Mango Cheese Cake

I received this fabulous mixer from a friend as a Christmas gift but it has been sitting in my cupboard ever since. I was dying to give it a go and was looking for something to make. I scanned through all the recipes I have and decided to make a chilled mango cheese cake.

Ingredients:

100g biscuits (whatever you like... personally I like to use Digestive biscuit)
60g butter, melted
500g cream cheese
1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar
200g white chocolate, melted
300ml cream, whipped
3 teaspoons gelatine
1/4 cup (60ml) hot water
2 mangoes, sliced
1 mango, cubed


1. If you have a food processor, place biscuits in it and pulse until fine crumbs form. If you do not, place biscuits in a plastic bag and using a roller, roll/crush the biscuits until fine crumbs form.

2. Add butter and mix to combine. Press into base of a 20cm springform pan. Chill for 15 minutes, until base is firm.

3. While waiting for the base to firm, using an electric mixer (my new one :>), beat cream cheese and sugar together until smooth and creamy. Fold through chocolate and whipped cream.

4. Whisk gelatine with hot water until dissolved. Stir 1/4 cup of cream cheese mixture into gelatine. Return to cream cheese mixture and mix well.

5. Combine the cubed mangoes into the mixture and pour cheesecake over biscuit base. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

6. Arrange mango slices over top and cut into wedges to serve.


Making this cheese cake actually made me miss my home grown mango... I would say, there is no better mango than the ones from the mango trees in our garden. Simply no comparison... Thanks dad for the delicious mangoes :)

Chicken With Ham & Cheese

My sister recently posted an event on her blog about me cooking for her family. Among the comments, there are queries for the recipe. So I thought I would do her a favour by posting the recipe here.

I decided to do this dish as I saw the recipe somewhere online and I have never tried it before. So I thought this would be a good chance to try. Unfortunately, I can't remember all the ingredients exactly, but I know the few main ones, so I did it my own style.

Ingredients for 4 serves:

4 chicken breasts/thighs with skin, about 150g each
4 slices of Swiss Cheese or Cheddar Cheese
4 slices of ham
1 bunch of spinach
Dry herbs (oregano or Italian herbs or sage)
Salt and pepper
Toothpick (optional, only if needed)


Preparation method:

Place the chicken skin-side down on a board. With a sharp knife cut the chicken almost in half from the side, cutting parallel to the board, and leaving the other side joined. Open up like a book and lightly bash flat.

Or

Buy ready cut and flatten pieces of meat like I did... hehehe :>

After cleaning the chicken, season well with the dry herbs, salt and pepper. Set it aside to marinate. While waiting, wash the spinach and then chop it into small pieces.


Cooking method:

Heat the oven to 200 degree celcius and warm an oiled baking tray.

Heat the oil in a pan, cook the chicken, skin-side down first, for a few minutes, until well coloured.

Place the chopped spinach, a slice of ham and a slice of cheese on the inner side of the chicken, then close it as you would a book. If the chicken is too thick, use toothpick to hold it together.

Place skin-side up on the baking tray, then roast for 15 minutes or until cooked, which will depend on their size.

If you do not have an oven, then place the chicken back onto the pan and fry it until cooked.

Surprise Call

I received a phone call yesterday. This is how the conversation went:


Me: Hello ?

Caller: Hello... *silence*

Me: *puzzled* Er...hello ?

Caller: YEE YEE !! *cackle*

Me: Hey !! How are you ? *surprise and happy*

Caller: Fine thank you

Me: So what are you doing ?

Caller: ....homework *spoke in a softer tone*

Me: Ok... so why do you ring me ?

Caller: YOU ! *giggle giggle*

Me: ?? *processing*

I think the caller misunderstood my question as "who are you ringing"... ha ha ha

Me: hmm... does your mummy know you're ringing me ?

Caller: No... *cheeky laugh*

Me: *laugh* aiyo... you naughty naughty...

Caller: hehehe...


Then we got cut off. I'm not sure if the caller hung up or the line got cut off. So I tried ringing back, but no one pick up the phone.

So that was it, the conversation of a surprise call between me and the caller - my 8 year old nephew. Isn't that sweet ?