Baked Dory Fish

Apart from Salmon - Dory is one of my many favourite seafoods dig. There's just something about it. The first time I tried a dish out of it was a few years back at Bubba Gump Manila. Never really thought I could find a frozen delight on the supermarket but I did last weekend and have to be thankful because finally I'm able to cooked it as I pleased and enjoy the taste :)

Ingredients

* Dory Fish Fillet (frozen cuts are available at Rustan's Supermarket, Ayala Center Cebu)

* Sliced Carrots (sliced it diagonally for some artsy look)

* Ringed Lemons (cut into two)

* Olives (you could also opt for the black ones, depends on your mood)

* Onions (rings)

* Broccoli (cooked separately by boiling)

* Spices (basil flakes, oregano flakes, black pepper, turmeric, minced garlic, dash of oil)

Procedure

* Clean your Dory Fish Fillet via running water and let dry. 

* Placed in bake ware and placed all ingredients except for Broccoli (i decided to place the carrots underneath the fish just for experiment purposes)

* Sprinkle with spices and place in oven to baked for 30 minutes. Oven must be at 350.

Add Ons

Parsley

Dill

Basil Leaves 

Tomato

Romaine Lettuce

Ranch Dressing

Finish Product :D Easy as 1 2 3 :D

Broken Beef Lasagna

I have been wanting to make a lasagna but I was always afraid to try it out until my Aunt from Sweden came for a visit and prepared one for her boyfriend. And last Thursday, my friends came over and I made one - it was good but I think it lacked sauce on the top most layer thus it came off a little dry (not sure if this should be the term but yeah, it looked like it).

So, I decided to recreate it earlier :)

Ingredients

2can Large Tomato Sauce /Spaghetti Sauce

1pack Lasagna Pasta

1pack All Purpose Cream

1can Sliced Mushrooms

3cups Ground Beef

2cups Regular Cheese (grated)

1/2cup Parmesan Cheese

2tbsp Butter

Gloves of Garlic (thinly chopped)

Onions (thinly cubes)

Tomatoes (cubes, optional)

A Pack of Singles Cheese (optional)

A Dash of Black Pepper

A Dash of Basil

A Dash of Oregano

A Dash of Thyme

Garnish (OPTIONAL)

Parsley

Olives

Blue Cheese

In making the sauce, it is the same procedure as making a spaghetti sauce that's why I didn't make a photo of it but here are the steps:

1. Sautee Garlic and Onions with Butter until lightly brown.

2. Add Beef, A Dash of Black Pepper, A Dash of Oregano, A Dash of Basil. Mix until Beef is Brown. Add Mushrooms.

3. Add in Grated Cheese. Add All Purpose Cream. Mix until Cheese melts.

4. Add in Tomatoes and simmer until tomatoes are soft.

5. Add Tomato Sauce. Stir and Mix. Simmer for 6 minutes.

6. Set aside.

1. In a bake ware, Layer Lasagna Pasta evenly.

2. Pour in Sauce and spread evenly making sure that the sauce poured isn't too thick. 

3. Topped Sauce with Cheese, A Dash of Thyme and Parmesan Cheese.

4. Repeat procedure 1 to 3 (for this recipe I made it to three layers)

5. Once you've reached top most layer. Cover with enough sauce and top with parmesan cheese.

6. Bake to 360 degrees until pasta is soft.

Finish Product. Garnish with Olives, Blue Cheese and Thyme :)

PS Called it Broken Beef Lasagna because unlike other lasagnas served in restaurant this one was still too hot when I sliced it and it felt like the entire serving broke into pieces but one thing I learn a while back is to let it cool for a bit so that the sauce would sip into the pasta and would make it hold :D

Enjoy cooking and eating! Happy weekend :)

Nikka's Version of a Beef Pho

Ingredients
Rice Noodles
Beef Tenderloin (choice of sliced meat)
8cups Water
3cubes Knorr Beef Cubes
Dash of Black Pepper
Dash of Lea & Perrins (optional, regular soy sauce)
Rosemary Leaves
Bean Sprouts
Red Bell Pepper (optional, regular chilli)
Mint Leaves (optional)
Onions (sliced, optional)
Red Chilli Paste
Onion Stalks (sliced)
Parsley Leaves
Lemon
Egg (optional)

*PS I forgot to slice some onions for this recipe but it should be there. Also I'm only using the ingredients that I got from the groceries. The greens are replacement for the greens that are on the traditional Vietnamese Pho :)

1. Rice Noodles, 1 Knorr Beef Cube, 4 Cups of Water.

*this is the only rice noodles that I saw on the store. it's a wide noodle which is usually used for Thai's Pad Thai.

2. Pour 4 Cups of Water on a Cooking Ware, Add in 1 Knorr Beef Cube and Rice Noodles. Bring to boil or until noodles are cook.

3. Drained excess water and set noodles aside.

1. Lea & Perrins, Rosemary Leaves, 2 & 1/2 Knorr Beef Cubes, 4 Cups Water, Black Pepper and Beef.

*originally I intended to use just a cube and a half of Knorr thingy but when I tasted my soup, it was blunt so I made it to 2.5 :D

2. Pour in water and beef cubes. Slightly boil.

3. Add in beef and dash of black pepper. Bring to boil until meat is tender and cook.

4. Make sure to take off bubbles from your soup.

Prepare all ingredients and be ready to customised your own Pho :)

Finish Product

This recipe is a real experiment. I'm always scared to try making Pho. It's so easy to make, I've tried making one before in Saigon but it feels strange when all the ingredients needed for it aren't at hand. As I'm writing this, I feel so chicken shiz. :D But the taste is superb and I'm not saying it because I made it but because I perfected the soup.

To be honest, I was having second thoughts making this today, a lot of things were swirling into my head but I've posted on FB that I'll be making it and since I'm always true to my words, here it is. I added in the egg because I seriously love having it on noodle soups. 

Ahh looking and savouring the taste of my own Pho version is putting some huge smile on my face after an excruciating long hot boring day. :D

Enjoy eating :)

PS Don't put in the egg whites on the soup - just the yolk - yellow thing :)

Home Made Baguette Pizza

Ingredients
Baguette Bread
Tomato Sauce
Assorted Meat - Toppings (chicken, beef, shrimps, boiled eggs)
Tomato (sliced, optional)
Onions (thinly sliced)
Mushrooms
Regular Cheese (grated)
Red Bell Peppers (sliced, optional)

*Tomato Sauce
I decided to upgrade my tomato sauce by adding a tablespoon of spicy korean sauce, tomato pesto, dash of black pepper, dash of oregano and dash of basil for that up a notch taste.

Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Garnish
Olives
Extra Meat Toppings
Blue Cheese
Parsley

1. Slice Baguette breads diagonally. Cut regular slices by the baker into two, as seen on the above photos.

2. Spread tomato sauce evenly on each bread. 

3. Top your favourite toppings on each bread. You could start with cheese then toppings or reverse (toppings then cheese). The choice is limitless.

4. Once done, place each baguette on the Oven Toaster and toast until bread becomes lightly brown.

Finish Product

A closer look.

Had been making this recipe whenever I crave for home made pizza and since I'm trying to clean the fridge on time before Wednesday, I decided to finish off some of the ingredients that I have left. Easy as 1 2 3 recipe. Even children can do this at home. 

The holy week just started yesterday and I hope that everyone will have a blessed week ahead 'til easter sunday :)