Mapo Doufu is very popular Chinese dish in Japan, it is consist of tofu (bean curd) cut into cubes,ground pork cooked in a spicy chili bean paste based sauce...
Mapo Toufu recipe
(please watch video below or cooking procedure)
Paccheri is a shape off large tube pasta, this can be served with your choice of favorite sauce or baked with meat or white sauce, Today I made my on version, I cooked paccheri pasta with meatballs sauce and stuffed boiled sausage inside, the result is tasty and delicious Paccheri Pasta recipe..
Paccheri Pasta recipe
(please watch video below for cooking procedure)
Ingredients:
300 grams paccheri pasta
200 grams ground beef
300 grams sausages
3 tbsp flour
1 raw egg
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 cup minced onion (1/2 cup for meat balls
1/2 cup or sauteing)
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup minced carrot
1/4 cup sliced black olives
1/4 cup sliced canned mushrooms
2 cubes soup stock
ground black pepper / salt
1 tbsp olive oil
350 grams canned tomato
cooking oil
water to boil sausages and pasta
In a mixing bowl, combine flour,salt and
cinnamon powder, mix well and set aside
In another separate egg yolks from egg whites
In a large mixing bowl cream the softened
butter, then add confectioner's sugar and beat
until combine
Add egg yolks one at a time and continue
beating until creamy and fluffy
Add grated carrot and mix with rubber spatula
until combine
Add lemon zest and vanilla extract
Gradually add flour mixture while sifting
set aside
In a mixing bowl beat egg whites, add cream
of tartar and beat for 5 minutes
Gradually add granulated sugar and beat
continuously until stiff peaks form
Add/ pour the meringue to the flour mixture
and mix gently until incorporated
Pour the cake batter in baking mold lined
with cooking paper,distribute the batter
evenly all over the baking pan
Bake the cake in a preheated oven
for about 35 to 40 minutes
Making Carrot Marzipan:
combine confectioner's sugar,almond powder
and egg white,mix well,, divide the maripan
paste in 2 then add food color little by little
until you get desired color.
Form your Marzipan carrot decoration.
Give a try and ENJOY!