No Bake Ricotta Cheesecake Bites with Pecan Base

22/12/2012 by Shannon Lim-de Rooy | 9 Comments

No Bake Ricotta Cheesecake Bites with Pecan Base

Every now and then, I do crave for rich & creamy desserts like cheesecakes. When I do come across recipes I like, I try to make the recipes lighter & healthier. The baked cheesecake requires patience (which I don’t have when it comes to baking) and lots of spare time. This is a quick and simple no-bake dessert that is slightly healthier, that you would happily indulge. And doesn’t these No Bake Ricotta Cheescake Bites with Pecan Base and colourful toppings make a pretty dessert? Continue Reading →

Gluten Free Apple Strawberry Cake

19/11/2012 by Shannon Lim-de Rooy | 30 Comments

During the launch of the cookbook Think Out Of the Shell Volume II , I attended Chef Li Goh’s demo Gluten Free Apple Raspberry Cake. She just threw everything together with such ease within minutes that she has everyone at awe. There’s something about her carefree free-spirited debonair that had me wanting more of the food she prepares. Everyone just gobbled down a small piece of the cake even though it was still hot from the oven.

Chef Li Goh from the popular The Haute Food Co demonstrating the wholesome gluten free Apple Cake

Is it no surprise that the 1st recipe I decided try is the Chef Li Goh’s gluten free cake? The recipe in the cookbook uses apple and redcurrant, with suggested variations of Pear & Raspberry, Peach and Blueberry, Apples with Walnuts or Banana with Dark Chocolate Chunks. Usually bakes with buckwheat & almond flour makes a dense & dry texture, but this cake is so moist and delicious! I immediately ate 2 slices for breakfast and 1 slice for dinner and the cake tastes even better the next day. In my next attempt, I will further reduce the amount of sugar and replace some butter with olive oil.

Gluten Free Apple Strawberry Cake Quoting Chef Li Goh “Why couldn’t we have dessert like this everyday if it’s filled with goodness ingredients?”

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Gluten Free Apple Strawberry Cake - with almond & buckwheat flour. Simple yet deliciously recipe that never fails to impress. taste even better the next day.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 8 pieces
Ingredients
  • 250g Butter
  • 200g Sugar (I used 150g brown sugar)
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla paste / extract
  • 4 eggs
  • 180g Almond meal (ground almond)
  • 60g Pecans - finely chopped (can substitute with almond/walnut)
  • 30g Buckwheat Flour
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 2 Large Green Apples - cored and thinly sliced
  • 10 Strawberries - sliced half
  • 2 handfuls Almond Flakes
  • 2 teaspoon Sugar
  • ½ teaspoon Cinnamon Powder
Instructions
  1. Beat butter, sugar & vanilla paste together at medium speed. Slowly increase to high speed.
  2. Add eggs, one at a time.
  3. Mix in almond meal, pecans, buckwheat flour and salt by hand.
  4. Prepare a 20cm round tin by greasing and lining the base and sides with parchment paper. (Do not skip this step or the cake may stick to the tin
  5. Pour the batter into the cake tin, then lay green apple & strawberry slices on top of batter. Top with almond flakes and scatter the cinnamon sugar (combine sugar + cinnamon powder)
  6. Bake in pre-heated oven at 180C until inserted cake needle comes out clean, about 50-60minutes.

 

 

Think Out Of The Shell Volume II is available for sale at MPH Bookstores.

Mango Pomelo Salad

06/08/2012 by Shannon Lim-de Rooy | 15 Comments

Time sure flies.. and it’s already one year into blogging. It’s a year of personal growth, lots of joy and some tears, this blog has been a very fulfilling journey for me, something I have not felt in a long time. I’m really proud of what I’ve achieved with this new hobby – be it cooking or photography. Occasionally, mama would ask “Why are you spending so much time with cooking new recipes and taking photos?” Being a typical asian mother that has gone through a hard life, she is always concerned about spending time on activities that does not translate into income generation. Mama, not everything is about money. Continue Reading →

Passion Fruit Yogurt Parfait

26/04/2012 by Shannon Lim-de Rooy | 9 Comments

I was choosing some local passion fruits at the fruit stall. One elderly lady came and very quickly piled up her big basket with what looked like 3 kg of passion fruits. My eyes went wide open “Aunty, why you buy so many fruits? to make dessert?” “Oh we eat a lot daily, it’s very good for you” and went on with a long list of benefits – good for the heart, helps constipation, high antioxidant, helps to sleep, etc.

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Thai Mango Salad

30/03/2012 by Shannon Lim-de Rooy | 40 Comments

When I was young, we had a mango tree (with 3 other fruit trees) in our first house with huge land space. After we moved to a house with only enough space for 1 tree, my mama chose to plant a guava tree. Yet, we were lucky to be showered with many variety of fruits (including mangoes) from relatives and friends’ garden. Now staying in high rise apartment, how I miss those days.. that’s one of the trade-offs for living in a metropolitan city.

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Mango Lassi

27/03/2012 by Shannon Lim-de Rooy | 29 Comments

It’s mango season here in Malaysia, you can see mangoes everywhere. With the days getting hotter and mangoes aplenty, what better way to cool down than a cold sweet mango lassi drink. Mango lassi has always been my to-order drink when I go to Indian restaurants and it’s so easy for you to enjoy at home too.

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Papaya Boat

13/08/2011 by Shannon Lim-de Rooy | 0 comments

We Malaysians are blessed with abundance of local tropical fruits, especially this time of year (June-August). I usually just eat the fruits as it is. Recently I have this realisation – Why not incorporate the fruits in my cooking and be creative with it.. So this is my first of my many FRUITY post to come..

Papaya is very common in my fruit diet and my mama would bring papaya from my grandparent’s house (they have 2 trees) whenever she visit me. I adapted this recipe from Allrecipes.com – Papaya stuffed with yogurt, raisins, fruits and walnuts. I am glad that I have the ingredients (always have a tub of homemade yoghurt in my fridge) and super easy to whip up – only takes me not more than 5 minutes. I used the fresh fig that I bought recently, actually any soft fruits would also do – like banana. I won’t even call this a recipe because it’s just mix & eat. Continue Reading →