As promised a couple of weeks ago (I know, I’m slack) I’m finally posting some photos of our climb up the boulders near our place…
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As promised, I present..
Custard Buns
This is something I’ve wanted to try making for a long time. Living in Brisbane I would routinely stop at the Asian bakery in Chinatown. I loved their custard buns. I’d guess it’s not a very traditional Asian dessert, but so simple, insanely cheap & my gods they were yummy (I can thank my brother Nathan for introducing me to them one day in my teens we were feeling particularly poor). I wonder if that place is still open these days…
Anyway, with the big yeast purchase this week I was trying to think of recipes to try, so I sought a sweet dough recipe online (actually used one from a cream cheese bread recipe that I’d like to make one day, but since I didn’t have cream cheese I thought I’d replace it with a custard filling). I then found a simple custard recipe that looked good & here we are making custard buns!
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Yesterday I had the baking bug. I caught it when we went to Winco & bought a generous bag of bulk yeast from the big vats (I love scooping the big vats). Up until yesterday I’d only used the little sachets of yeast, forcing myself to ration the portions & plan recipes carefully. This time I felt liberated, free to experiment on new recipes with a jar of yeast at my disposal.
I actually made two different recipes while I was getting down & dirty with the dough so I’ll have two posts for you today.
Firstly, I wanted to try the famed “no knead bread” recipe that’s been passed around the internet a kazillion times, originally from the NY Times I believe. Now, I didn’t find the original post, so no doubt this has had a few changes.. & I’ve already added changes myself. I am making a caramelized onion cob, or more acurately a “coburg” with the dough.
The other recipe which I’ll post after is a custard-filled bread, so stay tuned if you have a sweet tooth.
Ok team, let’s get to work!
I’ve had some great Bas Ruten videos bookmarked on youtube awhile, saved for when we have a steady net connection. I’m looking forward to getting into them. They look intensely hard.. & awesome.
If you have any interest in martial arts, search "Bas Ruten MMA Workout" for some of his videos on youtube (I would post a link but the videos would disappear/ move knowing my luck).
I’ve wanted to start some kickboxing & Thai boxing training; have wanted to for a while now. My friends would probably laugh at me saying that. It seems I’m constantly saying “I’m looking for kung-fu lessons” or “I’m gonna start boxing training as soon as *insert random hurdle*” & never actually start. Yep, once again I find myself with an excuse- this time with no income, but since I don’t have classes available to me right now, I can at least learn some from Bas here in my living room.
Lucerne Valley Ascent from Nik Zane on Vimeo.
A cute little video courtesy of Nik. This is an awesome place, pretty close to our house, & my new favourite climbing location. I’ll get around to posting some photos soon.