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White Adobo (Adobong Puti) : How to Cook Adobo without Using Soy Sauce

Food memories at my dorm in UP consisted of adobo that mom cooked for us. See in the dorm, we were not allowed to cook our meals. Mom’s adobo did not contain any soy sauce and I often wondered how she cooked it. I never got to ask my mom because she died while I was a teenager who was not yet eager to cook. I saw a recipe once in a newspaper column and the writer called it the white adobo or Adobong Puti because it does not contain soy sauce. This type of adobo is light brown due to the browning during the cooking process. It is a bit sour too. I forgot to clip out the newspaper article where the recipe contained. Fortunately, Sam read a comment I left in MarketMan’s blog. Here, she shares her Adobong Puti recipe which I have innovated and cooked but forgot to take pics.

Try it and let me know…

2 kilos pork (with some fatty parts, like butt, or belly)
8- 10 cloves garlic
1 tsp coarsely cracked pepper
2 pcs bay leaves
1 1/2 cups sukang puti (coco when available)
1/2 cup water
1 1/2 tablespoon sea salt

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Skinless Longaniza

cebu longganisa
It is not often that I am in Cebu. The last time I was there was in 2005. Two months ago, my sister and I booked at the Marriot Hotel where we usually stay whenever we have a business transaction. Naturally when I am in Cebu, I choose the dishes native to the place. For breakfast, it was the Cebu longaniza (Philippine sausage). The longaniza from cebu is a combination of sweetish and spicy flavors. Oh how I miss the tasty longaniza. I don’t have to be in Cebu to miss one of my breakfast fare. As soon as I reached Manila, I searched for the recipe. Though it is skinless version, the taste is similar to that of the Cebu longaniza.

Here is the recipe of the Skinless Pork Longaniza:

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Poulet a l’Orange, A Chicken Recipe from Culinary Institute of Aristocrat

Most of the time, I prepare roasted chicken sans garnishing. Roasted chicken doesn’t have to look plain. I discovered this French inspired recipe while attending a one day appreciation course at the Culinary Institute of Aristocrat. Try it out for yourself.

Ingredients:

500 grams orange fruit
4 tbsp orange rind
Salt and ground black pepper to taste
1.5 chicken whole
Salt and ground black pepper to taste
300 grams fond lie
50 grams white sugar
60 ml white wine vinegar
60 grams butter salted
45 grams grand marnier
To taste iodized salt
To taste ground black pepper

Garnish

Orange fruit sliced
Maraschino red cherries with stem
Parsley

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Chocolate Mousse (to die for!)

A simple, elegant, and scrumptious chocolate mousse that is both light and rich. This sensational dessert is a feast for the senses as it transports you to pure dessert bliss. Every single spoonful explodes with rich chocolate madness, melting in your mouth and making you crave for what could be the next closest thing to heaven mankind will ever know. But the best part is the simplicity of its preparation. Let me share a recipe demonstrated to me (during the Chef of the Day Event for Bloggers) by Chef Joey Prats, Culinary Institute of Aristocrat (CIA) Program Development Consultant.

Yield: Serves sixteen

Ingredients:

For the Mousse:

500 grams bittersweet chocolate couverture

300 grams heavy whipping cream

5 grams instant coffee powder dissolved in

10 grams hot water

800 grams heavy whipping cream, chilled

For the Assembly:

500 grams whipping cream, chilled

50 grams confectioner’s sugar, sifted

Bittersweet chocolate couverture shavings


Bittersweet chocolate couverture can be bought locally at Chocolate Lovers

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Pork Barbecue, Filipino Cooking Style

pork barbecue
Pork barbecue is a fast selling food item. It’s easy to cook and convenient for the hungry customer. The only thing I dislike about grilling the pork barbecue is the smoke. In our old neighborhood, I told the maid to grill just outside the gate. Now some passerbys often think we are selling barbecue. Hehe, maybe I will sell them one of these days. Anyway, I prefer my barbecue to be a bit sweet. Here’s my recipe for Pork Barbecue Marinade:
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Max Fried Chicken Style Recipe

Max Fried ChickenUpon seeing the spring chickens in the Salcedo Saturday Market, I suddenly recalled my Max-style Fried Chicken recipe which I have been wanting to cook again. Here is my recipe which I got from my sister over 20 years ago:

Recipe

1. Rub whole chicken (inside the skin also) with a mixture of:

  • 2 Tablespoons rock salt
  • 1 tsp pepper

2. Steam right away for 30 minutes.

3. Drain off all the liquid.

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Bibingkang Galapong

bibingkaMy sister, Lorna experimented a lot of bibingka recipes so I will present a few of these recipes that she experimented. One of these was Mimi Alvarez bibingkas. Lorna says ” I had never attended any of Tita Mimi’s cooking classes but before she immigrated to the United States.

During one of my trips to National Book Store in the Philippines, I saw Tita Mimi’s cookbook for sale. I just had to grab it! Here’s her version of the Bibingka recipes. It’s a good idea to check the proportions of the ingredients that are used in the several versions that I’m presenting here so we can come up with our own unique signature Bibingka recipe.”

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Bibingka Recipe: Bibingka Royal

BibingkaMommy used the book, “Recipes of the Philippines,” compiled and edited by Enriqueta David-Perez as her guide for making her Bibingka recipes. Bibingka reminds me of those early bakeshop days in the early 1970’s when my sister and I had to help grind the rice into “galapong” and dump them into clean plastic pails, knowing (by smell) the difference between fresh and rancid galapong. Mommy also taught us how to pre-mix the “secret” part of the recipe (the combination of dry ingredients) which was stored in plastic bags at the locked stockroom in the “dirty kitchen.”

Mommy was also one of the first advocates of ALMEDAH Food Machineries Corporation since the famous inventor himself, Benjamin Almeda Sr., taught Mommy how to use his bibingka machines. I used to accompany Mommy whenever she visited Mr. Almeda in Manila.

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Beef Tapa for Breakfast


Beef tapa for breakfast is my all time favorite Filipino breakfast. Served with garlic rice, sunny-side up egg and coffee is the ultimate breakfast. I often dip my tapa with vinegar before mixing it with my garlic rice. Through the years, I’ve developed my own recipe because it was getting more and more expensive to buy the pre-mixed tapa.

Here is my recipe

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Saba & Sago Minatamins Crushed Ice Dessert

saba at sago
This minatamis na saba with sago is perfect for the hot summer months. Like halo-halo, this is such a respite from the heat. One can even feel chilled after taking a cup of this yummy dessert in a hot humid weather.

What do you need?

6 pieces firm saba (not soggy)

1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 palm sugar or (panocha)
1 tablespoon honey

1 cup sago
Evaporated milk
Crushed ice.

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Bread Pudding

breadI remember mom often baked Bread pudding for our unsold or returned stale bread. So, after making sure that the bread chosen had no molds, I would trim the sides of the bread (I didn’t want to use them) and cut them into 1/2 inch cubes.

4 cups bread, cut into small cubes
4 cups evaporated milk (I used a 1:1 ratio — that is, 2 cups evaporated milk and 2 cups water; but you can use “pure” evaporated milk so that you can have a leche flan “feel” to the pudding)
1/3 cup sugar for caramelization (for the baking pan)
1-1/3 cups sugar
4 eggs, beaten with a fork (at room temperature)
2-1/2 tbsps. margarine, melted (melt in your microwave beforehand; set aside to cool down)
1/4 tsp. vanilla (or more)
3/4 cups raisins
Optional: you can add chopped candied fruit and some nuts also. When you do this, add a little more milk to the mixture (to prevent drying due to the added ingredients).

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