6. Prepare a pot of boiling water, add ginger and green onion and fish maw.  Cook for 10 mins.

7. Take out the fish maws, cut it straight half, remove the inside skin.

8.  Cut it about 6 cm each. Ready to cook for dish.

9.  Left over can store in freezer.

Ref: https://www.christinesrecipes.com/2012/12/braised-shiitaki-with-fish-maw.html

流心奶黃 lava custard for snowy mooncakes

ingredients: (20 g each, make 12 pcs.)
- 1 salted egg yolk, cooked

- 1/8 cup whipping cream

- 2 tsp icing sugar

- 12 pcs of 奶黃餡

lava custard, lava part:

1. stream the salted yolk for 20 minutes.

2. smash the salted egg yolk until fine.

3. add the whipping cream and icing sugar to the egg yolk and mix well.

4. use sieve to fine the egg yolk mixer.

5. place a food wrapper on the mini ice cubes container.

6. pour the egg yolk mixed into the ice cubes container with plastic wrapper, make 12 pcs.

7. cover with plastic wrap and store in freezer for at least 24 hrs.

lava custard, make 4 pcs each time, keep the rest in the freezer:

1. weight the frozen custard and 奶黃餡 to 20 g together.

2. put the frozen custard inside 奶黃餡.

3. place them in the freezer again, until ready to do the next step.