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I do not like cakes with fruits in them, something about the texture bothers me. I do love cakes with a fruity flavor, or with fruits on the top, like this pineapple cake or this mango spice cake recipe in which the mango is pureed before being incorporated in the batter. …
This one only semi-successfully. I don’t know if it’s because I made apiti, steamed plantain cakes, the same night, but there was something off with my plantain loaf. I liked it, but I didn’t love it. It seemed like it would be a good base for a coulis or some kind of breakfast sauce. …
I think I am going to do a plantain challenge this year, at least two new plantain dishes each month. Who is with me? Reply in the comments.
This steamed plantain cakes recipe would definitely count. I did not like apiti growing up, but as often happens when music, foods, people become inaccessible, I developed some sort of romantic craving for something I never used to eat!…
On one cold evening a friend of mine and myself decided to go get some Vietnamese soup to warm ourselves up. It’s on the menu of the tiny, yet inviting Vietnamese restaurant that I discovered this shrimp dish. As I was marveling at how delicious this deceptively simple looking dish was, the friend that I was with, who is from Macau, assured me that this was a very easy dish to prepare. And so the first thing that I did when I returned home was look for a recipe for these Chao Tom.
Although I had taken care to remember the name of the dish, finding a recipe was no easy feat. My friend had given me some easy instructions: ” just cut the shrimp in very small pieces, add some garlic and one beaten egg white”. As I looked for recipes that mentioned these steps and ingredients, I was slightly overwhelmed by the number of variations. I finally settled on one….
