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Cooking Tips: Heavy Cream vs Heavy Whipping Cream

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Heavy Cream vs Heavy Whipping Cream Heavy Cream and Heavy Whipping Cream are a very similar thing. Heavy Cream contains 36%+ more milk fat. -whipped better and hold it's shape longer -ideal for sauce making as well -maybe healthier because there is no added chemical to keep the product steady/longer shelf life Heavy Whipping Cream is a little lighter with only 30% milk fat. -more dense and firm and it is good for piping through a pastry bag -ideal for sauce making as well -softer and had more voluminous

Recipe: Chocolate Ganache (Glaze/Mirror/朱古力鏡面)

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Chocolate Ganache Chocolate: Cream Ration 3-Way: -Pouring/Mirror Glaze 1:2 to 2.5 -Piping 1:1 -Spreading/Frosting 1:1 This Glaze/Mirror is 1:2 ratio.  It is a little on the thick but still pourable side. Ingredients: Heavy Cream or Whipped Cream 2.5 part 70% Dark Chocolate 1part Rum 1/2tsp (optional) Honey 1Tsp Use 2 squares of this chocolate bar. Method: Set up a double boiler (aka Bain-marie ) with a small/midsize saucepan and a small mixing bowl.  The water should not touch the bottom of the bowl and it should be simmer . Chop 2.5 part of chocolate into smaller pieces. Add 1 part of a heavy whipped cream or heavy cream in the bowl to warm up. Add chopped chocolate to the cream to melt by stirring the mixture slowly and thoroughly (but don't stir the air in it) for the perfect mirror effect. Add 1/2tsp of rum for flavor or make this step optional. Add 1Tsp of honey for flavor and shinney effect. Mix well to ensure smoothness. For Pouring/Mirror/G

Cooking Tips: HARD Broiled Eggs Turned Off Boiling Water 12 mins

HARD Boiled Eggs Boiling water Turn off heat Lower egg into boiling water Remove from heat and Cover with lid For LC, cover with lid for 12mins

Recipe: Beef Croquette 日式A5牛肉可樂餅 ++++

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Beef Croquette 日式A5牛肉可樂餅  Heart shape croquettes are filled with mozzella. Ingredients: 馬鈴薯 Potato 2 small 雞蛋 Hard Boiled Egg 1 洋蔥 Onion diced 1/2個 牛絞肉 Ground beef 200g 油 Vegetable oil 1 to 2Tsp 鹽 Salt 1/4tsp 鹽巴&胡椒 Salt & Pepper 1/4tsp each 高筋麵粉 Bread flour—1/2cup 雞蛋 Egg 1 麵包粉 Breadcrumb 1 to 1 1/2cups 油 Vegetable oil for deep drying—2 to 3 cups 豬排醬 Tonkatsu sauce 3 Tsp Method: Rinse and peel two small size potatos and cut into 1" slices. Prepare and unshell one hard boiled egg. Bring a pot of water to a boil to steam the potato slices for approximately 15-20 minutes or until throughly cooked. With 1Tsp of oil in a medium heat frying pan, stir fried onion with 1/4tsp of salt until golden. Add minced beef into the pan to stir fried with 1/4 tsp of salt and black pepper for approximately 3 minutes or until coo (not pink.) Set aside to cool. Check potato slices doness by poking it through easily by a chopstick. Remove potato slices into a mixi

Cooking Tips: PLU for Organic Produce 8#### 9####

PLU as in Price Look Up code for produce PLU code is mostly 4-digit and they are mostly traditional grown but not necessary non- Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)  because they are not required to identified what is GMO.   If identified... GMO produce is  5-digit long and starting with 8 Organic produce is  5-digit long as well but starting with 9

Cooking Tips: Sweet Part of Radish/Daikon (closer to stem)

The part closer to the Radish leaves is sweeter compare to the root end. 蘿蔔 近葉倍位比較甜

Cooking Tips: Start Cooking Plants at Room vs Boiling Water Temperature

Add Root type of food in Room temperature water to cook. 土下   根部食物冷水下 e.g.  Carrots, Daikon, Potato, etc. Add Stem (or above) type of food in Boiling water to cook. 土上   葉莖部食物開水下 e.g.  Spinach, Broccoli, Lettuces, etc.