Homemade Fettucine Carbonara

Just because we still got some left over ingredients from the Alfredo we made last week, extra fettucine and parmesan cheese, so we made carbonara this week. More like he made it.

So this is the list of the new ingredients for carbonara:

Bacon chips (we couldn't get bacon bits, so we had to cut it ourselves)

2 cups (400ml) of pure cream

1 pack of parmesan cheese (preferably, freshly grated ones)

4 eggs

Fry the bacon with just a bit of olive oil, because bacon will produce its own oil. Medium heat.

Meanwhile, mix the cream, cheese and 4 eggs. (depends there are how many of them to feed, and don't use too much of cheese.) Stir throughly.

Cook the fettucine in boiling salted water at the side.

Drain the pasta if cooked.

Then pour the pasta into the pan with the bacons.

Add the eggs, cream and cheese mixture.

Mix well, make sure the pasta is coated with the creamy sauce.

Season with salt and ground black pepper, and extra parmesan cheese handed around separately.

Remember to cut the bacon into bits.

Not really THAT good, still can improve ;D

"I'ma do the things that I wanna do,

I ain't got a thing to prove to you,

I eat my candy with the pork and beans,

excuse my manners if I make a scene."

Pork and Beans - Weezer.

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Fettucine All'Alfredo

"This simple recipe was invented by a Roman restaurateur called Alfredo, who became famous for serving it with a gold fork and spoon."

Too bad I used stainless steel ones. =.=

I have always loved pasta. And Alfredo seemed to be the easiest to make, but the ingredients are quite costly.

Oh yea one thing, my so-called Alfredo not the kind of ready-made alfredo gravy in a packaging can or glass container one ok, my alfredo gravy here is 100% homemade *proud*

So this is what the boyfriend and I prepared for the pasta:

Preparation: 1-2 minutes. Cooking: 10-12 minutes.

Parmesan cheese, shaved & plus extra to serve (preferably freshl

y grated ones, depending on how you like your dish)

1/2 cup of President butter (or just normal butter)

2 cups (400ml) of Pure cream (even better, get double cream)

Fettucine

Salt & ground black pepper for seasoning

When cooking,

1. Cook the fettucine in salted water until boil for few minutes.
2. Meanwhile, add the butter in a hot large pan, then pour the pure cream. Let it boil.
3. Add 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese (remember: extra for serving)
4. Season it with salt and ground black pepper. Taste.
5. Turn off heat, add the cooked fettucine, mixed it. Make sure it is all coated with the gravy.
6. SERVE when hot with extra parmesan cheese handed around separately.

As for us, we prefer it to be really creamy and cheesy. What an awesome job we did in the kitchen.

p/s: can't wait for the boyfriend to cook salmon for me ;D ;D ;D

"Better shut up or get shot down,

it's all about the know how all just a matter of taste,

stop telling me the way I gotta play now,

too much food on my plate."

Too Much Food - Jason Mraz

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Chocolate French Toast

This isn't the first time I cook already, but it was my first time trying 2 new dishes. Nik and I were tired of eating out too often so we decided some dishes to make and picked up the ingredients at supermarket.

The first dish was Chocolate French Toast. Caught the recipe on AFC, and thought it was a different kinda thing to try out. Haha.

Here are some tips from me, do not use the normal white wholemeal bread that you always eat like I did, try using french loaf instead, because normal white wholemeal bread are waaay too soft.

And, when making good french toast isn't really about the way you mix the mixture, it's all about the heat and the pan. Medium-Low is perfect.

4 eggs

1/2 cup of milk

2 tbsp of vanilla extract

1 cup of cocoa powder

1/2 cup of brown sugar (you can add more if you like your toast sweeter)

Mix that all up and soak the bread. Then at the pan, add olive oil & a pat of butter to cook your bread.

You might be wondering why not use those melted chocolate for it instead of cocoa powder, well, the chef on the show I was watching was right, because cocoa powder has a lot of true chocolate flavor in it, unlike those normal milk chocolates.

Try it yourself at home. You'll love it ;D

"This could be the very minute,

I'm aware I'm alive,

all these places feel like home."

Chocolate - Snow Patrol.

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Monday - 280909

It was quite a long day at college, for discussion and not wanting to stay home for the day. I'm glad that Kheng is back with us, really missed her so much =)

Back home, it was only sis and mom. I had nothing to do so grabbed a book and went to the garden to read. I hardly even step in the garden these days, too sunny was the reason. By then it was nearly 5pm.

The weather was good today after the afternoon rain. Despite the construction area beside my place, birds were chirping and flying everywhere. It wasn't really sunny, but I liked it like this.

I was just sitting at the white table. Very good spot for reading and stoning.

After 10 minutes of reading, I started to stare into space.

This is what I was staring at. Not the cars, the sky and the leaves.

And I stared at this plant infront of me. Wondering what if I was a tiny mankind walking in the plant, it'll look like a jungle.

Magpies are really cute. They don't come here often. Listening to them was almost paradise... until the crows came.

Uncle and cousins are back from S'pore and Australia. They'll be staying next door until wednesday. I haven't seen my cousins for nearly 3 years, but there wasn't anything much we talked, it was mostly about Australia.

That's about it. No idea why I post all this, for the sake of updating? Lol, I dunno.

"I came across a fallen tree,

I felt the branches of it looking at me,

is this the place we used to love?

Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?"

Somewhere Only We Know - Keane

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