Posted by Bel.C
The sweet snow ear dessert (糖水) is a Chinese delicacy cooked with white snow ear fungus (雪耳), lotus (蓮子), lily bulbs (百合) and dried red dates (紅棗) in sweet rock sugar (冰糖) soup. The girls will especially love this dessert as it is claimed to be beneficial for facial beauty because of the ingredients used are highly nutritious.
The white snow ear / snow fungus / silver mushroom is a kind of edible jelly fungus used in Chinese cooking mostly in dessert. It is shaped like a ear or flower and white in color. It has no taste itself but it will absorb the liquid from other ingredients when it is cooked with and take on the taste. The snow fungus contains protein, fat, various amino acids, minerals and glycogen that are great for whitening and maintain one’s beauty.
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Posted by Bel.C
One of the desserts I love is the Black Glutinous Rice Dessert or Pulut Hitam in Malay which means “black rice”. This is a dessert that you can find it anywhere in Asia. In Malaysia, this dessert is prepared specially using the pandan leaves (screwpine leaves) that give you an aromatic smell, and also palm sugar that makes it an unique sweetness. Essentially, the black rice is cooked until it becomes thick and creamy in consistency, somewhat similar to the texture of rice porridge. That’s why the Chinese actually calls it black glutinous porridge (黑糯米粥). Besides, it is also topped with coconut cream which is a perfect combination to make it even delicious.
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Posted by Eric.N
Weather in LA is getting colder and colder especially last week because of the storm. Towards the end of the week everyday was raining. It was really troublesome getting around when raining; the roads were wet, the traffic was slow, the sky was dark and the weather was cold. It felt so slow and moody. The best thing for me to do was relaxing at home with my blanket covering up, sitting in front of the TV with my favorite dramas and a bowl of hot Yam Soup Dessert in hand. Having a hot bowl of dessert gave me the perfect warm up for my body as well as fulfilling my crave for sweet dessert.
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Posted by Bel.C
Apparently when I made the Sweet Potato Pie with Marshmallow Meringue, I have some of the sweet potato fillings remained. It would be a big waste to throw it away. So I’ve turned the fillings into a new sweet potato dessert in a smaller portion, which is a pretty nice size for individual serving.
The main thing for this recipe is the crusted pecan streusel toppings. I like it the way it is prepared because the toppings will create a golden brown sugary crust topping to complement the creamy sweet potato fillings. You can use this recipe for any kind of pie toppings as well, just substitute with other nuts or add some spices if preferred.
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Posted by Bel.C
I always make one of my favorite and easy desserts which is the sweet potato pie with marshmallows for Thanksgiving dinner. I personally like the natural sweetness in the sweet potato which makes it a decent dessert. You can always bake them in the oven and eat it as is, with no extra sugar added. Usually if we are barbecuing, I will wrap up a couple of sweet potatoes in foil and bake them in the hot charcoal. The sweet potatoes will be ready in an hour. Then you can just peel the skin and eat it right away. That feels soooo good when you have a hot fresh sweet potato especially in the cold weather to warm up your cold hands and stomach.
For the past Thanksgivings celebration I had made a simple dessert of baked sweet potato topped with marshmallows, this time I’ve made a real pie deal ”Sweet Potato Pie with Marshmallow Meringue”. Go to below to check out the recipe.
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