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Beef short plate with Green Chillis & Enoki

This recipe is delectable. Beef and green chilli go so well together - and the enoki's add a satisfying and slippery texture to the dish that reminiscent of noodles.  Ingredients 300g beef short plate sliced (2-4mm thick) and cut into 2 inch wide 4 giant green chilli peppers bias cut 100g enoki mushrooms long but separate each stalk from the base 1 tbs keto oyster sauce 1 tbs keto chilli sauce Beef short plate is very fatty and I use it's own fats to render tallow to cook he veggies. All you need is to add in a few slices first - you wouldn't want to overcook the rest of the beef. Use a very hot pan turned down to medium heat. Throw in the 3 slices of beef and let it cook for a while till the oil comes out. Throw in the green chilli and turn them till they are nicely panfried (better still with vestiges of searing). In with the enoki and the sauces. Stir till it starts to wilt and in with the beef. These slices cook very fast so quickly remove from the heat when they are st...
 Ingredients Mooncake Skin 2 cups fine ground almond flour (sifted)  2 tbs flaxseed paste (1 tbs of golden flaxseeds with 4 tbs of  warm water - rest for 10 min) 2 tbs psyllium husk powder 2 tbs baking powder 20g neutral flavoured coconut oil 1 tsp arrowroot powder dissolved in 3 tbs hot water 1 tbs monk fruit sweetener Mooncake Filling 250g mung beans soaked overnight 250g walnuts lightly roasted  1 cup monk fruit sweetener 2/3 cups neutral flavoured coconut oil 2 tbs psyllium husk powder 1 cup thick coconut cream Method for filling  Steam the soaked mung beans and walnuts. Best to use pressure cooker.  Process into a paste with a food processor or by hand using the back of a chopping knife. I like to use the handheld blender. Convenient and good for smaller quantities. In a heavy bottomed pan, add the coconut milk and monk fruit sweetener. Cook in warn heat till sweetener is melted. Add the processed mung and walnut paste in portions and cook till it beco...