Roasted Lamb Shoulder

I LOVE my meat. My last attempt failed really badly cos' the cooking time was way too long. So I did more research and decided to do a mixture of techniques for the party we had last night.. I enjoyed my lamb shoulder with lots of mint jelly. Some recipes call for the goodness left in the pan to be made into a sauce but I was pretty contented without that. Even the hubby liked it. I love it enough to wanna cook it again today! 

Roasted Lamb Shoulder Recipe

1 slab of lamb shoulder (about 800-900g)

3 onions

2 bulbs of garlic

8 stalks of rosemary

olive oil

water (about 3 tbsp)

sea salt

black pepper

Preheat oven to the highest possible temperature

1) Score the skin of the lamb shoulder.

2) Remove skin of onions and halve them

3) Break up 2 bulbs of garlic, leaving the skin on

4) Line the base of the tin with 4 sprigs of rosemary

5) Line the base with the onions and 1/2 the garlic

6) Coat the skin of the lamb with sea salt and pepper

7) Place the lamb on the bed of onions and rosemary

8) Top with remaining garlic and rosemary

9) Drizzle with olive oil

10) Add 3 tbsp of water to the pan

11) Cover the pan with 2 - 3 layers of aluminium foil, ensuring that the tin is well wrapped

12) Lower the temperature to 170 degree Celsius (top and bottom heat) and bake for 45 minutes

13) Switch the mode of the oven to fan mode and bake for 10 minutes

14) Remove aluminium foil and bake for another 10 minutes

15) Remove roast from oven and leave to rest on the kitchen counter for 10 - 15 minutes before serving

ENJOY! 

Pork/Chicken Floss Buns

I LOVE pork floss buns. I really do. 

Here's a simple recipe for an easy pork floss bun where one can top the buns with as much floss as one fancies! 

This recipe is fairly managable so I'd rate it a difficulty level 3 out of 5. It takes about 3 hours to bake although the amount of time needed for work is only about 30 minutes. 

Ham and Cheese Rose Buns

I finally got my bread machine's blade replaced so I started baking bread once more! I started off with some Ham and Cheese Rose rolls. They're filled with such great smelling oozy goodness when it's freshly baked. 

This recipe is relatively manageable so I'd rate it a difficulty level 3 out of 5. It takes about 3 hours in all of which the work will take about 30 minutes. 

HK Style Century Egg Congee

This Century Egg Congee is one my mil would always cook for the family. It's one of my hubby's absolute favourite food. Since we moved out, we haven't had much chances to eat it. So I decided to learn how to cook this porridge the both of us love so dearly. 

This was taught by my mil and truly, I've learned so much from her (: 

For this congee, I used a Tanyu. It's not a must according to my mil but it does make the congee taste better and smoother. She says that a regular pot would do too.. but I've yet to try and if the great taste can come from a Tanyu, I'll stick to it (: 

This recipe requires frequent stirring so I'd rate it a 4 out of 5. It takes about 1.5 hours in all to cook this.

Famous Amos alike Chocolate Chip Cookies

I've been so unmotivated of late. It's been my vacation but all I've been doing is resting. I guess I've been too tired during school term. Being free this afternoon and having already washed my kitchen twice this morning, I was determined to bake something. 

I chanced upon this Famous Amos alike recipe online when doing my research and I decided to give it a try! This recipe is tasty but if I were to bake it again, I'm bound to add in my favourite stuff like butterscotch chips and pecans! Despite being teaspoon sized, these cookies were larger than their famous cousin as the baking soda did probably help them spread a little. Now, I need to hunt for butterscotch chips! 

This recipe is fairly simple so I'd rate it a difficulty level 2 out of 5! It took me about 1.5 hours to bake 100 cookies. 

TAOBAO SHOPPING - Clothes + Accessories

I realised that the thing I bought most of is clothes! So here's sharing the links to clothes I've gotten (: Links are valid as of point of posting. 

TAOBAO SHOPPING - Household MISC and Pets

Here are some other knick knacks I couldn't find a category for XD Links are valid as of time of posting.

TAOBAO SHOPPING - Wedding/Bridal

While preparing for our big day, I got some small items from taobao for our wedding. Here are most of the links! (: Links are valid as of date of posting.