Filipino Spanish Bread

 Use Aunt Lulu’s potato roll recipe for the bread. I use half the dough recipe.

Filling:

  Stir together in a pot until a thick paste happens:

      1/4 c butter

       2 teaspoons flour

       1/2 c bread crumbs

        1/8 c milk

        1/2 c brown sugar

        Pinch salt

   Cut dough into 12 small pieces and working one at a time, roll long rectangle and rub melted butter along central area. Add some filling to press out. Roll up jelly roll style. Repeat for the 12 rolls.

Roll each roll in milk and toss in 1/2 c bread crumbs. Let rise 2 hours in warm place covered.

Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake rolls on middle rack for 20 minutes.

Custard Tarts

 5 sheets puff pastry

Flour for dusting

Melted butter for brushing

Filling:

  3 egg yolks

  3 whole eggs

  1/2 c superfine sugar

  2 teaspoon vanilla

  1 c milk

  1 c light cream

Lightly brush 20 small muffin tins w melted butter.

Dust work surface w flour. Place 1 sheet puff pastry on top. Cut the sheet in half and place halves on top of each other. Starting from short end, roll the pastry up tightly. Cut the roll into 4 even pieces.

Place one piece on surface w cut side up and smash down w palm of hand. Then roll into a .04 inch flat disc. Line a muffin hole w the pastry disc. Repeat for all the muffin tins and place in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before filling.

Preheat oven to 360° F

In a large bowl whisk the eggs, sugar and vanilla well. Stir in the milk and cream. Transfer the mixture to a pitcher and fill shells 2/3s full. Bake in oven for 10 minutes. Turn the heat down to 320° F and bake for another 20 minutes.

Use a butter knife to remove the tarts from the tins. Best served warm or room temperature.

Turnip Cake

Soak overnight and blend fine:

   1/2 lb long grain rice

   3 cups water

Shred and stir fry:

1/2 lb daikon

Add then remove from wok:

1.5 teaspoon salt and white pepper

Chile oil

Stir fry:

1/2 lb Chinese sausage

1/2 lb chopped shrimp

1 cup scallion, garlic, ginger

Combine w rice and daikon

Line loaf pans w plastic wrap

Pour into pans and steam for 90 minutes

Cool, slice and pan fry

Serve with oyster Superior Sauce

Makes 2-3 loaves for Dim Sum. Recipe from Lee Duberman