Over the Weekend

I was busy planning the trip to Prague so I didn't have time to update the blog last week.

I've come back to England 2 days ago & I've so many things to sort out.

The photos & notes I took throughout the trip which I'll tell you later.

From now, I'm sharing a few recipes which I've tried over the weekend almost 2 weeks ago.

I baked some green tea financiers & vanilla semifreddo with espresso.

We had dinner at Strada italian restaurant & we ordered nougat semifreddo with espresso for dessert.

It was great so I wanted to try if I can make it.

I've found some recipes & almost all of them uses raw eggs so I decided to write up my own.

It's simpler & yet delicious!

As for the financiers, I bought a silicone mould from the trip to Calais & I haven't tried making financiers before.

I wasn't sure how financier should be like but I like the matcha flavour.

The sakura looks great too.

Recipe:

Green Tea Financiers

77 g unsalted butter

2 egg whites

90 g sugar

77 g ground almond

15 g plain flour

6 g matcha/green tea powder

9 salt-pickled sakura

Remove salt from the sakura, place at the bottom of the mould.

In a small bowl, melt butter over medium heat, set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk up egg whites with sugar until stiff & fluffy.

Sieve in green tea powder & plain flour, add in ground almond, fold until smooth.

Pour in molten butter, fold until smooth.

Divide the batter in the mould & bake in a preheated oven at 190C for 12-15 min.

Vanilla Semifreddo (5 x 3" round)

200 g whipping cream

70 g condensed milk (light)

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Whisk whipping cream with condensed milk & vanilla eseence to soft peaks.

Divide into the mould & freeze to set.

Remove from the mould & serve with a shot of hot espresso + 1 tsp Baileys.