Monday, August 24, 2020

Banh Mi Baguette

 

Serves: 4

Time: 3 Hours

Ingredients:

·       2 Cups (270g) Bread Flour

·       ¾ Cup + 1-2 Tbsp Water (205mL)

·       ¾ tsp Salt

·       1 tsp Sugar

·       2 tsp Dry Instant Yeast

Directions:

1.    Mix flour, sugar, salt, yeast in large bowl.

2.    Make a well in flour mixture. Pour in water. Stir it up.

3.    Knead dough by hand for 8-10 minutes. Or until dough is soft, moist and elastic.

4.    Place in a bowl coated with cooking oil. Cover and let it rest for 1 hour in the oven with the light on. Pour some hot water in a container and place the container of the lower rack of the oven.

5.    Slightly coat the working surface with cooking oil. Cut dough into 4 equal pieces.

6.    Fold 4 pieces into balls and place on a plate and lest rest for 15-20 minutes.

7.    Throw and slap dough on work surface a couple of times.

8.    Use your fingers to flatten the dough in rectangular shape. Use a roller to flatten dough, still in rectangular shape. Try to thin out the edges. Roll up the short side of rectangle. Close ends as you roll. Might have to do two times. Maybe 5“ long.

9.    Place on parchment lined baking sheet. Cover and let these rolls rest for 45-50 minutes.

10.Preheat oven to 450F.

11.Spray water on to the rolls and use a sharp knife to make 3 sharp slashes diagonally (or one long slash off centered along length of bread). Spray with water again. Put in oven immediately after slashing.

12.Add a dish of water to oven. Bake 20-25 minutes.

13.Transfer to cooling rack.

 

 

 

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Instant Pot Times

 Potatoes- Nuwave- 1 potato cubed- 1 cup of water- 11 minutes

Chicken 1” cubes- nuwave- try 5 mins- 7 too long

Karla's Mint Tea

 Makes: 2 Quarts of Tea

INGREDIENTS:

  • 3 Cups Boiling Water
  • 4.5 Regular Tea Bags (1 Organic Tea bag for 2 quarts) (2 x Lipton 1 quart bags)
  • Mint ( half a handful)
  • 2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 Cup - 3/4 Cup Sugar ( depending on your preference)
  • 5 Cups Cold Water

DIRECTIONS

  1. Bring water to a boil. Turn off heat. Add tea bag, mint, and sugar.
  2. Brew 10-15 minutes.
  3. Refill pitcher with some ice cubes. Strain tea into pitcher. Add cold water until you have 2 quarts.
  4. Chill well before serving.


Chia Drink

 1.5 TBSP Chia Seed 1/2 Cup Warm Water from Tap Let sit for 10 mins, mixing after a few minutes Add 1/2 cup-1 cup juice.