Jelly Cheesecake (Non-bake)

Ingredients
(A) Biscuit Base
250g Digestive Biscuits
120g Melted Butter

(B) Cheese Layer
1 block Philadelphia Cream Cheese(do not use low fat)
10g Gelatin Powder(2 teaspoon)
50g Sugar
150ml Hot Water
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
12 Strawberries or any fruit that you want to add to the jelly layer

(C) Jelly Layer
1 box Tortally Jelly or Jello (Flavour - according to your preference)
200ml Hot Water
100ml Cold Water

Jelly(Prepare in advance and leave it aside to cool under room temperature)
1. Dissolve the Jello in hot water
2. Add in the cold water and stir well
3. Set it aside and let it cool completely

Biscuit Layer
1. Prepare a 10-inch square tray lined with aluminium foil.
2. Melt butter over low fire. Do not let it boil.
3. Place biscuits in a plastic bag and seal it. Place the sealed bag into another plastic bag then crush the biscuits either with a rolling pin or pounder until they are finely crushed.
4. Pour the crushed biscuits into the square tray and mix the melted butter well into the crushed biscuits.
5. Spread the mixture from 4. into an even layer as the base layer of the cheesecake.
6. Place the tray into the fridge and refrigerate the biscuit layer till it hardens(about 45mins or more).

Cheese Layer
1. Mix the sugar and gelatin powder in a medium bowl. Add hot water to dissolve the mixture. Stir well.
2. Cream the cream cheese with vanilla essence using a mixer.
3. Slowly add in the sugar/gelatin mixture(divide into approx 3 pourings) from 1. into the cream cheese  and continue to cream it until all sugar/gelatin mixture is added and the mixture becomes a thick cream.
4. Pour the mixture on top of the refrigerated biscuit layer evenly, checking that all corners are evenly covered.

If you intend to add strawberries, follow the steps below. Otherwise, you may just chill the cheese layer that was added above, in the fridge for about 2hours.
1. Wash the strawberries and dry them immediately.
2. Half the strawberries (total - 24 pcs)
3. Use a heart shape cutter to cut the halved strawberries into heart shapes.
4. Dry the strawberries with paper kitchen towels.
5. Arrange the heartshape strawberries on top of the cheese layer.
6. Chill for another 2 hours.

Jelly Layer
1. Very slowly pour the cooled Jelly/Jello over the chilled cream cheese layer. Pouring it too quickly might mess the cheese layer up.
2. Place the tray back into the fridge to let the Jelly/Jello set for another hour.

Easy Homemade Pizza Dough

Ingredients:
- 2 cups of plain flour
- 8 gm of dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon of caster sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
(Mix all the above together into a mixing bowl)
- 2 tablespoon of Olive Oil
- 3/4 cup of warm water

Method:
1. Add oil and water into the the dry ingredients.
2. Mix it to small dough using a spatula/wooden spoon.
3. Knead the dough on a flour surface until soft and stretchable.
4. Put the dough into a bowl and cover it with cling wrap and leave it outside in room temp for about 30 mins or until it double its size.5. After it risen, open the cling wrap, then "punch down ONCE to rid the air bubbles".
6. Remove dough from bowl and knead it gently for 1 min on flour surface again.
7.Roll the dough out to the desire size and decorate your pizza.
(I usually use tomato puree as base. cheddar or mozzarella on the top. And any fillings u like).
8. Bake at 160 degrees for 20 mins. PS: depends on how thick you want your pizza to be. I made mine thin. I managed to get the size of 1 personal and 1 regular pizza from the recipe above.

Muffins Day

Chocolate Chip Muffins

Cranberry Muffins

Durian Green Bean Soup

Ingredients
1. 200gm - green beans
2. 4-5 seeds durians (with seeds removed)
3. 200 gm coconut milk
4. 100 gm gula melaka
5. 100gm fresh milk
6. Pinch of salt

Method
1. Boiled green beans with 300 - 400 gm water until soft.
2. Add in Durian, coconut milk, gula melaka and salt.
3. Wait for the gula melaka to completely dissolve and add in fresh milk.
4. Turn off heat when soup start to boil. Can serve hot or cold..

Simple Ham and Mushroom Pizza

Ingredients
1. White sliced bread
2. Tomato puree
3. Honey baked Ham (sliced)
4. Fresh Mushroom (white button or shitake) - sliced
5. Sliced Cheddar Cheese
6. Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Method
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
2. Spread tomato puree on the white sliced bread.
3. Spread the mushroom onto the tomato puree.
4. Put a slice of Cheddar cheese.
5. Spread the Honey Baked Ham onto Cheddar Cheese.
6. Spread some mozzarella cheese on top of the Ham.
7. Put in oven for 15 mins or until cheese turn golden brown.

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