Megan enjoying ice cream at Pizza Hut subang Parade

Brownie Day

Made a batch of brownie couple of days ago, after found out I still have some walnuts in the fridge.

The recipe is from Nigella Lawson's "How to be a domestic Goddess" page 193. The only difference from the recipe was that I half (almost) the ingredient.

This is the tray that I bake the brownie


Walnuts after some spinning in the grinder (too fine, next time will hand chop)

Butter and chocolate (melted)

Eggs, sugar and vanilla (beat)

Flour and salt


After mixing and wet and the dry,
sprinkle chocolate chip on top

after 25 minutes in the oven

Ready to eat

Ingredient
- 180g unsalted butter
- 180g chocolate
- 3 eggs
- 0.5 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 220g of caster sugar
- 110g plain flour
- 0.5 teaspoon of salt
- 200g walnut (toasted)

Steps
1. Melt butter and chocolate in a glass bowl on a pot of simmering water (not boiling)
2. Beat eggs, sugar and vanilla in a separate bowl
3. Mix flour and salt in another bowl
4. Let the chocolate mixture cool a little, add in egg mixture and beat
5. add in walnuts and flour mixture and beat till smooth.
6. Scrap to a pan with parchment paper, sprinkle chocolate chip on top
7. Bake in 180C oven for 25 minutes
8. middle should be still dark and gooey. It will continue to cook when cooling.
9. Enjoy

What may I do different?
1. get better dark chocolate
2. bake for 22 minutes. the side was a little hard, not gooey enough

But overall, perfect!!!

Megan at Enopi

Taking time out at Old Town in Taipan. Catch up on some emails and idle around waiting for megan to finish the class.

Still very tired and sleepy.

Should I go to PCC ride tonight? Do I have the energy?

Need to rest more.

waiting for result of lab test for baby and visit the doc

Scheduled visit to the doctor. Blood test and other things that doctor do.

Doctor in at 10.30am and we are #8 on the queue. So, should be home by noon.

Another good news, McLaren will not have good performance in the opening race of 2009 season. Yahoo!!!!!

Day 3 picture, 23/arch/2009

First picture of her with eyes open.

Cute girl.

New pix of the baby

Second day back home. She is doing what a new born do everyday. Drink, shit and sleep. Occasionally will cry to get milk and get me to wipe her shit.

Oh joy.....

Reminder to whoever read the blog, angpow please...haha.. Joking....

Home made wholemeal bread

I have tried this several time, each with small variation. All of them came out nice, except one that I was too eager to remove it from the container, and broke the bread. I use a microwave oven with convection function.

Here is the recipe

Dry Ingredient
1.5 cup of bread flour
1.5 cup of whole meal flour
0.5 tea spoon of salt

Wet ingredient
1.25 cup of warm water
1 tea spoon of dry yeast
3 table spoon of melted unsalted butter
3 table spoon of honey

1. Put dry yeast in the warm water, leave it in warm place for 10 minutes
2. add in the butter and honey and stir well
3. add all dry ingredient in a large bowl
4. pour the wet ingredient into the dry ingredient bowl
5. use a wooden spoon to mix them
6. add more (one tea spoon at a time) bread flour while kneading the dough (about 15-20 minutes)
7. Put a glass of water in microwave oven and boil the water
8. put some oil (i used olive oil) on the dough, to prevent it to get dry
9. leave it in the microwave oven for 1 hour (use the oven's timer)
10. After 1 hour of first raise, the dough should raise to twice the size
11. punch out the air and knead for couple of minute and return to raise again for 30 minutes.
12. After 30 minutes of second raise, it should double the size as well
13. knead or use rolling pin to remove all air in the dough
14. put the dough in the buttered container and let it raise for another 30 minutes
15. preheat the oven for 190C
16. After 30 minutes of 3rd raise, be careful not to disturb the dough, put in the oven and bake for 40 minutes
17. leave the bread in oven for 10 minutes after the oven stop, and put on wire rack for 15 minutes for cooling

Hope you enjoy your bread. I am.