Cherry Blossom - Sakura Butter Cookies

I have made some Sakura's Butter Cookies in line with the Cherry Blossom period in Japan: End March to Mid April. 

Ingredients

Baking Process

 

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"Sakura" term use for my cookies is suppose to be resemble cherries pattern and colours. I'm very pleased to have purchased this cherries cookies cutter:

however, discover that the cherry's colour still not perfectly achievable! 

 

Overall the cookies texture is butter cookies form mere melt in your mouth. But, I think I have put too much rose essence that might make the taste bud rather too strong rose amrose. 

Hmm..... is this a good idea to make this cookies for Teacher's Day, Children's Day, Birthday Gift and many other festivals?

Will like to try again this cookies making with the pattern as shown in the image:

Stay till for the next endeavour!

可乐饼系列之豆腐可乐饼 (Japanese Tofu Croquette/Korokke)

I really fancy Japanese Croquette or named Korokke.  Be it with potato, sweet potato or meat / seafood and but not least with tofu etc. So long is coded with the Japanese Breadcrumb, I really love to eat. This is also one of those Japanese homestyle dishes that can easily be made at home.

This time with the balance breadcrumb. I have made this Tofu Croquette.

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Making Process

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The Tofu mixture are rather too hard and resemble crumber; I think I have get the wrong type of tofu for this croquette made. As such, the shape of this 1st batch croquette was not done perfectly.

1st batch of Tofu Croquette making

For the 2nd batch Croquette making, I suddenly have an idea! That is to use an ice cream scoop to scoop shape the tofu mixture and this time I found it to be more easy to manage the shape and handling the frying. I could not help praising myself for being sudden wisely! 

The Tofu Croquette is crispy in the outside but a bit of on the hard taste inside. Mainly due to the type of tofu used. As such, I concluded this is NOT the correct Japanese Croquette texture I wish to achieve. 

Stay tune for the next endeavour.