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Baguette
Hoisin Sauce
Roasted Chicken Breast, sliced thinly
Bell Pepper, cut into strips
Parmesan Cheese
Cheddar Cheese
Sesame Seeds
1 Slice baguette into 1/2 inch thick and brush with hoisin sauce.
2. Top with sliced chicken, bell pepper and grated parmesan and cheddar cheese
3 Garnish with sesame seeds.
4. Place the bread in a pre-heated oven for 5 to 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Wonton wrappers
cooking oil
1/2 tsp garlic, minced
1 tbsp onion, chopped
2 tbsps carrots, julliened
2 tbsps green beans, sliced
1/4 head of cabbage, shredded
2 tbsps bean sprouts (togue)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Plum Sauce
1. Deep-fry wonton wrappers in hot oil until crispy and drain in paper towels. Set aside
2. In a pre-heated pan saute garlic and onion in oil. Add vegetables and stir to cook.
3. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Arrange cooked vegetables between layers of wonton wrappers.
5. Serve with plum sauce
1/2 tsp garlic, minced
1 tsp onion, chopped
1 pc bird’s eye chili
2 tbsps peanut oil
3 tbsps peanut butter
1/2 cup water
1/4 kilo spaghetti noodles, cooked
3 sprigs, wansoy (coriander), coarsely chopped
1 tbsps peanuts
1. In a pre-heated pan, saute garlic, onion and bird’s eye chili in peanut oil.
2. Add peanut butter and water. Let it simmer until sauce is reduced
3. Add the cooked noodles and coat with the peanut sauce.
4. Garnish with wansoy leaves and peanuts.
sponge cake
strawberry jam
simple syrup
rum
whipped cream
ripe mangoes cut into cubes
grated chocolate for garnish
1. Slice sponge cake in halves, spread strawberry jam on one slice and cover with another slice of sponge cake. Cut into cubes
2. Spoon the sponge cake into a glass container.
3. Drizzle with simple syrup with rum
4. Add a dallop of whipped cream and a tablespoon of jam.
5. Add in the diced mangoes
6. Repeat the layer and spoon over a dallop of cream on top
7. Refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours
8. Garnish with grated chocolate before serving
Yield: approximately 480 ml
5 ounces / 140 grams All purpose flour
2 tbsp / 24 grams Baking powder
1 egg
12 ounces / 360 ml Beer
Salt and pepper
1. Sift together all dry ingredients.
2. Add the egg and beer, mix until smooth.
3. Season with salt and pepper
4. The batter is now ready to use to coat shrimp, clams, oysters, fish or squid.
To prepare the fish and squid season it with juice of calamansi or lemon with salt and pepper.
Paksiw, which is cooking with vinegar, seems to be unique in the Philippines. This isn’t surprising since there are so many vinegar varieties found in the country
1 kilo fresh fish heads, steaks or whole fish; use either salmon, sea bass, garoupa (lapu-lapu), wahoo or mackerel (tanguigue), red mullet (bisugo), red snapper (maya-maya), bangus (milkfish)
1 head garlic, peeled and crushed
1 inch ginger, peeled and sliced into 3 pieces
1 cup vinegar (cane,palm or white)
3/4 cup water
1 tsp black peppercorn, cracked
1 pc bitter melon (amplaya), seeded and cut into 1 inch sliced (optional)
2 pcs eggplant, diagonally sliced into 1/2-inch rings
2 pcs finger pepper
fish sauce (patis) or salt to taste
1. Clean fish and cut into stewing pieces. Set aside
2. In a pot, combine fish, garlic, ginger, vinegar, water and pepper and simmer for 3 minutes over medium heat. Add the vegetables and continue simmering until the vegetables and fish are cooked. Season with fish sauce or salt. Serve warm.
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1.5 kilos chicken, cut into serving pieces but divide according to dark and white meat portions (thighs and legs are dark; breast and wings are white)
6 cloves of garlic, minced
slice of galanggal or langkawas
1/2 tsp black peppercorns, cracked
juice from 1 lemon, or lime or 5 pcs calamansi
1/2 cup vinegar (palm, cane or white)
annatto (achuete) water (1 tbsp annatto seeds dissolved in 1/4 cup water, strain and discard seeds) optional
1/2 tsp salt
skewers
sinamak vinegar
1. In a bowl combine chicken, garlic, pepper, ginger or langkawas, juice of lemon, lime or calamansi, vinegar, annatto water and salt. Cover and marinate overnight
2. Remove the chicken from the marinade. Reserve marinade for basting the chicken during the cooking. Thread in skewers making sure the dark meat and the white meat are in separate skewers
3 Grill chicken over hot coals until both sides are cooked, basting occasionally with the marinade. Serve warm with sinamak vinegar
4 tbsps White sugar
2 tbsps Butter
½ cup Fresh orange juice or ½ fresh orange
1 pc Fresh ripe mango, scooped into small balls
1 tbsp Brandy
2 scoops Vanilla ice cream
1. In a pre-heated pan, caramelize sugar until amber in color.
2. Add butter and orange juice. Simmer for 2 minutes.
3. Add mango balls and reduce sauce by half.
4. Flame with brandy.
Salpicao is a popular “tapas” or Spanish appetizer in the Philippines served with beer, wine and other alcoholic beverages. It’s also served as an entree with rice
1/2 kilo beef tenderloin, cut into 1-inch cubes
3 tbsp liquid seasoning
1 tsp black pepercorns (cracked)
1/4 cup oil (preferably olive oil)
6 cloves garlic minced
1. In a bowl combine tenderloin, liquid seasoning and pepper. Toss mixture well. Set Aside
2. In a preheated pan with oil, brown the garlic lightly over medium heat. Add the beef and its marinade and quickly stir-fry to medium doneness. Remove from heat and serve warm
Alicantino Salad
10 pcs Salad Tomatoes, blanched, peeled and coarsely chopped (include seeds)
3 – 5 pcs Anchovy Fillets, chopped
6 -8 pcs Green Olives, pitted, coarsely chopped
2 tbs. Capers wth brine, chopped
Juice of half a lemon
pinch Salt and Pepper
lettuce, for garnish
Combine tomatoes, anchovies, olives, capers, and lemon juice in a salad bowl. Toss and season with salt and pepper. Plate tomatoes and garnish with lettuce. Chill before serving.
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