Meatless Day Challenge #Week6
It seems like a Chinese stir-fry theme this week for our household. We will usually cook this dish with addition of meat. It was rather unAustralian of us to cook this on Australia Day However, our social calender is packed for the rest of the week and it was the only day that we could do it.
Pineapple tart
We did spend the morning and afternoon testing out a recipe for a Chinese New Year goodie – Pineapple tart. I have to admit that I do not have baker hands. It was quite a disheartening process that we went throuh. The recipe book was vague in its description and we almost failed with the pastry. We resorted to Google and Youtube for help. It was our first attempt. It did not turned out pretty but at least we got the jam right. We just need to work on the pastry and egg washing technique.
Mushroom soaked
Fresh vegetables prepared
Ingredients:
- 14 dried shitake mushrooms, soaked in water till hydrated
- 500g semi-fried tofu
- 1 bunch of green leafy vegetables
- 4 small carrots
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 2 chillies
- 2tbsp light soy sauce
- 1tbsp mirin
- 1tbsp black vinegar
- 2 cups of mushroom stock – retrieve from hydrating mushrooms
- Salt & white pepper
Sliced mushrooms
Method:
- Heat oil in hot wok. Add chopped chillies and garlic. Stir for 1 min. Add sliced carrots, stalks of green vegetables and tofu. Add mushroom stock
- Add light sauce, mirin and black vinegar. Taste and adjust accordingly
- Once carrots are al dente, add the green leaves, cover and allow it to steam for 1 min. Open the cover, season well
- Give everything a good stir and serve hot
Mushroom, tofu and vegetables on a bed of rice
There is no hassle in this dish. It has a nice but strong mushroom flavour which I really like. Very earthy and honest. We fried an egg and topped it with sambal because we can and because we are chilli lovers!
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That’s a lovely mushroom tofu dish. I love it….a healthy dish. I love pineapple tarts and almond cookies for celebration.
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OMG!!! your pineapple tart is filled with jam!!! YUM YUM…this is my favourite CNY goodie…hmmmm CNY is round the corner, wonder should I made some this year??? start this weekend maybe???
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Good for you for sticking to your meatless challenge – it’s very admirable!
Your little pineapple tart is cute as can be! ~Mary
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Yum! And your tart is cute! Are your hands very warm? Chef said in class warm hands can make it more difficult (mine are!) So I was thinking to have an icepack handy to cool my hands down when I work with pastry. Maybe that would help?
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Nice dish Penny. Simple but full of flavor. If I ever I do get busy and not time to create elaborate dishes, this is the one I would love to make. The pineapple tart is cute.
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The pineapple tart looks so cute. Good attempt. The stir-fry is also very nutritious.
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I made a huge batch of stir fry earlier this week much like yours (with the addition of bean sprouts and shrimp). It feels so refreshing to have this simple dish on a bed of rice. Next time, I need to add tofu to mine! Yours looks delicious!
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I love braised shitake mushrooms with tofu, super delicious. Always cook this dish at home.
My daughter likes to have this dish, even though she’s a kind of person who can’t live without eating meat.
It’s an attractive meatless dish to my whole family!
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Penny, I love that tart! it is so cute.
Great job on the meatless challenge, I love simple dishes like this
the tart looks good enough for me, deliver it please and I will gladly let you know …I can tell just reading and looking at it that it is perfect … now about the meatless thing, that is very rare for us… but it’s normally a veggie plate when we do…..happy eating my friend
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My kind of food. Topped with sambal? Perfect! Love your prep pics. Did you have pineapple tarts for dessert?
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The dish looks hearty. Would love to try!
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I just LOVE pineappple tarts! The tofu dish looks lovely too.. very suitable for toddlers
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Simple and nice…perfect for my diet menu! haha… But I would prefer to have a little more gravy on this. And don’t worry, your pineapple tart looks great and tasty. Have a great weekend, sweetie!
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Mushroom and tofu? You can’t lose! I totally know what you mean about ‘baker hands’ – how I envy people who shape and pipe cookies with ease while everything (including the piping bag) seems to collapse in my pudgy fingers! Your tart looks pretty enough to be fair! And I REALLY like pineapple tarts (esp with CNY coming up), do put up the recipe if you manage to perfect it!
This looks good Penny – I just wonder if it might be good with some more texture since the mushroom and the tofu are similar like that – what do you think? By the way – the pineapple tart looks lovely – nothing wrong with that! Sorry it caused you baking stress!
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Thanks for putting this together – this is a great post for those of us with our heads buried in the keyboard all day.