Saturday, August 20, 2011

Chinsuko

Hey Guys today Ame shows you how to make chinsuko!
Chinsuko is a traditional Okinawan cookie that is a popular souvenir. To see what they traditionally look like, click the link below :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinsuko

Ingredients:
-6 tablespoons shortening
-1 cup cake flour
-3 tablespoons brown sugar
-1 tablespoon white sugar


Directions:
-pre heat your oven to 320 F
-set up a double boiler and melt the shortening
-stir the sugar into the melted shortening until fully incorperated
-add the cake flour
-shape into logs. (or use cookie cutters for a cuter cookie)
-bake in the oven for 15 minutes

For an extra special treat, sprinkle powdered sugar on top of your freshly baked chinsuko.
Whats your favorite type of cookie? Let us know in the comments below (:
Happy Cooking!

Monday, August 15, 2011

Ube Ice Cream

Hey Guys!
Today Ame teaches you how to make Ube (or Beni Imo) ice cream!
Its made from a purple yam in Okinawa and is super yummy.
Enjoy our video and thank you for watching!
Happy Cooking!

Friday, August 12, 2011

Cake Phone Case

Hey guys its Ame! So recently I got a new phone and case. I was bored so I decided to decorate my case and here is what it looks like. Enjoy :)


Sunday, August 7, 2011

Japanese Milk Bread

Hey Guys!
Rain here, & lately I have really been into baking bread.
So I've just wanted to show yawl what I've been doing and some of the methods I use to cook this bread.
This is Japanese Milk bread and It is super fluffy.
The reason this bread is so fluffy and light is because of an ingredient I use call Tangzhong.
All it is, is a mixture of bread flour and water that you heat up in a sauce pan and it looks like kind of like glue.
To see the recipe I used to make this bread click the link below.
The cooks name is Christine and she is absolutely amazing!
Thank you so much for reading!
Happy Cooking!

http://en.christinesrecipes.com/2010/10/hokkaido-milk-toast-japanese-style.html

Simple Pudding

Hey guys, Rain here!
So today I was in the mood for some dessert, but all I had were some basic ingredients.
Luckily for me, this delicious pudding only uses simple ingredients that almost everyone has!
So this is what you will need.

Ingredients: (4 Servings)
Caramel:
-4 tbs sugar
-1 tbs water
-2 tbs hot water

Custard:
-2 eggs
-250 ml milk
-5 tbs sugar

Other things you will need:
-4 pudding molds or ramekins
-Unsalted butter

Directions:
First we preheat our oven to 300 F.
Butter the inside of your pudding mold so later on the pudding wont stick.

Next we are going to make the carmel sauce.
Take a sauce pan and put it over medium heat.
Add the sugar and 1 tbs of water.
Heat until it starts to bubble up and turn into a light caramel color.
Next add the hot water and mix by tilting the pan back and forth.
Then poor equal amounts into each of the pudding molds.

DO NOT OVERCOOK THE CARAMEL SAUCE. (I did this the first time and it turned out tasting extremely bitter -____-.)

Now we are going to make the custard pudding.
Crack the two eggs into a bowl and mix lightly, try not to make the eggs foam up.
Next in a sauce pan heat up the milk and stir in the sugar until completely disolved. Do not bring the milk to a boil just heat until the sugar disolves.
Next stir the milk into the eggs and then put through a strainer.
Pour the egg mixture into the molds on top of the caramel.
Now cover the molds with aluminum foil, this will make sure the top of the pudding will not dry out while baking.

To cook the pudding, place the molds in a baking pan filled halfway with hot water and place in the oven.
Set the timer for 1 hour 30 minutes.
The water will steam the pudding.

After the pudding is done cooking take it out of the oven and let cool.
Flip the pudding molds upside down and the pudding should come out easily becuase we buttered them earlier.
Enjoy. :)
Happy Cooking!


Friday, July 29, 2011

Berry Crisps

Hey guys!
Check out Ame & Rains new video on how to make Berry Crisps.
Now that its summer, berries are in season!
Berry Crisps are a simple and yummy dessert you can make.
Enjoy.


Ingredients:
-2 cups frozen berries
-1/4 cup sugar
-1/8 cup flour
-1 cup granola
-2 tablespoons butter
*for an extra special treat, place a scoop of your favorite icecream on top.

Thanks for Watching!
Happy Cooking. :)

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Little Tokyo

Hey guys Rain here!
I just got back from a vacation to California.
I had so much fun & wanted to share some of the food I ate there.

Today I am going to talk to you about the food I ate in Little Tokyo.
The bakery's were amazing. I ate so much. I had some amazing ramen in this cute traditional style ramen shop & mochi ice cream.
First of all if you've never been to Little Tokyo you have to go!
It is amazing!
It is filled with a ton of cute shops & great food.
There are paper lanterns & UFO catchers every where!
It made me miss Japan so much!
Here are some of the pictures I took while I was there.
They had cute nail polish & make up EVERYWHERE & they even had their own little version of Tokyo tower.

I saw these little dogs in a bakery & fell in LOVE. They were so cute & creative, hopefully I will figure out how to make them & make a tutorial for you guys. :)

The entire atmosphere of Little Tokyo was adorable & I cant wait to go back there someday with Ame.