Sunday, May 18, 2025

Stir Fry Mushrooms

 


This is a vegetarian dish packed with super food - mushrooms.


Ingredients

400g Mushrooms (Shiitake, Enoki, King Oyster and Shimeiji - or any of your preferred mushrooms)

2 cloves of garlic (chopped)

1/2 tsp salt (or 5 tablespoons of sauce from cooking braised pork belly, if available)


Method

1. Prepare mushrooms:

. enoki - trim away roots and tear into bite size

. shiitake - separate the stems from the top, then slice the tops and stems thinly

. shimeji - trim the roots and separate into individual mushroom stalks

. king oyster - trim the roots and cut into thin slices

2. Heat the wok with a little oil, then sauteed the garlic until fragrant. Transfer the garlic to a plate.

3.  Heat the wok until smoking, and add all the mushrooms. Stir fry until softened. No need to add water during stir frying as the mushrooms will release some water. Add salt and mix in. Turn off wok fire.

4. Stir in the garlic and dish up.


Friday, May 2, 2025

Oats Bun

 


This recipe is adapted from Greg Wade

Ingredients (makes 9 buns)

Poolish: 45g bread flour, 45g water, a pinch of yeast (about 0.1g)

Oats Porridge: 35g old fashioned rolled oats, 105g water, a pinch of salt.

200g bread flour

60g fresh milk

20g water

25g honey

4g salt

1g instant yeast


Method

1. Make poolish: In a small bowl, combine flour, water and yeast using a fork. Mix until completely combined (no lumps of dry flour left), cover and leave it at room temperature to ferment until the mixture has ripened - look for these signs: bubbly on the surface, volume more than doubled. It will also pass the float test i.e. take a very small portion of poolish,  drop it into a cup/bowl of water and it should float). My poolish was ready in 4 hours (from 5.30pm to 9.30pm).


2. Cook oats porridge: Put the oats, water and salt in a small pot and cook over low heat for 2 mins until the porridge is thick. Stir the porridge to prevent scorching. Set aside to cool down.

3. Combine all ingredients, except butter and salt, in a stand mixer and knead at medium speed until it comes together in a smooth ball of dough.

4. Add butter and salt, and knead until dough is smooth and elastic. Do the window pane test (for gluten development). Remove the dough from the mixing bowl and form a smooth dough ball. 

5. Lightly grease the mixing bowl with olive oil and transfer the dough ball into it. Cover the bowl and let it proof at room temperature for 45mins or until double in size, whichever is earlier. 

6. Meanwhile, line your baking tin with parchment paper. 

7. After 1st proofing, punch down the dough and divide into small pieces. I divided the 566g dough into 9 pieces and shape them into balls to fit my baking pan. Rest the balls for 15 mins. After that, reshape into balls, cover and let it proof at room temperature for 1 hour or until double in size.

8. 15mins before end of 2nd proofing, preheat oven to 190 deg cel. Bake the buns for 25mins. Cool on wire rack.