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Sweet and tangy meatballs with soft-boiled eggs.  Great balls of, umm, not fire, but flavors and textures. A perfect pair. Kids love this, especially when reaching home, tired and hungry from school. This dish is simply tasty, filling, and comforting like those happy days at home. Missing eggs in the picture.😅  All went straight to our happy bellies. 🧆 Tools   Chopping board & knife Mixing bowl (stainless steel/aluminum for raw meat) Platter (for balled minced pork) Not-shallow-not-deep pan Ladle Small Bowl (for boiled eggs ice-cold water soak) 🧆 Ingredients 250g Minced pork aka ground pork 3/4 Onion, minced 1 Celery, minced (or Chayote, optional, this is a meat extender) 1 Carrot, minced (optional, also a meat extender) 1/4 Onion, sliced 2 Garlic, minced 1 carrot, sliced like flowers Pineapple slices (optional) Soft boiled eggs Oyster sauce Brown sugar Pineapple sauce Ketchup or Tomato sauce Water Cornflour & tepid water (for slurry) 🧆 Steps ***Prep the meatb...

Growing up in one of the 7,100 islands of the Philippines, I am very fond of fresh "pinya" or pineapples. Salt it, cake it, salad it, juice it, any which way suits really fine!  My kids, urban citizens that they are, are by no means strangers to this crowned fruit, but they are more familiar with its canned form.🥫🥫🥫  Absolutely one of our favorite things every CNY here in this little red dot is the Pineapple Tart; th is is one of the interesting ways we met this fruit, together.  Shops stock up on this treat as the holiday approaches, culminates on the week itself, and lingers a little more.    Buttery, tangy, sweet.  It's hard to keep these in the jar for long.  Arrrrgh. MUST. PORTION.  🍍 Mix DRY 220 grams  (~1stick) unsalted butter slice to cubes . Keep in fridge. Sift together: flour, baking powder, sugar. 340 grams (3 cups) all purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder 30 grams  (1/4 cup) white/icing sugar 🍍 Mix WET 1 egg slightly beate...