Roasted Pork

The dish was inspired by the roast pork tocino style of overseaspinoycooking.net.

1/2 kilo of pork belly

1 cup brown sugar

1 tbsp salt

2 tbsp garlic powder

2 tbsp paprika powder

1 cup soy sauce

1 lemon

Mix sugar, salt, garlic powder,  paprika, soy sauce, and lemon juice for the marinade. Place the pork and marinate it for at least one day.

Pre heat the oven to 300F to 325F. In a baking dish, place the meat with the fat submerged in the marinade and cook it in the oven for 45minutes to 1 hour.

After an hour, turn the meat over and cook for 20-30 minutes.

Serve with hot rice :)

WILL: Roasted pork? Hmmmm. Using oven for a viand is somewhat unusual for Filipinos. Mostly of out dishes was sauted, fried or have a nourishing soup. So abbey is taking a risk in this. Haha. Pasikat sa akin! Che! Hehe.  
The taste? Not what I expect. I am expecting this to be a liitle bland and the meat is hard as a rock or too crispy. Well, I am wrong, the spices really sinked in at its meat and is so soft that I can feel it just melts in my mouth. No need an extra effort to chew this. Hehe. Delicious! Try to do this one. 
Hayy natatalo na ako ni Abbey sa cooking challenge namin. Argh! 

Underworld - Awakening

ABBEY:
This is the fourth installment of the series. And now the two immortal clans are not just trying to outlast each other but to protect also from a new enemy: the humans. The lycans found a way in which they can be immune on silver and became stronger and powerful. The movie also showed the fruit of Michael and Selene. The child looks like an character in a horror movie when she transforms. Effects are great. Kate still proves that she's hot :)

WILL: This is the genre of vampire-werewolf that I like. Well, honestly I saw this film from the very first one and quite shocked to know that there is number two. But here I am, continues to support the every upcoming movie. Love this Underworld Awakening. Every second of it. Hehe. Hmmm I'll give 10/10 for this. :) 

Pandesal

Recipe

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups bread flour

1/2 cup sugar

5 tblsp butter, melted

1 1/4 fresh milk, warm

1 tblsp instant yeast

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 egg

1 tbsp cooking oil ( I used olive oil)

bread crumbs

Mix the yeast, a tablespoon of sugar, and warm milk. Stir until dissolved and set aside. The mixture is ready once the bubbles form.

In a mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients. (bread flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt). Make sure they are well blended.

Place the egg, butter and milk-sugar-yeast mixture into the bowl to form a dough. Take the dough and knead it on flour-sprinkled flat surface.

Once the texture is smooth, place it again in the bowl and let it sit for 30-45 minutes as the yeast do its work.

The dough size will be doubled by-now. Cut it into 4 long pieces, then into smaller chunks.

Roll the dough chunks in bread crumbs and place them in a baking tray. Set aside for 10-15 minutes before putting in the oven.

During this time, pre-heat the oven to 375 fahrenheit.

Bake the dough for 15 minutes. Serve the bread hot with your favorite spread or filling.

WILL: Abbey is so eager to make this bread. Pandesal is the most commonly bread you can see in every Filipinos' dining table every breakfast. This is so great to teamed up with coffee, but for me this is best with milky white champorado. Hehe. 
      When Abbey baked these, the aroma filled our house. So much to take everyone tasted his creation. Haha. 
     That was my third sickly day when he baked this one. I am so sick that even imagining a food to intake makes me dizzy. But when I smelled this one, i took all the effort to eat up some. The taste? Unexpected. This is the taste I am looking for in a pandesal. Firm and yet soft inside. Thanks baby. Magtatayo na tayo ng bakery. Hehe.