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ternyata enak juga pagi-pagi makan blendrang nasi padang. walaupun kalo setiap hari bisa bangkrut juga. untung sarapan hari ini hasil traktiran kemarin.

bruschetta sunrise

Description:
the other day when i went to bali for a friend's wedding, i kind of craving for tequilla or vodka sunrise and some decent bruschetta. but the wedding was german. and the cocktail they serve was only capirinha. because the bartender was not a real bartender, he was just a friend of the groom who lent a helping hand. and of course, there was no bruschetta. i had some during one of the brunch, but none even close to my cravings.

so, anyway. yesterday i bought some sunflower seeds bread. they were rather expensive. 28'000 for 6 slices of bread. and i have some leftover mozzarella. and last night after thinking what will i eat the bread with, i remembered that i still have some pesto and canned tuna chunks. so, i decided to make this for breakfast today.

Ingredients:
2 slices of sunflower bread
3 teaspoon of tuna chunks
1-2 teaspoon of instant pesto (who would have the time to chop all those basil and pinenuts?)
shredded mozzarella. the more the merrier. or should i say the meltier.


Directions:
1. lay out the bread on to a plate. pick a pretty plate. so, it will look good in the picture.
2. mix the pesto and the tuna.
3. spread the mixed tuna-pesto on to one of the bread.
4. spread the shredded mozzarella on top of the tuna-pesto layer.
5. spread the mozzarella on top of the other bread.
6. pop them up in the microwave of low heat for 3 – 6 minutes. depends on how you would like your cheese to melt.
7. after several minutes, take them out of the microwave.
8. this is it! bruschetta sunrise ala chef not farah quinn! (don't flush it with vodka, although it might help to get you through the day, getting drunk at the start of the week doesn’t pay off. especially if you need to present the tv interview plan to the bigboss).

when am not out abusing people

i make these. for cupcakes toppings.

 

although all of them look anything but. the left one is a monkey. who doesn’t resemble even a defected one. the middle one is a giraffe. who looks like a long neck cow with a chicken pox. and the right one is a lion. who somehow looks like winnie the pooh wearing a sun costume. oh, well. practice makes perfect.

(qua)tre formaggi

Description:
hmm.. i like cheese. i don't buy gadgets when i have extra money. i buy cheese. the real ones. and when it comes the day when the fridge is full of cheese. this is what happened.

Ingredients:
4 slices of batard (available in carrefour)
a grub of roquefort (available when a colleague just came back from visiting france)
2 dice of swiss emmental, thin sliced (available after 2 weeks perdiem in rural papua)
a cube of gruyere, thin square sliced (available from a back to back field trip perdiem)
4 teaspoons of italian dressing (available in all fresh salad bar)


Directions:
1. spread the roquefort on two slices of batard, then each batard is sprinkled with a teaspoon of italian dressing.
2. spread the swiss emmental on a slice of batard then sprinkle with a teaspoon of italian dressing.
3. spread the gruyere on a slice of batard then sprinkle with a teaspoon of italian dressing.
4. pop them up in an oven or a microwave with a low heat for 2 to 3 minutes, just until the cheese melt.
5. take them out, take a picture, post it on your blogs, then enjoy!

notes:
• roquefort is a hardcore cheese, and i ain't talking about the texture. so, for those of you, who are not cheese persons, may feel like you're making out with a goat. it tastes a bit bitter with a sandy feeling when you chew, so you can change it with other kinds of amateur (ha!) cheese. 'though it will never be the same, suckers!
• my favorite cheese is the swiss emmental. sometimes when you enjoy it too much, it started to taste like meat. and that is exactly why i love the swiss emmental.
• the italian dressing is just to moist the bread when you microwave or oven them, you can change it with just olive oil or butter if you don't mind heart attack. i personally love italian dressing because it has a garlic-y spicy soury taste, you know, to keep the vampires from vamping your meal instead of your neck.
• basically you can use any cheese, even the cheap cheddar, but expensive cheese taste so much better.
• beware of flies, it's the roquefort, it smells also like a never been washed socks. or the gutter.
• brush your teeth, wash your face after you had them, unless you prefer the flies than the hotties to linger around you the whole day.

cheeseled bread

Description:
the quickest breakfast ever. teach you never to throw food. and that almost expired bread is sometimes can be as good as a fresh bread. just make sure the fungi hasn't built a colony, yet.

Ingredients:
some almost (or couple of days already) expired bread
quickmelt cheese of the cheapest brand
office microwave oven
african hippo serves as garnish


Directions:
1. check for any fungi, should there be any, rip it off of the bread. if not, then you're in luck. if there were too many, don't be such a cheap ass, throw it!
2. lay out 3 slices of almost expired bread (or as much as you want, also depend on how close the expiry dates are) on a plate.
3. grate or thin-slice the quickmelt cheese on top of each bread (the more the merrier. i myself prefer to put the cheese almost covering all the bread's surface).
4. put the plate inside the microwave then close the microwave's door (not sure what will happen if it stays open, but i'm pretty sure it's not pretty).
5. set the microwave on the 'heat the frozen stuff' mode (varied symbol on each type of microwave, but it usually has the 'snowflake' symbol).
6. set the timer for 3 minutes. then hit the 'on' button.
7. as what barney stinson said in how i met your mother, 'wait for it...'
8. then after it dings! your breakfast is ready!
9. take it to your booth (so your colleagues won't bobbing for them), garnish it with anything (in my case, the african hippo), take a picture, post it on facebook or any of your blog, then have a bite! enjoy!

tips:
best bread to use would be the ones like batard (or any of the salty kind) but the locally customized ones. in some store, e.g. the foodmart, they have the puravita kind, it's good because it stays soft even after a week (unlike batard). fungi may occur on some spots, but they're easily removed and the bread would stay soft yet crisp when heated.

gluttonised reverie

benar-benar sedang ingin berbuat sesuatu. yang mengandung portobello. cukup dilap. tidak perlu dicuci di bawah air mengalir. lalu porcini. sayang sedikit susah mencari yang segar. ditambah enoki. shiitake pun sepertinya boleh. sedikit kuping hitam. atau putih karang. banyak makin baik. juga brokoli. mungkin jagung-jagung pipil. atau jagung muda. hmmm. demi cinta pada ibu, maka beberapa potong wortel. karnivora sejati pasti ingat. daging ayam tidak boleh ketinggalan. jika ada uang lebih, salmon asap menarik juga. oh! atau udang. maaf, aku kurang suka daging sapi. bawang bombay. tidak lupa krim kepala susu. kemudian susu serius. sedikit pala. secubit merica dan garam jangan ketinggalan. keju-keju lucu yang bisa meleleh. parmesan banyak-banyak. emmental seperti apa sih rasanya. penasaran. mungkin nanti kalau sudah gajian. lalu cheddar bertaburan.

 

tunggu, ya. pasti kusisihkan waktu.

ayam salsa (atau rica-rica?) eksotika

Description:
saya rindu memasak. di pulau seberang, saya biasa memasak setelah seharian beradu urat dengan para relawan dan mahkluk pucat yang dermawan. tidak ada resep khusus yang saya contoh. semua berdasarkan feeling saja.

untuk resep yang ini, biasanya salsa tidak dimasak dengan bawang putih di atas api dan dengan minyak goreng, tetapi hanya diaduk-aduk saja dengan minyak zaitun. sayangnya, minyak zaitun mahal dan saya suka sekali bawang putih. selain itu, rasanya juga akan lebih enak jika dicampur dengan daun ketumbar yang dirajang lembut, sayangnya (lagi) daun ketumbar agak susah dibeli di toko grosir. walhasil salsanya malah agak mirip rica-rica. ya, sudahlah. ini berarti judulnya east meets west.

selamat mencoba!


Ingredients:
2 sdt mentega
5 potong ayam asap siap pakai (dijual di toko-toko grosir terdekat di hati anda, bisa diganti dengan salmon, tapi nanti judul resepnya mesti diganti)
salsa:
1 buah tomat segar, dipotong dadu kecil.
3 siung bawang putih, boleh lebih apalagi jika akan berjuang membasmi vampir.
6 buah cabe rawit hijau, boleh juga yang merah, tapi nanti efek grafis kurang terasa.
2 buah jeruk nipis buang bijinya, peras sarinya. (lihat tips di bawah untuk hasil maksimal).
1 sdt penyedap rasa, bisa diganti garam dan gula untuk yang sok hidup sehat.
1 sdm minyak goreng, jika tidak ada, minta saja ke tetangga atau ibu kos.

pelengkap:
nasi putih hangat. bisa juga kentang goreng. asal jangan dua-duanya, redundant carbs.
es teh lemon.


Directions:
1. nyalakan kompor. jika anda memakai kompor gas, alhamdulilah. jika anda memakai kompor minyak tanah apalagi kayu bakar, maka saya turut berduka cita. lebih lama menyalakan kompornya daripada masaknya.
2. panaskan mentega hingga cair, lalu goreng daging ayam asap hingga agak gosong-gosong gimana gitu. tapi jangan terlalu gosong, bagian yang gosong itu bahaya buat kesehatan. sisihkan.
3. untuk salsanya, panaskan minyak goreng menggunakan api kecil. setelah panas, masukkan bawang putih. goreng hingga teman-teman anda terbangun dan bertanya 'lagi masak apa, sih, kok baunya enak banget?'
4. sebelum ngomelin temen yang nggak ngebantuin plus hanya bisa komentar dan minta bagian ketika masakan sudah matang, masukkan tomat yang telah dipotong dadu kecil. masak hingga berair, becek, nggak ada ojek.
5. masukkan cabe rawit hijau yang telah diiris.
6. aduk-aduk hingga semua tercampur rata. taburi penyedap rasa.
7. tuangi air perasan jeruk nipis. aduk kembali supaya benar-benar tercampur. matikan api kompor. jika anda menggunakan kompor kayu bakar, angkat aja lah, penggorengannya, daripada repot matiin kompor, keburu dingin masakannya.
8. tuangkan salsa ke atas ayam asap. sajikan panas-panas bersama nasi putih atau kentang goreng dan es teh lemon.
9. jangan lupa buang sampah dan cuci peralatan yang sudah dipakai. selamat menikmati.

tips:
• jika jeruk nipis yang ada keras dan anda takut air perasannya tidak banyak, jangan khawatir, untuk mendapatkan air jeruk nipis yang banyak, letakkan jeruk nipis di permukaan meja atau lantai yang keras, tekan-tekan menggunakan telapak tangan dengan gerakan memutar. lakukan hingga jeruk terasa empuk. iris lalu peras. dijamin berhasil.

• apabila salsanya masih sisa, segera pergi ke toko swalayan terdekat dan beli keripik nachos. lumayan dijadikan cocolan. pedes-pedes gimana gitu. nonton dvd bajakan jadi lebih syahdu.