Homemade Belgian Waffle (Video)

 

BELGIAN WAFFLE

prep time: 15 minutes

Baking time: 10 minutes

Yield: 8 waffles

Ingredients:

2 eggs

1 tablespoon sugar

1 tablespoon pearl sugar (replace with normal sugar)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract or any type

pinch of salt 

50 grams melted butter

1 cup milk 

2 cups all purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

for chocolate ganach:

20 grams dark chocolate

1 tablespoon butter

The way:

- In a large bowl, add eggs,vanilla, pinch of salt and sugar (if you don't have the pearl sugar at this stage add 2 tablespoon of sugar). 

- Whisk eggs until sugar until dissolves, add milk and melted butter( make sure all ingredients in a room temperature otherwise the butter will crumble in a cold liquid) give the mixture a quick mix.

- Add sifted flour with baking powder, whisk all together until you have thick and sticky dough. Add pearl sugar and give it a stir with spatula just to combined.

-Spray a waffle maker with baking spray and use an ice cream spoon to spoon the waffle, add two spoon and bake until your waffle maker give you a green light or for 1 minutes until golden brown. Repeat.

- For Chocolate ganache:

- In a small bowl break the chocolate into medium or small pieces, add the butter. Place it in microwave for 1 minute until melted. 

- Stir all together until you have a smooth chocolate ganache.

Decorate your waffle with chocolate and whipped cream or as desire.

Enjoy!

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Ultimate Orange Cake

Ultimate Orange Cake

Prep time: 10 minutes

Baking time: 30 to 35 minutes

Yield: 8 pieces

Ingredients:

4 eggs

3/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or any type)

1 tablespoon orange zest

1/2 cup (100 ml) orange juice

1/3 cup vegetable oil

2 cups all purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder (10 grams) 

Orange slices

The way:

- Prepare a 18cm cake pan by greasing it with butter and place on the bottom of the mold the orange slices.

- In a large bowl place eggs, sugar and vanilla. Whisk with hand whisk until sugar dissolves and you have a light egg mixture.

- Take only the orange part of the orange fruit before squeeze and avoid the white layer which tastes bitter. Squeeze oranges until you have a 1/2 cup of fresh orange juice.

- Add vegetable oil and orange juice to the egg mixture and keep whisking while adding them.

- Sift flour with baking powder, add a half amount of flour mixture to the egg mixtures and mix until mostly combined, then add the remaining amount with orange zest. Mix until all well combined and a smooth batter forms. 

- With a rubber spatula, give the batter one good, final stir to make sure that everything is well incorporated. Pour the batter to the prepared cake pan and smooth the top.

- Bake in preheated oven 180°C /370°F for 30 minutes or until inserted wooden skewer at the middle of the cake and comes out clean.

- When out of oven flip the cake upside down in a serving plate.

- Enjoy!

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Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

 

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls 

Prep time: 30 minutes

Baking time: 35 minutes

Yield: 12 cinnamon rolls

Ingredients:

4 cups all-purpose flour

1 egg

40 grams of melted butter

2 tablespoons of sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup warm milk (add more or less according to the type of flour)

1 tablespoon of dried yeast

1 teaspoon sugar to activate yeast

For the filling:

80g soft butter(1/3 cup)

1/2 cup of brown sugar or white sugar

1 and 1/2 tablespoon of ground cinnamon 

For cream cheese frosting:

4 tablespoons of cream cheese

3 tablespoons of powdered sugar

3 tablespoon milk ( add graduelly as needed)

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 tablespoons melted butter (For brush the rolls)

The way:

- Add the yest and a teaspoon of sugar to the warm milk, stir and set aside while yeast activeted.

- In a large bowl add all the ingredients, flour, sugar, salt, melted butter and egg. Knead on a low speed and add the milk and yeast mixture, knead for 10 minutes until smooth elastic dough.

- Grease the bowl with the top of the dough, cover and place it in a warm place for 1 hour or until double in size.

- Dust a surface with flour and roll the dough out into a 15x9”

 rectangle. 

- Spread softened butter over the extended dough, leaving ¼ inch margin at the far side of the dough.

- In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar and cinnamon. Use a tablespoon to sprinkle mixture over the buttered dough.

- Tightly roll dough up, starting on the long end, roll the dough up tightly jelly roll style. 

-  Cut off about an inch off the ends of the dough as the ends won’t be as full of cinnamon sugar as it to be.

- Cut into 12  equal pieces and place them in a greased 13x9  pyrex pan or baking pan. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise again for 30-45 minutes.

- Once rolls are doubled in size, brush the top with melted butter and bake them in a preheated oven 180°C until golden brown, about 30 minutes.

- While the cinnamon rolls cool, prepare the cream cheese frosting. Mix cheese with powdered sugar, vanilla and add milk gradually until you get a runny glaze consistency.

- Pour the glaze over the cinnamon rolls and serve.

Enjoy!

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Homemade one minute Mayonnaise

 

Homemade Mayonnaise

Prep time: 1 minute

Making time: 1 minute

Yield: 1 cup Mayonnais

Ingredients: 

1 Egg yolk 

Pinch of salt 

1 teaspoon mustard

1 teaspoon lemon juice

 150 ml (1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon) vegetable oil

The way:

- Separate egg yolk from egg white.

- In a large bow place the egg yolk, pinch of salt , mustard And lemon juice. Whisk all together with hand whisk.

- Add vegetable oil gradually as a line, while keeping whisking the ingredients until you have a smooth thicken mayonnais. 

- Place it in a serving bowl. Or place it in a jar and keep it in a cold place.

Enjoy

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French Toast Roll-ups

 

French Toast Roll-ups 

Prep time: 10 minutes

Baking time: 10 minutes

Yield: 10 rolls

Ingredients:

2 eggs

1/2 cup of milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 and 1/2 tablespoon sugar

Pinch of cinnamon

For the filling:

 Nutella

1 Banana cut into small cubes

3 tablespoons of cream cheese

1/4 cup of sugar, or to taste

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 Teaspoon lemon zest

1/2 cup raspbarries or strawberries cut into cubes

10 Toast (white bread) 

 4 tablespoon Butter or as needed

Powdered sugar for garnishing

The way:

- Prepare the dip mixture, whisk eggs with milk, sugar, vanilla and ground cinnamon. Set a side.

- Prepare filling : mix cream cheese with powdered sugar, lemon zest and vanilla.

- Cut the white bread crusts off. With a rolling pin flatten the pieces out.

- Fill each with nutella and banana, roll up then dip in egg mixture. Fill another with cream cheese and raspberries, roll up then dip in egg mixture. 

- In a hot skillet, melt a tablespoon butter; place and brown the rolled up bread. Repeat.

- Garnish with powdered sugar and serve it warm.

Enjoy!

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Stuffed Pizza Bites or Pizza Dinner Rolls

 Prep time: 20 minutes

Baking time: 35 minutes

Yield: 12 buns

Ingredients:

4 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 tablespoon yeast

1 teaspoon sugar

1 tablespoon salt or as desired

1 egg

3 tablespoons olive oil

3 tablespoons yogurt

1 tablespoon oregano

1 and 1/4 cup warm water, or according to the need of the dough

For the filling:

4 tablespoons pizza sauce

300 grams of mozzarella cheese, or as needed

1 chopped green bell pepper

1/2 cup Black or green olives slices

1/2 cup Tuna

For Polishing mixture:

1 small egg

1 teaspoon milk or water

for topping:

3 tablespoon parmesan cheese

1 large spoon of sesame

The way:

- In a mixure bowl place all dry ingredients, olive oil and egg. 

- Knead with hook attachment all the ingredients then add warm water, knead for 10 minutes until you have an elastic and sticky dough, form as a ball and place it in a grease bowl also greas the top of dough with olive oil. Cover with plastic wrap and leave in warm place to double in size for 1 hour.

- Cut the dough to 12 equal balls each with a wight 85 g.

- Flatten each ball as small pizza round, fill with pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, olives, bell pepper and tuna. Close firmly as a ball.

- In a 13X9 Pyrex plate, place the stuffed pizza bites.

- Brush over with egg wash, then sprinkle parmesan cheese and sesame seed.

- Bake in preheated oven at 200°C for 35 minutes or until golden color.

Enjoy!

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Quick and Easy Veggi mozzarella Bites (Video)

 

Prep time: 10 minutes

Frying time: 7 minutes

Yield: 10 bites

Ingredients:

2 eggs

1/4 cup milk

2 tablespoon olive oil

1/2 cup all purpose flour

1 medium Zucchini (1 cup )

2 tablespoon red bell pepper

2 tablespoon finely chopped parsley

1 small red onion

1 cup mozzarella cheese

pinch black pepper

1 teaspoon salt (or as desire)

1/2 teaspoon paprika 

8 tablespoon vegetable oil (for fry)

The way:

- Cut the zucchini and drain it from extra water(i peeled of my zucchini, you can keep it with peel). 

Cut other vegetables into small dice.

- In a large bowl beat the eggs, the milk  and olive oil. Add the flour whisk together until a thick and smooth mixture.

- Add the zucchini, red bell pepper, onion, chpped parsely and mozarella cheese.

- Season with salt, black pepper and paprika.

- mix all together with a spatula until all well combined.

- In a high heat, place a pan and pour the vegetable oil, take about 2 tablespoons of the mixture, fry in a hot oil each side until golden color. Use ice cream spoon to shape the bites or two tablespoons);

- Drain from extra oil, and serve it warm with your favorite sauce.

Enjoy!

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