Monday, March 12, 2012

Teddy Chocolate Swiss Roll & Curry Chicken Pie

The one week school break is finally here. But even though there's no school, life seems a little more hectic for me. I tend to get less things done when my kids are at home....no surprise there. But at least there's less stress during this period of time which I always welcome. (^_^) I made a simple treat for my kids yesterday, a Teddy Bear Swiss Roll with Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream.
My kids love Swiss roll cakes and it never fail to amuse them when I "dress it up" with some cute designs on the sponge cake. Although the teddies are not as nicely done as I hoped, it was still decent enough for me to blog about it, lol! My young one even asked me if the design are brown cats....o well. (-_-)"
This is the usual vanilla sponge recipe which I used previously using the egg separation method (分蛋式海绵蛋). Since I have already posted it several time, please just refer to here for details.
Instead of using brown food coloring, I used melted chocolate to color the bears. As for the eyes and cheeks I used edible maker pens to draw it. Personally, I feel the rosy cheeks on the teddies makes them a little more cheerful, hee. :D
The cake is as usual, soft and spongy which was still tender when straight out of the fridge. Excellent recipe from 孟老师的美味蛋糕卷 cookbook. Hope you enjoy this post as much as I had fun baking it up plus posting it to share. ;)

Another recipe that I'm posting today is kinda of an experimental one since I only saw it once on a Chinese recipe book and roughly copied it down months ago. It ain't chicken pie nor curry puff but Curry Chicken pie, lol! The moment I read about it, I knew it was gonna be delicious! Especially if you like both the earlier mentioned dishes, this is a sure win for you. ;)
Just imagine: flaky, buttery pie crust encasing creamy curry chicken filling with soft potatoes and tender carrots....how good does that sound to you?! I was really happy it turned out great as my family loved it very much, even my kids whom are not too fond of spicy food, both had 2 servings each! Interested? Check out my recipe:

Ingredients for Curry chicken pie: (makes an 10" pie)
Pie Crust:
250g plain flour
80g wholewheat flour
115g unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
3 tbsp Ghee
4g salt
30-40ml ice water
  • In a mixing bowl, sift the salt and flour in. Add the cubed butter and knead in using your finger tips until the mixture resembles bread crumbs. Add in water and knead till it just comes together into a soft pliable dough. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes.
Egg Cream Mixture:
100ml evaporated milk
100ml fresh milk
2 whole eggs
30g curry paste (adjust as per personal preference, some curry paste tends to be more spicy)
Alternatively you can use Japanese curry cubes (I added 2 cubes)

Curry filling:
150g cooked roast chicken
80g green peas
100g boiled, peeled and cubed carrots
100g boiled, peeled and cubed potatoes
2 hard boiled eggs, peeled and slice into wedges
  • Remove the pie dough from fridge and roll out to about the circumference of your greased pie dish. Then gently place the rolled out dough into the pie dish and press in to even out the layer.
  • In a mixing bowl, mix all the ingredients for the egg cream mixture. Make sure the curry paste is mixed in properly with no lumps.
  • Preheat the oven to 190C.
  • Place all the curry filling ingredients evenly distributed at the base of the pie dish over the pie dough.
  • Then pour the cream mixture over the curry filling, making sure the filling doesn't over flow.
  • Bake in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes until the filling is set and golden brown. Let pie cool for15 minutes before slicing. Enjoy!
Note that the curry paste used is up to personal preference, if you like it more spicy, adjust as needed. I used a Japanese curry paste which my kids love. This "east meets west" recipe surely can be easily accepted and enjoy by many, so why not give it a try? Have fun baking and eating it!

Okay all, have a great week ahead!

23 comments:

Passionate About Baking said...

So yummy! I'll gladly have both of these anytime! I want to be your kiddo just for the swiss rolls! Btw, I'm also a big fan of swiss rolls! :)

Edith said...

Bee, I am bookmarking that awesome looking curry chicken pie!

Yummy Bakes said...

Aiyoh ... your teddy bear swiss roll so nice, cant bear to slice and eat. Bee, you very good with all these hor.

hanushi said...

Lovely!the bears are so cute!

Daphne said...

I love your swiss roll, so cute~~~~~

Anonymous said...

Hi Honey Bee,

Care to illustrate how do u get the bear shape? Any moulds being used.

Thank You.

Sam

Honey Bee Sweets said...

Sam, read this http://honeybeesweets88.blogspot.com/2011/07/honeybee-swiss-roll-cake.html

busygran said...

Bee, Wish I were a kid again and would request that you make the cute swiss roll for me.

lena said...

Bee!!! your teddy bears are so neat and so cute!! your expectations are very high if you said that these are not nicely done! i want! iwant! so you carry 2 titles now..chiffon queen and swiss roll queen :D

Unknown said...

很喜欢那个Curry chicken pie,谢谢分享食谱 ^_^

Honey Bee Sweets said...

😄haha Lena...no lah, there are other bloggers much better with these bakes than me. But you do sweet la, make my day, lol!

Honey Bee Sweets said...

Curry chicken pie 真的还不错吃哦。你试了回头跟我说好不好吃ok?

Honey Bee Sweets said...

Heehee, no worries, since you ladies love it do much, I'll bake for our next gathering.

Honey Bee Sweets said...

Heehee, thanks Chris...I love drawing and baking...so this is like my 2 interests combined into one!

Honey Bee Sweets said...

Hahaha, you don't have to be my kiddo to have a slice, will bake something cute for you all next time we gather.

Dorothy said...

too cute! I actually have a question for you about asian bread; I am trying to recreate a sweet asian bun that is doughy and soft on the inside, but it has a layer of flakiness on the outside. Any ideas on what kind of bread dough that is?

Thank you!

Honey Bee Sweets said...

Hi Dorothy, actually I'm not quite sure which Asian bread you are talking about. Flaky outside would be pastry dough...doughy inside...like normal bread doughy or dense thick bread doughy? But frankly speaking...I've no clue which kind of bread it's that...sorry...

My Little Space said...

Whoa, your cake looks so cute! And absolutely adore your curry chicken pie version. Salivating! Slurpppp...
Enjoy your evening.
Kristy

Shirley @ Kokken69 said...

The swiss roll is super cute!

ReeseKitchen said...

I'll try the Curry Chicken Pie one day...must try!! I think I'll add more chilli maybe chilli padi..haha! You know how spicy I like my food to be...;p Thanks for sharing this..:)

Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...

your teddy bear swiss roll is so so cute! and the curry chicken pie is so so good! hehehe..

Swee San @ the Sweet Spot said...

aiyo so cute la the bears!! btw, u got a new camera??

Honey Bee Sweets said...

Yes SWee San...since last Nov leh...now then notice ah, lol! Looks like my photography skill not so good. ;p