Posted in 壓力煲/高速煲 (Pressure Cooker)

壓力煲 (Pressure cooker)

對於壓力煲,小編又是新手,還是第一次接觸,因為從小到大,家裏沒有在家煮食的習慣,父母都不喜歡煮食,母親大人所煮的只是簡單餸菜,所以用的工具也很少;然而小編獨立後,卻發現自己喜歡煮食,希望可以學習不同的煮食方法,所以壓力煲對於小編來說是新玩意吧。

Actually I’m a newbie for using pressure cooker since my family not really love cooking at home, my mom just cooked simple dishes only, so not really need too much cookery, however, I discovered that I really love cooking after left my parents home and hope that can learn different method of cooking, so pressure cooker for me is a new toy.

 

雖然香港有很多不同牌子的壓力煲,但基於安全為上,小編會建議買德國牌子的壓力煲,最初也對用壓力煲的安全度有不安的心態,但用過後,不安心態卻消失了。 在香港,讀者在百貨公司所見的壓力煲,最少也要$3,xxx-$4,xxx一個,真的不便宜,為什麼會這麼貴呢?那又是因為香港代理商又要賺錢,百貨公司又要賺一筆,到了消費者已經要比多一倍錢了。 在現金的社會,網購這麼方便,用amazon是直接與廠商購買,又可以送到府上,為何要給別人賺錢呢?

Although so many brands also have pressure cooker product, however, as safety purpose, I suggested you to buy product that made in Germany.  Since i’m also concern about safety usage of pressure cooker at first time, but it’s out of my mind now.  On the other hand, you can easy to find pressure cooker in all department stores, unfortunately, the price is unacceptable, around HK$3,xxx-HK$4,xxx per piece.  Why so high price in Hong Kong? somemore, both agency and department stores have to earn money, therefore, consumers have to pay double of the product price, that’s why I suggested you to buy online since you deal with the manufacturer directly in amazon, and ship to you door to door, why not do so?

 

好了,對不起,說回壓力煲吧。 小編所買的是舊型號,現在沒有了,但還有高級的版本,讀者可以考慮一下 :

Well, sorry, talk back pressure cooker then.  Mind one is old version, it’s not available in market now, but I found one that a bit higher class, you can consider it :

Fissler 620-301-12-070/0 Vitavit Premium Set 2-teilig, 2,5 und 6 L mit einsatz

 

壓力煲的好處在於用短時間把食物用極高溫去破壞食物內的組織,從而把平時很難煮淋的肉類部份,只須三分一時間就可以煮好,例如 :牛腩 - 一般也要燜上2-3小時,但用壓力煲只是30-45分鐘就完成了。 亦有些人說用壓力煲雖然快速,可是味道不足夠,但小編不覺得唔入味吧。

The advantage of pressure cooker is just 1/3 of normal cooking time with high temperature to destroy the hard tissue of the meat, so it’s make easy to cook the meat until tender, i.e. Chinese beef brisket stew, normally require to cook around 2-3 hours, however, just cook 30-45 minutes for pressure cooker.  Some people may think that it’s not really tasty enough when cooking with pressure cooker, but I tried and I don’t think so.

 

之前在醬汁的一篇中說過鹵水汁,讀者也可以做一瓶,就可以做到很多不同的菜餚了。可是小編與愛人很少吃中菜,所以亦只試了鹵水牛筋及豬軟骨,最多就是做糖水吧,希望讀者可以與小編分享多些食譜,讓小編煮其他菜色。
As I mentioned in previous post about Chinese Marinade Sauce, I suggested you to make one which can cook many different dishes.  I and my beloved one not really love to eat Chinese cuisine, so we just tried beef tendon and pork softbone only, but we mostly cooked chinese desserts as well.

 

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鹵水豬軟骨+牛筋+蘿蔔 : 45分鐘

 

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陳皮紅豆沙 : 35分鐘

 

麥米粥 : 35分鐘
麥米粥 : 35分鐘
Posted in 抽真空機 (Vacuum Sealer), 低溫慢煮機 (Sous Vide cooker)

低溫慢煮 (SOUS VIDE COOKING)

由於最近找不到好的豬腩肉,醃肉及煙燻篇要暫緩遲些才可繼續寫下去,請讀者見諒。 那就先說其他煮食方法吧。
Sorry that can’t find a good pork belly recently, so curing and smoking section will be delayed for posting, let’s talk about other cooking method first then.

 

低溫慢煮源於法國,把食物真空後,放入水中,以低溫度但長時間的烹調方式煮食,這個方法可使肉質保持鮮嫩,仍保留了肉汁,就算過了時間也不會燶,但一般在這烹調後會再煮一下,令肉的表面得到香脆的效果,小編使用火槍,這只會燒在表面上而不會煮過火了。所以,以前只會在高級餐廳或酒店才可享用;但近年集資的網站興起後,有不少人設計出低成本的小型工具,把這高級餐廳專用的煮食方法門檻降低,使到一般家庭也可以在家自己做,不用到高級餐廳附出高昂的價錢才能享用。

Sous Vide cooking method found in France, sous vide means “under vacuum” in english, just put the meat in vacuum bag/ziplock bag then put in the water, cooking in low temperature but long time, this cooking method can easy to cook meat in medium and medium-rare with juicy and tender, no need to worry about cook too long or too high heat, after sous vide finished, just use blow touch or pan to seal the meat until crispy surface.  In old days, sous vide can only enjoy in high class restaurants or hotels, but after kickstarter found, many people designed their own sous vide machine in low cost, so that everybody can buy and enjoy at home, no need pay high price only can enjoy it.

 

現時有兩款慢煮工具,一是柱形的,可以放在不同的器皿內,只要把工具簡易地安裝在器皿內就可以用了,收藏方便,缺點是器皿體積有所限制,但一般家庭就已經夠用了;柱形的也有為專業用家,可以給體積大的器皿用,當然價錢也比較貴。另一款是箱形一體式,當然價錢不便宜,比較適合小型餐廳用。

There are two types of sous vide machines in the market, one is circulator, you can use in any kind of pots or small plastic box, just clip the circulator on the pot or box, pull some water, you can start cooking; it’s good for people who have small place, but it can’t do too large steak or use in a large box, however, it’s more than enough for small family, of course, you can buy professional version circulator, the price is much higher and able to use larger box .  Another one is stand alone sous vide machine with box, it needs more space and price not cheap as well, it’s suitable for small restaurant

低溫慢煮一般也是用於肉類,但湯類及甜品也有人試做。
Sous vide mainly for cooking meats, but some people also try to cook soup and dessert.

市面上有幾款比較便宜的工具,小編找了很多資料及比較過,以下品牌比較好用及有適合香港的電壓及插頭 :
Since Hong Kong voltage is 220v, it’s not much choice at the stage, this is the one that got Hong Kong plug :

Sous Vide Equipment online store

至於抽真空機也少不了,一個好的抽真空機很重要,抽真空不好會導致醬汁留出或入水,那就麻煩了。
If you really wanna start sous vide at home, vacuum sealer is a part of the important machine that you need, so you have to choose a better machine to avoid sauce out of the bag, otherwise you will get terrible experience.

Food Saver Vacuum Sealer

 

 

以下是一個很出名的外國煮食網站,他們列出一個低溫慢煮的肉類時間表,讀者可以參考一下 :
Here is a very famous cooking website that provide a list of sous vide cooking temperature and time guide :

Sous Vide Times and Temperature Guide

 

小編試過以下的肉類,如果有醬汁的菜式,需要先煮好醬汁,放涼一會後才倒入袋,有機會嘗試其他再與大家分享 :

I tried some meats below, if you wanna cooking sous vide with sauce, please cook the sauce and cool down a little bit and pull it in the bag with meats, hope that I have chance to cook more and share with you later :

肉眼扒

 

日本豚肉
日本豚肉 : 61度,45分鐘

 

豉油雞
豉油雞 : 雞分半,用老抽及玫瑰露醃一會,豉油、老抽、冰糖煮滾,待涼後,把半隻雞為一袋,把雞及醬料放入真空袋,sv 65度,3小時

 

豆豉雞
豆豉雞 : 雞斬半,用老抽及玫瑰露醃一會,乾蔥、蒜蓉、豆豉爆香,加入豉油、老抽、冰糖、玫瑰露煮滾,待涼後,把雞及醬料放入真空袋,65度,3小時

 

羊架
羊架 : 58度,2.5小時

 

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叉燒 : 用梅頭肉,預先醃一晚,sous vide 62度,4小時

 

香茅豬柳 : 62度,30分鐘
香茅豬柳 : 乾蔥、蒜蓉、香茅爆香,加入豉油、老抽、魚露、冰糖煮滾,關火待涼後,豬柳及醬料放入真空袋,62度,30分鐘

 

溫馨提示 : 請不要浪費資源,sous vide後的水可以用來清潔的,小編會用來清潔地板,因為還有餘溫,清潔地板最好不過。
Warming tips : please save world resources, use the water to clean the floor after sous vide, it's still a bit warm, it's good for cleaning
Posted in 風乾機 (dehydrator), 食物處理器 (Food Processor), 小食 (Snacks), 氣炸鍋 (Airfryer)

[原創食譜 Original Recipe] 自製小食篇 - 薯片 (HOMEMADE SNACK – Potato Chips)

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這是突然的插入文章,暫且把做煙肉製作放低一下,因為最近試做了工廠式的薯片,本來想遲些才寫關於做小食的文章,但今次完成後在一些討論區上發放了相片,卻吸引了不少回響,答應整理後分享給大家。

This is an extra post that I’m not support to write it now, recently I tried to make homemade potato chips that really like factory one, and uploaded in facebook group, however, so many feedbacks hope that to write a recipe for this, thus, just put aside the post of bacon making, and today, just organised photos and share it out.

 

老實說,薯片製作程序真的比較麻煩,但為健康著想也是值得的。工廠式薯片加了很多調味劑、防腐劑、人做色素等等,鹽份又高,最重要係用千年油炸出來的食物,致癌物極高。

Actually, it’s so many steps for doing it, but it is healthy and worth to doing so.  Not like the package one, factory must added large amount of salt, flavourings, colourings, preservations etc, and the main point is they are using recycle oil, it is really harmful for our health.

 

先說薯仔,最好不要在超市買袋裝的焗薯,焗薯適合用來做餸菜及沙律,但不適合用來油炸;我們需要用新薯或稱為白薯來做,因為比較硬身及不易變黑。

First, we have to buy white potato, it’s more hard and not easy to turn black, don’t buy the package one from supermarket, that is russet potato, which is good for cooking and making salad, but not good for frying.

 

做法 :

 

1. 首先,把薯仔去皮,清洗乾淨,用食物處理器把薯仔切成2分厚
First, peel the skin, wash it well and use food processor for cut it in slices for 2mm thickness

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2. 準備一個鍋,加入清水煲滾,當水滾後加入白醋,水與白醋的比例是2:1,然後把新鮮薯片放入,煲15分鐘。這個步驟用來去除薯仔內的澱粉質
Prepare a pot, boil water, add white vinegar when water boiled, water and white vinegar the ratio is 2:1, then put the potato slices and boil it for 15 minutes, this steps is used to wash out the potato starch

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3. 準備一個篩及大碗,把篩放在大碗內,煲好後把薯片倒在篩內,先在水喉下沖洗一會,待薯片涼一點後,用清水浸著薯片並手清洗多餘的澱粉質,這個步驟需要反覆清洗及更換清水,直至看到水能清晰見底就可以了。
Then, prepare a sieve with a large bowl, put the sieve into the bowl, when the potato boiled, then use tape water to cool down a bit, then use your hand to wash out the remaining starch, repeat wash and replace water steps until water is clear.

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4. 跟著用紙或布印乾水份,放上風乾機,風乾至硬身。小編的風乾機用了日照晒乾模式,70度,3小時就完成了。但讀者沒有用這個風乾機,請參考您所用的風乾機手冊。
After washed, use paper or towel to dry out some water, then use dehydrator to dehydrate it until becomes hard.  Since my dehydrator is the newest model, I can select sun-dried mode for 70 degrees for 3 hours only.  So please follow your dehydrator manual if you are not using this model.

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5. 風乾後可以存放很久,要吃的時候先放入熱水浸15分鐘或煲至軟身,印乾,加入油及你喜歡的調味撈勻,放入氣炸鍋,160度,10分鐘,然後再180度,3分鐘就可以享用了。
After dehydrated, you can keep in a jar for long time, when you wanna eat, just put the potato slice into a hot water for 15 minutes or boil it for a while, then mix some oil and your favourite seasonings, put into airfryer for 160degrees, 10 minutes, enjoy!

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p.s. 小編又試了把新鮮薯片串起,發現炸起來的效果更好
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