BRAISED CHINESE MUSHROOM

Ingredients

2 cups Chinese Mushroom (wash, soaked, discard stem)

1 whole bulb of garlic (Skin on, smashed)

5 cloved of garlic (remove skin, minced)

1 cinnamon stick

3 star anise

2 tablespoon oyster sauce

1 tablespoon dark soya sauce

1 tablespoon light soya sauce

1 teaspoon five spice powder

500 ml water

Seasoning:

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon pepper

For thickening: (mixed)

1 tablespoon corn flour

50 ml water

Method:

1) Heat up a little oil in a wok, fry minced garlic,

star anice, and cinnamon stick till fragrant

2) Drop in whole bulb of unskin garlic and

mushroom, fry for 3 mins

3) Add oyster sauce, dark soya sauce, light soya

sauce and five spice powder, stir fry till well

combined

4) Add 500 ml of water, cover, lower flame and

simmer for 20 mins till mushroom soften

5) Add seasonings, pour in thickening mixture,

fry till thicken, switch off flame, serve

RAISINS SCONES

Raisins Scones

Ingredients

2 cups self raising flour
Pinch of salt
30gm butter
½ cup fresh milk
1 egg
1 cup raisins
½ tsp mixed spices
Milk for glazing

Method:

1) Sieve flour, salt and mixed spices together

2) Cut butter into small pieces and rub into

flour till it resembles bread crumbs

3) Add raisins

4) Combined fresh milk and egg.

5) Make a well in flour crumbs, pour all

liquid in and quick mix to form a soft dough

6) Knead dough lightly on a floured board,

roll to 2 cm thick

7) Using a 6 cm round cutter, cut into rounds

8) Place on a tray pre-lined with non-stick

baking paper, brush top with milk

9) Bake in a 180 degrees Celsius pre-heated

oven for 15 to 18 mins

10) Serve warm with butter/jam or honey