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Cook Time: 3 minutes Prep Time: 25 mins Amazuzuke :  Sugar vinegar pickling   Tsukemono : literally  "pickled things"   What's not to love with pickles?  says anyone with sour tooth. 😋  And even if you're the polar opposite, give this a try.  P ickles are known palate cleansers, when paired with  rich-tasting dishes, like fried chicken, pork bar-b-q, even ramen, meals become more enjoyable. So here's an easy refreshing Japanese pickle recipe.  Ingredients  🥒  1 Daikon (radish) 1 Carrot sliced rectangular 1/4 Cabbage - julienne or squares 1/4 cup Rice or cane vinegar 1/8 cup white sugar 1 tsp salt Remove moisture  🥒 Place the vegetables in a bowl or ziplock bag. Sprinkle 1 tsp salt. Massage and mix well together. Leave and let it rest for 15 minutes. Drain the liquid. Prepare the brine  🥒 Mix vinegar, sugar and salt in a small pan. Boil for 3 minutes; the sugar should have dissolved into the mixture. Cool. Pickle i...

Leche Flan Google tells me that in other regions/countries this is otherwise known as "creme caramel" or "caramel custard". In the Philippines, this is beloved Leche Flan.  Served warm, it pairs nicely with old rice (for real), or sliced ripe mango. Served cold, its very nice with warm coffee. To each family and home there may be different combos.   But I got to say,  in whatever temperature and whatever pairing, it's really good. So this one is for my books -- for my kids, as they have also acquired the sweet tooth for this yummy dessert. Also, with leche flan, I always end up with a good amount of egg whites. So, we make puto (rice cake)! Each time, the day after a leche flan feast in our home, there will always be puto up for grabs :). L eche flan 10 Egg yolks 1 can Condensed milk 1 cup Fresh/evap milk**      **Dissolve 6 tsp coffee granules for a coffee flavored flan. 2 tsp Vanilla a squeeze of Lemon/lime juice (optional) Filter mixture usin...

APPLE FRITTERS 🍏🍎 What rhymes with fritters?  Jitters,  nippers, litters? 😁 Inspired by my Ate J#2 who made a batch recently and made me and my sissies drool via Zoom  over her creation.   ♬🎜 Do you know the way to San Jose? Let's go there for some freshly-made-apple-fritter! ♬🎜  I do wish our huge family just live next door to each other.  So one fine weekend, with a couple apples left in our basket, we tried it too. The kitchen smelled most promisingly heavenly while these were fryin!  Recipe for ~16 fritters:  fruit 3 large apples 1 lemon dry ingredients 1.5 cup flour 3 tbsp   sugar 2.5 tsp  baking powder 1 tsp     salt 1/2 tsp  cinnamon 1 pinch  nutmeg wet ingredients 3 tbsp lemon juice (~from half of a lemon) oil for frying 2/3 cup  milk 2 eggs 2 tsp vanilla 2 tbsp melted butter, room temperature Steps: Peel, core, and slice the apples to about 1/2" thick.  Save the peelings for a v...

🍋 Lemon Pasta Limone 🍝 Our family is still running a lemon streak. 😋 L emon invaded our pasta ensemble last week. plus, i learned that "limone" is lemon in Italian.  Interesting trivia for our Z who loves all lemony things and whose 2nd name rhymes with limone. No wonder she loves limone! i, too, am very fond of sour, especially vinegar sour; my hubby is not though. (my beloved sinigang, adobo, pinoy ensalada dishes are thus relegated to r.a.r.e. appearances on our table). BUT, he's ok with lemon. This is a compromise i am happy with. Lemon Pasta - ingredients zest from 1 whole lemon juice from 1 lemon 1 can of cream grated cheese 1.5 cup pasta water - to desired consistency pinch of salt (if you have not put enough salt while cooking the pasta or if you used unsalted butter) 500g pasta 6 tbsp butter ground black pepper, to taste Steps: 1. peel a long strip of lemon zest (with peeler), julienne and set aside for garnish. 2. zest the whole lemon, set aside. 3. squeeze ...

🍋  No bakey-bakey Lemon Tart  🍋 Our Z loves the  tangy zesty lemon.  Lemon juice,  lemon cakes, lemon-pepper chicken wings, lemon Himalayas candies... what else is there? If there's a lemon donut, wow, i'm pretty sure it'll be a great combo for her!  Come to think of it, she enjoys "Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events" too..  is it because its lemony? So for my Z who loves lemons, from a tentative idea, i finally decided to at least try making a lemon tart in our lifetime. And if all goes well, we can add it to the annals of our family history LOL. (I say this because I have lots of misadventures in the kitchen. It takes a leap of faith to try out some new dish, really.)  The magic of technology, right up there in my Youtube search hits was  missevabakes lemon tart  video, golden cheerful yellow, no-bake, her recipe beckoned me. Yep, yep! We whispered a prayer, rolled our sleeves, and marched to the kitchen! And here's our fi...

Adobo Sauce 🍶 1 whole head garlic - crushed 1 tbsp peppercorn 2 whole bay leaves 1/2 cup natural vinegar (not distilled - e.g. balasmic, apple vinegar, cane, etc.) 1 cup soy sauce Use as marinade  [(for 1 hour at least, of meat) before pan-frying then simmering for another ~1hour].

 🟠 🐔   Orange Chicken Sauce  🍶 1 cup orange juice (from ~2 large oranges) 1/2 cup water 1 tbsp vinegar 2 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp orange zest (from 2 oranges) 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 tsp garlic minced 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes - optional 2 tbsp chopped onion 3 tbsp water + 3 tbsp cornstarch -> slurry 1 tsp sesame oil