Easy Bread! No Yeast No Worry. イーストなしでもおいしいパン

The recipe I used: here (written in Japanese)

Makes 2 rolls (You can divide them into 4 ) 市販のロールパン4個分程度
100g Bread flour (強力粉)
100g All-purpose flour (薄力粉)
2 teaspoon Baking powder (ベーキングパウダー小さじ2)
2 teaspoon Sugar (砂糖小さじ2)
1/3 teaspoon Salt (塩小さじ1/3)
½ beaten Egg (溶き卵½個)  >>>
½ cup/100cc Milk (牛乳)      >>> MIX EGG & MILK
20g melted Butter: not room temperature but melted (溶かしたバター)

Directions.....>>>

1: Preheat your oven at 200℃ (390°F).

In a large bowl, place dry ingredients and mix it evenly with your hand. Make a hole in the center.

Pour the mixture of milk and egg into the hole and add in 20g melted butter. Mix well the dry & the liquid ingredients until no longer watery and now, knead knead knead.. 

It must be very sticky but it gets one dough in 5 minutes. 

2: Divide the dough into 2 to 4 masses and place them on oven sheet. With the half rest of beaten egg, give 2 egg coats on the surface of rolls. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes. 

Enjoy when it's no longer hot :)


1: オーブンを200℃に温める。
大きめのボウルに強力粉から塩までの粉類を合わせて、手で全体を混ぜて泉を作る。
中心に溶き卵1/2個分と牛乳100ccを合わせたものを加え、溶かしたバター20gを入れる。
粉類と水分をよく混ぜてまとめるように手でこねる。最初はべたべたでも、5分もこねるとまとまってくる。

2: 生地を4等分に分け、好みの形にまとめて、オーブンシートをしいた天板に間隔をあけて並べる。残りの溶き卵1/2個分を生地の表面に塗り、200℃のオーブンで20分焼く。

xoxo

M

Easy, Addictive Beef Quesadillas ビーフケサディア

Quesadillas! It's getting the perfect weather for it these days. Do you like it?
I still remember the shock when I first had quesadillas at Taco John's in Montana and I got immediately addicted. Ever since I had one, I only ordered quesadilla at Mexican restaurant, Taco Bell (they had it, didn't they?), Taco John's ...everywhere. Especially I loved their chicken one. Do you like it? I knowww.  Turkey also rocks.
Ah..... I miss U.S.. I love the smell I felt when I arrived in the airport (wherever, Seattle, Minnesota, Denver, Salt lake city..) and its atmosphere....*sigh*
Anyway, beef quesadilla. When it comes to mexican and beef, chili powder is must. Grab black olives, shredded cheese and if you could get green chilly that would be perfect. omfg, here Germany they don't have green chili at any grocery stores. I wonder why they don't have it while they sell Maggy's, Old El Paso, and other famous products. Should I be biting sausage? -_-
I substituted green onion (leek) for the green chili that turned out pretty good!
Cheese melts in the beef... ahhhh... dip in salsa......ahrrrrrrr...
Easy dinner recipe!

1lb/500g ground beef (牛ひき)
1 Package your favorite Taco seasoning mix (お好きなタコス用チリパウダー一袋 例:写真)

100ml ~ 150ml water (水)

Salt & ground black pepper to taste (塩・黒こしょう少々)
4 to 5 flour tortillas (4~5枚トルティーヤ) I used my handmade tortilla 私は手作りトルティーヤ
Butter (for spreading) (バター適量)
1 to 2 cups Mexican cheese blend (200g ピザ用チーズ)
Your favorite salsa sauce (お好みのサルサソース)
-------------Add in your favorite ingredients 好みの具材を入れてね---------------------------------------------------------
1 cup/200g sliced black olives (200g 種抜きブラックオリーブ、スライス)
½ cup/100g green onion (leek) (長ネギスライス)

Directions.....>>>

Fluffy & nicely sweet Onion Loaf ふんわりやさしい玉ねぎパン

Onion loaf. Would you have it with a soup or for breakfast?  I found some onions that were getting old (I bought too much) in my kitchen and had good enough amount of ingredients to make breads.
So I baked some onion loafs for Easter (long time ago now!) meals.
I love the smell of onions with hot butter, and the texture of the loaf that is soft, rich, moist and gentle.
We had it with dinner soup but it would be nice for morning with omelette or sunny side up egg.
Please try. This is a homemade sweet treat.

300g Bread flour (強力粉)
4.5g Salt (塩)
4.5g Instant dried Yeast (ドライイースト)
4.5g freshly ground black petter (粗挽き黒胡椒 )
12ml Milk (牛乳)
12g Sugar (砂糖)
■1/2 beaten Egg (溶いた卵半分)
■180ml lukewarm Water (ぬるいお湯)
12g room temperature Butter (室温バター)
2 Medium Onions, finely minced, sautéd(玉ねぎ 炒める)

Directions.....>>>

#2 One-Hour Cinnamon Rolls 1時間でできるシナモンロール

 

After making shortcut cinnamon rolls, I was waiting for when I can make another easy one till this time. If I compare both, I prefer this One hour cinnamon rolls that have more texture to enjoy (a little gooey, yet fluffy, moist inside, and crispy, flavorful, wonderfully caramelized surface outside..MMM) and plain dough & cinnamon sugar filling give an unreplaceable breakfast time..

I guess sooner or later I'd need to know original cinnamon rolls, but this one doesn't keep you long at the kitchen: 1 hour, you can make it while your kids play in the living room or even before everyone wakes up in the morning. They might come out of rooms for the fantastic baking smell though.
So this recipe must come! 

I used this recipe: here

For the dough: 生地
2 3⁄4 cup (400+150g) all-purpose flour (薄力粉)
30g sugar (砂糖)
7g baking powder (ベーキングパウダー)
1⁄2 tsp. baking soda (ベーキングソーダ 小さじ1⁄2)
1 pinch salt (塩ひとつまみ)
1 1⁄4 cup (250ml) milk (牛乳)
6 tbsp (60g) melted butter  (溶かしたバター)

For the filling: 中身 (お好みに応じて砂糖とシナモンの量は加減)
2 tbsp (30g) melted butter (溶かしたバター)
2 tbsp (30g) brown sugar (ブラウンシュガー (普通の砂糖でもokだけど、ブラウンだと濃密になってうま♡))
1 tbsp (15g) cinnamon  (シナモン)

For the glaze: シュガーコーティング
1/4 cup (50ml) water (水)
1/4 cup EACH powdered sugar & brown (各50gずつパウダー&ブラウンシュガー)

Directions......>>>

Before leaving to Paris: Olive oil Garlic Bread

Cool coincidence I baked Baguettes before going to Paris. 

I really didn't intend to do it; I was only out of my bread. This evening John came back from his flight and we enjoyed dinner just now. Since I (we) had to consume vegetables and raw stuff in the fridge for being away at home for some days in Paris, I needed to rely on pre made food in the freezer. And only thing I made was these Garlic bread. 

I thought I'd freeze my Baguettes (I've baked another 2.) but I remembered that John said on email that he'd love to have freshly baked bread. Then why not try? 

No veggies but garlics are available, many spices are in the rack, and my rosemary-in-Olive oil is there! 

I know, when it comes to garlic toast, the combination of garlic and butter is must, but I always want to go healthier way even though I need oil. Olive oil is my true love. and nutella. 

I made them trying to remember ones my mom used to make for my dad, though she only used butter.

For 6 slices. Enjoy it with soup :) I gotta finish packing :)
See you in Paris on 2nd ♥

6 slices of your favorite Baguette

5 cloves Garlic, minced OR grated OR "blendered" like I did.

30g extra virgin Olive oil

10g softened Butter

1 pinch dried Basil flakes

2 pinches Parsley + some for topping after baked

2 Tablespoon Parmesan cheese, grated

Check Directions......>>>

From one pizza dough to many to taste :) Nom nom nom

From the no knead pizza dough, today I baked my first bread (I baked many breads with my mom when I was little, but this is what I baked all by myself).  I usually have Rye or Vollkorn (brown) bread like this: for more Vitamin B, mineral, and fiber. 

After 1to 2 months I moved to Germany, I almost became anorexia. If I could think of the cause, it might've been that I had no friends, couldn't communicate with others for the language, got hungry from study but the food didn't satisfy me (completely different from Japanese healthy food...), and "I don't want to be fat.". The struggle of hunger and trying to stay thin to continue fashion/outfit blog. 

When I was about to "fall" (start to suffer from anorexia), I consulted with a person (food/nutrition professor) about my problem and she recommended me to buy Vollkorn or Rye bread that contains LOTS of vitamin B and mineral that help people on diet (≠ to be skinny; = to be healthy). And she told me to make 30 times of chewing at each bite. 

How lucky I am. I'm in Germany and they have loads of Vollkorn bread everywhere.

It saved me. I should say it really saved my life. If you had ever suffered from anorexia, you know how terrible and hard it feels. 

So, I started to get better about..since January (the end of December) and my appetite has got fallen off in a healthy, better way and I don't have the horrible desire for eating at all. anymore. :)

But now, I don't have my bread. :D And I've just learned to make easy pizza dough. So I needed to take advantage of it! 

Oh man, how fabulous handmade bread is! The word "FLAVORFUL" must be used for this bread. 

Nice, nice, nice smell of yeast and wheat. Warm, steamy slices melt the butter....oh my god. YUMMY.

Don't put jam, nutella even if you love really bad, or anything like that on it. Enjoy, taste it, and sigh.

Trust me, you'll love it. 

I baked my bread for 25 minutes at 200℃(400°F), checking the bread surface getting brown. 

Would you give it a try? 

With handmade Arrabbiata sauce. 手作りアラビアータソースと

Or simply put butter on it? それともシンプルにバターでおいしく:)

What would you have time? どう食べる? :)

Enjoy!

xoxo

M

American Cherry Pie アメリカンチェリーパイ

My kitchen was full of American Cherry smell from the oven. How nice and much it made me excited to bite.  

Since today, 31st March, Easter/Spring break has started. I finished A1 exam which is first level of German language and a test for non-German people and our teacher gave us the result, though we'll receive the official form after Easter, that wasn't bad: 90/100. It's been 4 months since I started to learn German language and now I am able to express what I want to say. There's still much much long to go but I'm growing everyday :) 

We were going to have a party at school before Easter break started but it wasn't officially announced and I missed the chance last Thursday to ask our teacher if we'd make a party on Friday. But my Italian friend backed pizza for me (how sweet she is!). 

"We won't have a party but I'll bake a pizza for you, meggy :) (in German) " she said. 

This is my reason to bake this American Cherry pie :) 

The recipe I used: HERE

*Chill flour, butter, and a large bowl for 2 hours. (I put them in the fridge before I went to bed and made the pie next morning) 

薄力粉、バター、ボウルは2時間程度冷蔵庫で冷やしておく。(私は前夜に冷蔵庫に入れて翌朝パイ作りしました。)

Watch his video to make proper shortcrust for this pie. (パイ生地作りのビデオ)

INGREDIENTS

-------Shortcrust パイ生地-------

400g Flour, chilled (冷やしておいた薄力粉 400g)

200g Butter, chilled & cut into cubes (冷やしておいたバター 200g サイコロ状に切る)

1 pinch of salt (塩ひとつまみ)

Just under 100ml cold Water (冷水 100ml 全部使い切らなくても大丈夫)

--------Filling ソース--------

240g bottled sweetened American Cherry, or blueberry, strawberry etc.. (ビン詰めのアメリカンチェリー240g  ブルーベリー、イチゴ等でもok)

1 Tablespoon fresh Lemon juice (レモン汁大さじ1)

2 Tablespoon/20g flour (薄力粉 大さじ2 (山盛りにしなくていい))

Check Directions......>>>>