I love Chinese New Year - the mythology is fascinating and I'm a big fan of Chinese food. Last year my sister and I went to a restaurant to celebrate and not only was there a fabulous banquet menu, a dragon and Chinese decorations, but the whole night was photographed for OK magazine and David Van Day of I'm a Celebrity fame was singing??! It was so random! (For my international readers - he is a very cheesy pop star!!) It was quite hilarious!
One of my fave parts is always the fortune cookies as I love to read my fortunes so I thought it would be nice to post a recipe just in case you were thinking about having a Chinese new years party!
Ingredients (makes 45) - Recipe courtesy of taste.com.au
Method:
Preheat oven to 180°C. Place butter and sugar in a bowl. Using a wooden spoon, combine well. Add egg whites, 1 at a time, stirring until smooth. Stir in flour and a pinch of salt until smooth.
Using an 8cm pastry cutter as a guide, trace 4 circles, 4cm apart, on to a sheet of baking paper. Flip paper over and place on a greased oven tray. Using a metric measuring spoon, spoon a slightly rounded tsp of mixture on to each circle. Use the back of a spoon to spread batter to fill circles.
Bake for 6-7 minutes or until cookies begin to brown around edges. Working quickly, slide a spatula under each cookie to loosen, then place a message on top of each. Fold hot biscuits in half to enclose, pressing edges together, then bend in half the other way, over the edge of a glass, to create crescent shapes. Hold for a few seconds. Place on a wire rack to cool.
Repeat with remaining batter. Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
By the way, this year is the year of the rabbit which apparently should mean a placid year, very much welcomed and needed after the ferocious year of the Tiger.
Happy Weekend All
Rachie xo
One of my fave parts is always the fortune cookies as I love to read my fortunes so I thought it would be nice to post a recipe just in case you were thinking about having a Chinese new years party!
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| taste.com.au |
Ingredients (makes 45) - Recipe courtesy of taste.com.au
- 60g unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar
- 2 egg whites, at room temperature
- 1/3 cup (50g) plain flour
- 45 messages on 1 x 5.5cm pieces of paper
Method:
Preheat oven to 180°C. Place butter and sugar in a bowl. Using a wooden spoon, combine well. Add egg whites, 1 at a time, stirring until smooth. Stir in flour and a pinch of salt until smooth.
Using an 8cm pastry cutter as a guide, trace 4 circles, 4cm apart, on to a sheet of baking paper. Flip paper over and place on a greased oven tray. Using a metric measuring spoon, spoon a slightly rounded tsp of mixture on to each circle. Use the back of a spoon to spread batter to fill circles.
Bake for 6-7 minutes or until cookies begin to brown around edges. Working quickly, slide a spatula under each cookie to loosen, then place a message on top of each. Fold hot biscuits in half to enclose, pressing edges together, then bend in half the other way, over the edge of a glass, to create crescent shapes. Hold for a few seconds. Place on a wire rack to cool.
Repeat with remaining batter. Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
By the way, this year is the year of the rabbit which apparently should mean a placid year, very much welcomed and needed after the ferocious year of the Tiger.
Happy Weekend All
Rachie xo
10 lovely comments:
That was one of the funiest nights ever Rachie!!!! Laughed until our sides hurt. The food was delish as well! xxx
I wonder how easy/difficult these are... love easting them though!
Have a great weekend xx
Your OK magazine story cracked me up - how funny!
Thanks for sharing this recipe, hun. Have a lovely weekend with John. xo
Yummy! I love fortune cookies, we'll see if I'm brave enough to try making my own :) Happy Weekend!
I would totally botch these up but I love the idea of writing my own fortunes for my loved ones. :)
jiye
pearlsandgreentea.blogspot.com
Love the OK magazine story.
Once I was at a party where you had to read your fortune out loud...and they were x-rated fortune cookies. It was only mildly amusing ha!
Have a great weekend,
Ashlyn
Very cool... I never thought about making them! xo
I love fortune cookies! They are cute gifts for any party. I'll have to keep this tucked away for my next party :)
I tried to make fortune cookies once. I need to try again though, I had trouble actually getting a fortune in them. Hopefully with this recipe I can get it right.
Ramblings of a Small Town Girl
I might actually be brave enough to try theses - I'm thinking Valentine's day dinner... Lovely blog! Karinx
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