วันเสาร์ที่ 30 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2554

Earl Grey Tea Dessert Recipes :: Earl Grey Tea & Baileys Milk Chocolate Mousse Cake

I can honestly say that this is gonna be the most luxurious earl grey tea dessert recipe!!! It's might a little bit hard to do this recipe but trust me, it will worth!!! The recipe I'm talking about is "Earl Grey Tea & Baileys Milk Chocolate Mousse Cake
Earl Grey Tea & Baileys Milk Chocolate Mousse Cake

There are 3 main parts of this dessert: butter genoise as base, a layer of baileys milk chocolate mousse set in the middle, and earl grey tea mousse on the top. It might sound very time consuming but each part takes only a short amount of time to complete with non-complicated steps. 


This recipe makes 8 individual cakes using 6-cm cake rings and dome molds.


Ingredients:
- For the butter genoise
  • 2 eggs
  • 40g plain flour, sifted
  • 40g sugar
  • 20g unsalted butter
- For the baileys milk chocolate mousse
  • 130g whipping cream
  • 80g milk couverture
  • 20g baileys liquor
  • 2.5g gelatin
- For the earl grey tea mousse
  • 175g whipping cream
  • 125g fresh milk
  • 50g egg yolks
  • 40g sugar
  • 11g earl grey tea leaves
  • 2.5sheets gelatin
Earl Grey Tea & Baileys Milk Chocolate Mousse Cake

Methods: 
- For the butter genoise
  • Preheat oven to 180C.
  • Hand-whisk eggs and sugar over bain marie till mixture reaches40C.
  • Using an electrical whisk beat eggs and sugar on high speed till fluffy and peaks form.
  • Fold flour into egg mixture in 3 batches. (be careful not to over mix) 
  • Melt butte over bain marie, add a scoop of egg and flour mixture, mix well.
  • Fold mixture back into remaining egg and flour mixture and fold gently till batter surface is uniformly shiny.
  • Pour into 9-cm round cake tin and bake for 18minutes.
  • Let cool before cutting into small 5-cm rounds placed at the bottom of lined 6-cm cake rings.
- For the baileys milk chocolate mousse
  • Beat whipping cream on medium speed till soft peak forms, set aside.  
  • Soak gelatin sheet in cold water for a few minutes till it blooms.  
  • Melt gelatin sheet over bain marie, then add 1 teaspoon of whipped cream and mix well.  
  • Keep gelatin mixture over bain marie.  
  • Melt milk couverture over bain marie.  When its fully melted, fold in 1/3 whipped cream, then add in gelatin mixture and mix well.  
  • Fold in remaining 2/3 whipped cream into mixture, then gently mix in baileys.  
  • Pour mousse into lined cake rings over butter génoise.  
  • Leave for about 2 hours in refrigerator till set.
- For the earl grey tea mousse
  • Soak gelatin sheets in cold water for a few minutes till it blooms. 
  • Prepare earl grey milk by boiling earl grey leaves and milk in a small sauce pan.  
  • Cover sauce pan for 5 minutes after boiling to intensify tea flavor in the milk  
  • Strain leaves and ensure there is 80g of earl grey milk for the mousse. 
  • Boil prepared earl grey milk and whipping cream together.  
  • Whisk egg yolk and caster sugar till frothy, then pour in 1/3 of earl grey mixture and mix well.  
  • Pour egg mixture back into remaining 2/3 earl grey mixture and boil, stirring constantly, till mixture thickens slightly.  
  • Add gelatin leaves and mix well.  
  • Pour mousse into 8 pieces of 6-cm dome molds and leave for about 2 hours in refrigerator till set.

- Assembly
  • Remove baileys milk chocolate mousse from cake rings (using hot towel or flame torch).  
  • Gently remove earl grey tea mousse from dome molds (by carefully dipping bottom of molds in hot water, taking care not to allow water into the mousse) and place each dome on top of each baileys milk chocolate mousse layer.
  • Wrap exterior of individual cakes with dark chocolate, leaving top of dome layer visible.  
  • Top with dark chocolate decoration if desired.
Earl Grey Tea & Baileys Milk Chocolate Mousse Cake

วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 28 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2554

Earl Grey Tea Dessert Recipes :: Earl Grey Tea Brownies With Lavender Honey Ganache

It's time for everyone who loves BROWNIES. One kind of brownies that I love the most is fudge brownies. But this time let's try the new one!! "Earl Grey Tea Brownies With Lavender Honey Ganache"
 Earl Grey Tea Brownies With Lavender Honey Ganache

Ingredients:
6oz bittersweet chocolate
6oz unsalted butter
6oz eggs
5oz cake flour
13oz granulated sugar
1tbsp loose leafs earl grey tea, ground in a coffee grinder
1tbsp vanilla extract
3/4tbsp baking powder
1/2tbsp salt


Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spray or butter pan.
2. Melt the bittersweet chocolate with butte over a double boiler.
3. While the chocolate is melting, whip the eggs and sugar in a large mixer bowl fitted with the paddle attachment for 10 minutes.
4. Combine earl grey tea powder, flour, baking powder and salt. Sift.
5. Add the melted chocolate and vanilla to the eggs. 
6. Stir by hand to blend completely.
7. Fold in the flour, mixing until just combined.
8. Spread batter evenly into prepared pan.
9. Bake at 350F for 35-40minutes, or until an inserted tester comes out with just a few crumbs attached.
10. Allow to cool, then add ganache and garnish with crystallized lavender.




Enjoy the brownies :)

วันพุธที่ 27 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2554

Earl Grey Tea Dessert Recipes :: Chocolate Earl Grey Tea Truffles

"Chocolate Earl Grey Tea Truffles", sounds weird again. But you will see how interesting this recipe is!!!
Chocolate Earl Grey Tea Truffles

Ingredients 
  • 160ml heavy cream 
  • 3-4tsp loose Earl Grey tea leaves
  • 2tbsp unsalted butter
  • 170g high-quality dark chocolate
  • 1cup of unsweetend cocoa powder, transferred to a bowl
Instructions
  • Combine cream and butter in a saucepan and bring to a boil, then remove from the heat.
  • Add 3-4tsp of earl grey tea leaves and let rest for about 5 minutes.
  • Chop dark chocolate into smaller pieces or use a grater and transfer it to a bowl.
  • Strain cream though a sieve onto grated/finely chopped chocolate, discarding the tea leaves.
  • Whisk until smooth.
  • Cover ganache and chill for at least 4 hours or over night.
  • Portion ganache teaspoon-wise, dust your palms with cocoa powder and roll each piece of the ganache into a ball. This is gonna be a fun part and messy one. Drop several balls at a time into the bowl of cocoa and swivel to coat. 
  • Store at cool temperature.


วันอังคารที่ 26 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2554

Earl Grey Tea Dessert Recipes :: Chocolate Cupcakes with Earl Grey Tea Frosting

Yayyy, Cupcakes again. But this is really amazing recipe for those who like chocolate and earl grey tea. Some might say that, this is a bit weird "chocolate together with earl grey tea". Let's try this!!! Chocolate Cupcakes with Earl Grey Tea Frosting. Just like Almond & Earl Grey Tea Cupcakes, we the ingredients and methods are divided into 2 parts:
Chocolate Cupcakes with Earl Grey Tea Frosting

First. . . the cupcakes part
Ingredients for the cupcake itself are

  • A cup cocoa powder
  • A cup boiling water
  • A cup unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 cups packed light brown sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • A cup sour cream
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
  • Preheat oven to 350 degree F. 
  • Fill cupcake tray with liners.
  • In a bowl, dissolve cocoa in boiling water and set aside to cool.
  • Beat cream butter and sugars until fluffy. 
  • Add eggs one at a time and beating well after addition.
  • Add vanilla
  • In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  • Add to batter, alternating with the sour cream. 
  • Add cocoa mixture and mix well.
  • Spoon into muffin cups, filling about 2/3 full.
  • Bake for 13-15 minutes.
  • Cool for 5 minutes in pan.
  • Remove to wire rack to cool completely.
Chocolate Cupcakes

Second. . .the earl grey tea frosting
Ingredients
  • 2 earl grey tea bags
  • 6 cup confectioner's sugar
  • 12 ounces softened cream cheese
  • 12 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions 
  • Empty contents of tea bags into a grinder.
  • Grind until fine powder.
  • Sift together with confectioner's sugar, and set aside.
  • Beat butter, cream cheese, and vanilla with paddle attachment on medium speed for 5 minutes.
  • Beat in sugar/tea mix a little bit at a time.
  • When it is all in, beat another 5 minutes on medium speed.
  • Spread on cupcakes.
  • Don't forget about the decoration for cupcakes!!
Chocolate Cupcakes with Earl Grey Tea Frosting
Chocolate Cupcakes with Earl Grey Tea Frosting have a very interesting combination with a new idea for frosting. I hope you enjoy this fantabulous recipe : )

วันศุกร์ที่ 22 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2554

Earl Grey Tea Dessert Recipes :: Almond & Earl Grey Tea Cupcakes Recipe

Here comes, the recipe for everyone who loves cupcakes!! But this is not just an ordinary cupcake recipes. It's Almond & Earl Grey Tea Cupcakes


Almond & Earl Grey Tea Cupcakes

Let's start with the cupcake itself, we will need all these ingredients:

1 1/2 cups of flour
1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 
1 cup of sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
 2 tbs. baking powder 
1/2 tsp. salt 
1/4 tsp. almond extract 
2 tbsp. of loose Earl Grey tea leaves.



And follow step-by-step:
1. Preheat oven to 350 F. 
2. Fill a cupcake pan with liners. 
3. Beat the butter until creamy, then add the sugar and beat until fluffy. 
4. Add the eggs one at a time, making sure that they are incorporated thoroughly. 
5. In a bowl, combine the rest of the dry ingredients, including the tea leaves. 
6. Add half of the dry mixture. 
7. Add the milk then the remaining flour, stir until combined. 
8. Fill cupcake liners about 2/3 full. 
9. Bake for 15 – 20 minutes, rotating halfway to ensure even baking. 
10. Let cool completely before frosting.


The ingredients for the icing: 
2 cups confectioner sugar
1/4 cup butter at room temperature  
1/4 tsp almond extract
milk, enough to make preferred consistency.





Last four steps for almond buttercream:
1. cream the butter. 
2. Add the sugar and almond extract. 
3. Add milk slowly until you reach the desired consistency - you might not use all the milk. 
4. Beat until smooth.

Almond Earl Grey Tea Cupcakes
For those who loves to decorate the cupcakes, this is an interesting link http://www.cupcake-decorating-ideas.com/index.html Hope you guys enjoy baking almond earl grey tea cupcakes and also enjoy decorating your cupcakes as much as you like!! 

วันอังคารที่ 19 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2554

Earl Grey Tea Dessert Recipes :: Earl Grey Tea - Caramel Pudding

Oh... well, today me and my friends went to many places. "After You Dessert Cafe" is my favorite one for today!!! We ordered many different dessert dishes!! They were great!! I also had  "Earl Grey Squash Jelly Tea"- glass of earl grey tea with some jellies. I bet most of you guys never tried this kind of drink!! But unluckily, i still can't figure out about how to make "Earl Grey Squash Jelly Tea" yet. When ever I find out, i will update here as soon as possible!!! 

Lucky for you guys! I found another interesting earl grey tea dessert recipe!!!
"Earl Grey Tea - Caramel Pudding" 
we will have to prepare 2 separated parts of ingredients:


1st part - Ingredients for the pudding are
  • 2 eggs
  • 3tbsp of Earl Grey Tea leaves
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 500ml of milk
  • 80g of sugar
2nd part - Ingredients for the caramel sauce are
  • 100g of sugar
  • 2tbsp of water
  • 50ml of hot water
After we have all the ingredients, then let's start by preheat oven to 170C(330F).
  1. Pour 1/2 the milk and tea leaves in a small saucepan, boil over medium heat for about 5 min. Strain tea and add sugar and then pour the other half of the milk. Finally we will get milk tea!!
  2. Beat egg and egg yolks in large bowl but careful not to generate too much foam. Add milk tea which we already provided in step1, divide among six oven-proof containers.
  3. Place pudding cups in a shallow pan, fill the pan with 70-80C water until the water almost reaches the same level as the pudding liquid.
  4. Bake for about 30 minutes and cool in fridge for at least 1 hour before eating.
  5. While we waiting for the baking process, make caramel sauce by place sugar and water in saucepan and heat over medium heat. Do not stir. When color turns dark golden, remove from heat and add the hot water. Cool at room temperature.
Earl Grey Tea - Caramel Pudding

Lastly we will get approximately 6 puddings. To serve, pour caramel sauce on the pudding. Then we will get "Earl Grey Tea - Caramel Pudding". 

I hope you all enjoy making this recipes!! And enjoy your "Earl Grey Tea - Caramel Pudding"!!!
Next time there will be more earl grey tea dessert recipes waiting for you guys here!!! See ya : )


วันเสาร์ที่ 16 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2554

Earl Grey Tea Dessert Recipes :: Earl Grey Tea Ice Cream

It's a sunny day and pretty hot today. We need to refresh ourselves!!
Today, let's try to make Earl Grey Tea Ice cream!!!
Earl Grey Tea Ice Cream
Ingredients are:-
6 egg yolks
185g caster sugar
500ml of single cream
5teabags of Earl Grey tea
250ml of milk


And here is how we can do:-
1.Beat the sugar and egg yolks together until it becomes thick and pale yellow.
2.Bring the milk to a simmer.
3.Add the tea and allow to sit for 10 minutes.
4.Bring back to a low simmer, stir, and remove the tea bags.
5.Beat the milk into the eggs and sugar with a slow stream.
6.Pour the mixture back into the pan and place over low heat.
7.Stir continuously until the custard thickens slightly and just coats the back of a spoon. Don’t over-heat, though, because at around 76C you will scramble the eggs!
8.Immediately remove from the heat.
9.Transfer the custard into a small container, cover, and refrigerate until cool.
10.Whip the cream until it has doubled in volume.
11.Fold the cream(gently stir) into the custard.
12.Freeze using a domestic ice cream machine, or easier way to do this step is cover and place in the freezer, stirring every few hours to break up the ice crystals.


I believe most people are just love to eat ice cream. Earl Grey Tea Ice Cream could be everyone's new choice of ice cream flavor. Hope you guys have fun with making you own earl grey tea ice cream and enjoy eating earl grey tea ice cream : )

วันพุธที่ 13 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2554

Earl Grey Tea Dessert Recipe :: Earl Grey Tea Cookies

I am still in Chiang Mai. It's a sunny day here.
We are having 3 seasons in a month I guess!!
For everyone who staying at home for the holiday,
Earl Grey Tea Dessert Recipes is recommended...
Earl grey tea cookies
Earl Grey Tea Cookies
Ingredients are
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons Earl Grey tea leaves, from approximately 6 tea bags
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces



Following these directions:
Heat oven to 375°F. Pulse together all the dry ingredients in a food processor until the tea leaves are pulverized. Add the vanilla, 1 teaspoon water, and the butter. Pulse together until a dough is formed.


Divide the dough in half. Place each half on a sheet of plastic wrap and roll into a 12-inch log, about 2 inches in diameter. Wrap and chill for 30 minutes.


Slice each log into disks, 1/3 inch thick. Place on parchment- or foil-lined baking sheets, 2 inches apart.


Bake until the edges are a little brown, about 12 minutes. Let cool on sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire racks.


And finally enjoy your earl grey tea cookies!!
Don't forget to share with your friends as well!!
:D

Earl Grey Iced Tea :: For those who does not like hot tea

Here comes, Earl Grey Iced Tea!!! Who says Earl Grey is only a hot tea? Try this..you'll be surprised!


Very Easy - Earl Grey Iced Tea
Ingredients:
1 ½ quarts boiling water (6 cups)
8 tea bags of Earl Grey
½ cup sugar (optional)
a strip of orange peel, pith removed
2 cups ice
Preparations: Place sugar and orange peel in 2 quart pitcher. Add 1 cup of boiling water and sitr to melt sugar. Add teabags and remaining boiling water. Steep 5-10 minutes according to desired strength. Remove tea bags. Stir in ice. Now. .. enjoy you earl grey iced tea : )



Earl Grey Iced Tea



Cups of Earl Grey Tea

Hello everyone. It's a rainy day. I am in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We are having "Songkarn Festival" here in Thailand. But unluckily it's still raining. Most people just stays at home with their family and having a great family time.

For those who staying at home, it's tea time!!! Rainy day...great time to have some cups of tea!!! Today, I have somes Earl Grey Tea recipes for you!!



The first one is "Traditional Earl Grey Tea" recipe which is very easy to make a cup of hot earl grey tea. You will need Earl Grey tea(could be loose tea or in bags), boiling water,milk(if desired), and some sugars to taste.

To make this bergamot-fragranced tea properly, you need to let the tea steep for long enough to let the flavour infuse.

Boil a kettle of water, then warm teapot up by pouring a little in, swilling it around, then discarding.


Measure tea into teapot - use one spoonful for each person, plus one for the pot, or a teabag per person.

Pour boiling water over tea, stir, then add lid and leave to stand for five minutes.

If you take your Earl Grey with milk, put a small amount of milk in each tea cup. This is done first, so as not to burn the fat in the milk.

Pour tea over milk, using a strainer if you used loose tea.
Add sugar to taste, then enjoy your cup of earl grey tea!

 


Earl Grey Tea with Milk


วันจันทร์ที่ 11 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2554

Let's talk about "earl grey tea". . .

First of all... 
I better see "Hello" to all of the visitors!! 
Thank you for visit : )


Now, I would start with what is "Earl Grey Tea"?
A cup of Earl Grey Tea
"Earl Grey" is named after Charles Grey, British Prime Minister (during 1830-1834) who supposedly received the tea as a gift. Jacksons of Piccadilly claim to have first commercially produced the “real” Earl Grey tea, though this claim is contested. Earl Grey is a popular black tea blend distinctively flavored with bergamot oil from a citrus fruit called the bergamot orange. Earl Grey tea is often made with a slightly smoky black tea as a base, though recently green, white and oolong Earl Grey blends have become commercially available. 


       


Today, the tea is commonly found alongside the classic English Breakfast and other assortments, and can be served both with or without milk and cream. It can be used to make iced tea. And also used as ingredient for some desserts. 


Here are some examples of famous earl grey tea :





Lastly, I hope you guys enjoy my blog here and don't forget to try some earl gray tea.
Next time, there will be some more informations about earl grey tea and also some interesting earl grey tea dessert recipes that you should try.!! 


Enjoy your cup of "Earl Grey Tea" : )