Look what popped up

As i'm sure everyone can see, strawbunny blog has been dead for sometime so the terrorist bear-bear has decided to rescue it from somewhat total boredom with a guest post.
this time, not grudgingly allowed by strawbunny (;

German Pop-Up Pancake

• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup flour
• 6 eggs
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• dash salt
• 1 tsp of vanilla essence
  
• Preheat oven at 400*F

The key to this recipe is to blend the ingredients together with a blender or food processor. Whisking it works but it doesn't turn out as smooth. Grease a muffin tray and half-fill each compartment.


Bake for 15 minutes, or until puffy and golden on top. If greased properly it should pop right out. Top up with strawberry jam (i find homemade strawberry jam taste tonnes better than the ones you buy off the shelves) and whipped cream.

to make strawberry jam, cut 250g of strawberries into small cubes and mix throughly with 250g of caster sugar in a pan. let it sit for an hour then add juice of half a lemon/orange and boil on a slow fire for 1 and a half hours or until it is thick and syrupy. add a bit of gelatin powder to make it more firm.

other serving suggestions include topping the puff pastry with whipped cream and adding ur favourite fruit.


Another favourite snack of mine is cheese baked oysters. paying 17 bucks for half a dozen of measley oysters causes havoc on my wallet so the best compromise is to make my own (;

Cheese Baked Oysters

1/2 c. unsalted butter, softened
4 lg. cloves garlic, finely minced
4 tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
Fresh ground pepper to taste
mozzarella cheese
a couple of mushrooms and slices of ham, cut into small pieces

a half dozen oysters

Preheat oven to 425*F. Thoroughly beat softened butter, garlic, parsley, mushrooms,ham and pepper with wooden spatula. Apply garlic butter mixture to oysters and sprinkle mozzarella generously on top. bake for 7 minutes. Serve garnished with a wedge of lemon.