Recipes

Hair Oil
πŸ•“ Jan 27, 2024

For ~2oz of hair oil

Ingredients

  • 2oz of carrier oils, usually 2 or more varieties
  • 1 or more essential oils (10-20 drops total)

Examples

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Carrier oils:

  • 1oz jojoba oil
  • 1oz argan oil

Essential oils:

  • 10 drops lavender
  • 5 drops tea-tree

Carrier Oils

  • Jojoba Oil
  • Argan Oil
  • Coconut Oil
  • Sweet almond...

Sour Jellies
πŸ•“ Jan 20, 2024

Ingredients

  • 1 cup water and 1/2 cup fruit juice, OR 1.5 cups tea
  • 6g citric acid
  • 200g sugar
  • 24g gelatin

Note: requires 2 small high walled pots and a candy thermometer

For dusting:

  • 6g citric, ascorbirc, or tartaric acid (adjust to taste)
  • 16g powdered sugar
  • 16g corn starch
  • 25g sugar

For final...


Five Spice Pickled Carrots
πŸ•“ Jan 18, 2024

Makes ~0.5L

Ingredients

  • 14oz carrots, julienned into 4" sticks
  • 2 garlic cloves, smashed
  • 1 tsp five spice powder
  • 0.5 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp white vinegar
  • 1/2 cup water

Instructions

  1. Peel and trim carrots. Julienne to 4" sticks
  2. Place garlic in jar then pack in...

Soft Pretzel Bites
πŸ•“ Jan 18, 2024

Ingredients

  • 350g flour
  • 7g insant dry yeast
  • 20g brown sugar
  • 1.5 tsp kosher salt
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
  • 240g almond milk
  • rock salt (for rolling)

Soda-water

  • 2 cups water
  • 1/4 cup baking soda

Poolish variant

Poolish:

  • 80g flour
  • 80g water
  • 2.5g (1/2tsp) dry yeast

Main recipe:

  • Reduce flour...

Yan Qingcong (Pickled Shallots)
πŸ•“ Jan 18, 2024

Makes ~0.5L

Ingredients

  • 13 oz shallots
  • 3" orange zest
  • 2 tbsp shaoxing wine
  • 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp white vinegar
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/4 cup cool water

Instructions

  1. Bring water to a boil in a saucepan
  2. Blanch shallots for 2 minutes, until tender. Rinse under cool water
  3. Pack the orange...

Yellow Cupcakes
πŸ•“ Jan 6, 2024

~15 small cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 1.75 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2.5 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup sour cream
  • 0.75 cups milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F
  2. Mix dry ingredients and set aside
  3. Cream butter and sugar
  4. Beat in eggs, vanilla...

Kohakutou (η₯珀糖)
πŸ•“ Jan 2, 2024

Ingredients

  • 10g agar agar
  • 250mL water
  • 250g sugar
  • colouring and flavouring as desired
  • glass container (eg. 8" x 8" or 8" by 4")

Tea flavoured

Green tea: 3g sencha steeped for 10 minutes

  • Note: this flavour is pretty subtle, it is worth increasing the steep time or the amount of...

Whole Cabbage Kimchi
πŸ•“ Dec 30, 2023

Ingredients

  • 5 kg napa cabbage
  • 2.5-3 cups salt
  • 5 tbsp flour
  • 2 cups koch’u karu (dried/powdered korean red pepper)
  • 1+ cup sugar
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1-3 red peppers, 1/4"-wide matchsticks, then chopped crosswise
  • 1-3 hot peppers, 1/4"-wide matchsticks, then chopped crosswise
  • 1-2 bunches...

Char Siu Sauce
πŸ•“ Dec 29, 2023

Ingredients

  • oil
  • 1/2 cup minced green onion whites
    • 1-2 bunches, a little less if you stretch the definition of whites
  • 1/4 cup minced ginger
  • 1/4 cup shaoxing rice wine
  • 2.5 cups water
  • 3 1/3 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 2 tsp dark soy sauce
  • 1/4 tsp - 1/2 tsp red yeast rice, ground (substitute with sweet...

Honey Char Siu
πŸ•“ Dec 29, 2023

Ingredients

  • 1kg (2.5lbs) pork (boston butt, pork belly, pork neck, loin roast)
  • 18 tbsp (1 bottle) Char Siu Sauce
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp honey
  • oil

Instructions

(The day before)

  1. Slice the pork into strips about 1" x 2"
  2. Combine 9 tbsp char siu with 1 tbsp soy sauce
  3. Poke holes in the pork...