rose tart

hi everyone! how's your kuih raya project going on? mine, alhamdulillah, i managed to make 2 types of cookies already. planning to make another but too pack with many things recently. by the way, yesterday, i made this rose tart. as usual, i got this recipe from Mat Gebu blog, a.k.a tiffin biru. you can check it out here. this recipe quite easy to make, but the folding part, spreading jam, is very very very troublesome for me, because it involves too many steps. well, you can check how to make it step-by-step here.

the result? well, it tasted good! my mother said, it taste just like any other tart, but i insist it tasted gooooooooood. maybe because, i put all efforts in making this? i already weighing all ingredients 2 nights before, and yesterday, i made this from 7am to 12pm!! patah pinggang weyh!! anyway, good luck if you wish to make this. together, i attach the recipe. again, credit to Mat Gebu from Tiffin Biru.

ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup margerine
3/4 cup icing sugar
1 egg yolk
1 cup cornstarch
1 3/4 cup wheat flour
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
strawberry jam

methods:
1- beat butter, margarine & icing sugar. pour in egg yolk and vanilla essence. beat until creamy. add in cornstarch and mix well.
2- pour in wheat flour little by little until it forms a soft dough. roll the dough to flatten about 1/2 cm thick. cut with cookie cutter (flower shape).
3- spread strawberry jam each of the already cut dough, fold it into 2 of each dough, make it into 'U' shape and glued to another dough. place it into cases and arrange on parchment lining baking tray.
4- bake at 170 degrees for about 10-15 minutes.

i attach the picture below to give a brief idea on how to do it :P

hahahah.

for better viewing and to get the idea of how to do it PROPERLY, again, visit here.

lemon cookies with blueberry jam

i want to make a confession here. i never made kuih raya in my entire life. never ever! for all this time, my mother just bought kuih raya. well, my grandmother used to make and sell them but she has retired long ago. when i was small i guess, so i don't have any memory of that. hehe. this year, with a very strong will, i promised myself that i wanted to make at least one type of kuih raya! all ingredients i have bought already before fasting, but only last night that i managed to make them. i made this cookies on saturday night and kept them in refrigerator and continued baking them on sunday night (read: last night). i didn't do it straight away because lately my family been quite busy since my grandfather is hospitalized at PPUM. so, here goes: lemon cookies with blueberry jam. i really really really love the lemon taste in this cookies! sorry, the cookies may seem quite ugly but seriously delicious! a must try recipe for Hari Raya and different from the usual kuih raya.

lemon cookies with blueberry jam

the recipe:
350 g flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
240 g cold unsalted butter, cubed
100 g caster sugar
1 tsp freshly-grated lemon zest
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 egg yolks
1 tbsp freshly-squeezed lemon juice
1 small jar of blueberry jam

method:
Sift flour and baking powder together. place the butter, sugar, lemon zest and vanilla in the bowl of electric mixer. using the paddle attachment, mix on medium speed untill mixture turns pale. add the egg yolks one by one, mixing until incorporated before adding the next. lower speed and add the lemon juice, then the flour in batches, mixing until it forms a dough.
remove the dough and shape into a log or block, wrap with cling film and refrigerate until firm enough to handle - about 1 hour. (the recipe can be made up to this point and kept in refrigerator for up to 2 days).
prehear the oven to 180 degree. press the dough into suitable non-stick moulds with a well in the centre.
bake for about 15 minutes or until edgess are lightly browned. allow the cookies to cool.
warm the jam so that it becomes more spreadable. fill into the well in the cookies. store, separating each layer with a sheet of parchment paper.

*recipe credit to Flavours magazine issue november-december 2007.