Wednesday 12 November 2014

Green tea tiramisu

What about a Japanese-inspired Tiramisu? To all green tea lovers, you should try this recipe out! ;)



If you are keen in making this, here I'm sharing the recipe.

Ingredients:
  • one packet of lady finger biscuits (Depends which type of dish you are using, I used one packet
Mascarpone Cheese filling:
  • 40g (about 2 eggs) of egg yolks
  • 70g of caster sugar (Separate 30g and 40g each)
  • 250g of Mascarpone cheese
  • 100g of whipping cream (35% fat
  • 70g of egg whites
  • 10g + extra for dusting
  • 90g of hot water

Method:
  • Prepare mascarpone cheese filling. Combine egg yolks and 30g of sugar in a bowl and beat until mixture thickens and becomes pale yellow in colour. Add mascarpone cheese and mix well.
  • Whip whipping cream in a chilled bowl until stiff peaks form. Add whipped cream to the mascarpone cheese mixture and fold through.
  • Make meringue. Place egg whites in a clean bowl and beat until foamy. Add remaining sugar and beat until stiff peaks form and egg whites are glossy. Fold into mascarpone cheese mixture.
  • Place green tea powder in a small bowl and mix with hot water a little at a time. Stir until completely dissolved. Quickly dip both ends of each biscuit sponge in the green tea mixture, then place in a medium serving dish such as a 27cm oval dish, or into individual serving glasses.
  • Spread half of mascarpone cheese filling in a layer over soaked biscuit sponges. Dip more biscuit sponges into green tea mixture and place on top of mascarphone cheese layer. Spoon over remaining mascarpone cheese filling.
  • Dust generously with green tea powder and refrigerate until required. Tiramisu can kept refrigerated for up to 2 days.
Tips: Mix powdered with green tea powder for dusting. Just green tea powder alone is kinda bitter.

Green tea chiffon cake

I'm on a green tea craze lately. Here's a green tea chiffon cake that I'd recently baked. Soft and moist! :)




Ingredients:

  • 70g of top flour
  • 10g of green tea powder 
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 20g of caster sugar
  • 70g of water
  • 60g of canola oil

Meringue:
  • 90g of caster sugar
  • 10g of corn flour (cornstarch) or rice flour
  • 180g (about 5 eggs) of egg whites

Method:
  • Preheat oven to 160C
  • Sift flour and green tea powder together twice. Combine egg yolks and sugar in a bowl and mix well. Add water and canola oil and blend together. Add flour and green tea powder mixture and mix until batter becomes sticky. Set aside.
  • Make meringue. Combine sugar and rice or corn flour. Beat egg whites until foamy. Add half the sugar and flour mixture and continue beating for a few minutes, then add remaining sugar and flour mixture and beat until egg whites are glossy, with stiff peaks.
  • Add 1/3 of meringue to egg yolk mixture and fold in lightly, then add remaining meringue and fold to incorporate completely.
  • Pour batter into an ungreased 20 cm chiffon cake pan. Bake in an oven for 40 - 50 minutes. When cake is done, remove from oven and turn the pan over. Leave cake to cool in pan.
  • Once cake has cooled completely, carefully run a knife or spatula around the sides of the cake to loosen it before inverting onto a wire rack.