How To Make : Eggnog!

I'm back with more recipe video!

Last week I filmed the how to make a Pointe Shoes shaped Shortcake and I ended up with some leftover Egg Yolks, and as a proud Asian #eaa i don't want to waste it, so I decided to turn those Egg Yolks into Eggnog!

For my fellow reader/viewer who might not know what an Eggnog is, it's an American drink, made from milk, cream and egg yolks, this is a festive drink that is popular during Christmas and winter, it's not common in Indonesia, my American friends did occasionally find it in some western supermarket, but it's really overpriced, and I have always wanted to try Eggnog, but I ain't buying those overpriced drink if I can make it myself! It's really easy too! And waaaaayyyyy cheaper than the ones they sell in those overpriced Bule supermarket, lol go to this link for the step by step video:

What you'll need are: 

- 3 eggyolks

- 1 cup of milk

- 1 cup of cream

- 1/2 cup of sugar

- 1 nutmeg

- 1 tiny stick of cinnamon

- 1 shot of cinnamon vodka

STEPS:

1. Grate all the spices as fine as possible

2. Whisk together the yolks and sugar

3. In a medium sized pan, mix in the milk and cream, and bring to simmer, while whisking using medium low heat.

4. Mix in the spices to the milk mixture, and simmer them whilst occasionally stir it for 2 minutes.

5. Whilst whisking the egg mixture, pour in the milk, then pour the eggnog back to the pan, and heat it until it thicken

6. Pour the eggnog into a glass, then mix in the vodka, and you're done!

Isn't it easy AF? hahaha, so quick too, and the best part is: you can add as much alcohol as you desire, traditionally, American uses Rum for Eggnog, but my friend Indira happened to have a cinnamon vodka, which i think will taste INCREDIBLE with this, and guess what? I WAS RIGHT

If you're able to get some cinnamon vodka i recommend you to use it for Eggnog, it's so good!

I hoope you guys like the video! and I'm making more recipe and food adventure for my channel, stay tune! if you like it, please like,share and subscribe! See ya!

HOW TO MAKE POINTÉ SHOES CAKE (MY FIRST EVER COOKING CHANNEL EPISODE!)

Hey guys,

It's been ages huh? I was about to give up my passion and work in a corporate world but then my heart win in the end, hahaha~

As a start for me to pursue my passion, I'm making a series of Youtube Cooking Show!!! It's all on my channel, please come and visit! I'll also update everyting from my youtube channel to this blogspot, I still have a lot to learn, so feel free to give me criticism and suggestion! I will accept it happily :D

Recipe:

Vanilla Shortcake

1 1/2 cup sugar

1 cup butter

4 eggs

2 3/4 cups all purpose flour

2 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

A pinch of salt

Decoration:

Pink Fondant

White Fondant

Cream

Step By Step : 

- Preheat oven in 350 F or around 180 celcius, prepare the buttered cake tin and line them with baking paper.

- In a big bowl mix the flour, baking powder and salt.

- Cream the sugar and butter until pale, add eggs one at a time and beat thougroughly.

- Mix in the flour and milk into the sugar and egg mixture alternately, then add the vanilla extract and mix until well incorporated.

- Pour in the batter into cake tin, then bake for 30-35 minutes!

For the decoration:

- Roll the fondants thinly but still strong enough to hold it's shape.

- Whip up some cream.

Shaping The Cake :

- Cut the cake after it's cooled, according to the shape you want, I'm making a pointe shoes cake(cuz why not?) so I draw the edge of my shoes into the baking paper, then i cut the cake using the stencil.

- Cover the cake with cream, then the fondant, make sure the fondant is large enough for you to cover the cake.

you can add accesories like bow, and sole or even flower if you want!

I hope you guys enjoy the video and let me know if you have any critiques or suggestion! Thank you!

[RECIPE] Spaghetti Aglio Olio With Sautéed Mushroom

Hi i'm back!

Today i want to share another recipe, there's a backstory to this recipe, so once upon a time, me and my mother ate at this fancy restaurant where they serve this amazing pasta aglio olio, it was so good! But too pricey for me to go eat there often, so i decided to re-create the pasta myself! Took me a while... But i finally made it!

The original one is with smoked beef, but i'm actually not a big fan of meat so i use mushroom as substitute, and to me i tasted WAY better because the mushrooms adds more flavour and fragrance :)

Okay enough talking, let's get cooking!

What you'll need are:

- a big pot

- a stove (duh)

- a sharp knife

- a cutting board

- a rinser

- a pan

The ingredients are:

- 4 to 8 finely sliced cloves of garlic (depending on the size, indonesian garlic are super tiny)

- 3 tbs of olive oil

- salt

- grinded pepper

- grinded black pepper

- dried oregano

- dried basil

- chili flakes

- 5 sliced shitake mushrooms(or as much as you like)

- a handfull of dried spaghetti pasta

This recipe is for 1 person

Step by step:

- fill your pot with water and boil it, then put in your dried pasta and boil for 13-15 minutes then rinse it (if you made your own pasta then feel free to skip this step)

- heat up your pan in medium heat, pour in the olive oil, after the oil is hot put in the garlics, fry untill they start to brown

Like that

- put in the mushrooms, season with salt, peppers, black pepper, oregano, basil and chili flakes, just put in a little by little, usually i just eyeballed it and took a taste once in a while, plus everybody have different preferences in spices :D stir fry the mushrooms untill they shrinked, you can add water if the heat is too high.

- lower the heat and mix in the pasta, stir everything untill well combined, then serve!

I really love this recipe because it's very rich in flavour, and it's also healthy! And did i mention that this is vegan?

If you try this recipe please tell me! Or take a picture for instagram and tag my instagram account @jacq_tanoto

Have a nice day everyone!