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I was online with my mother yesterday. We were chatting about her trip to Scotland the other day. *mak ku memang suka berjalan. Out of the blue, she started talking about me. She said she's worried about how i am going to manage my own family once we've moved into our new home. Coz as for now, I don't cook, the maid is there to clean the house etc. And all that i do is look after Hamza. It sounds easy for now she said. There's people to help around. I knew that that was coming. I knew she was going to say something about me not doing anything in the house.

But u see, after much discussions with my sisters, we came to a conclusion, we agree that it is difficult to cook when our mother is around. because we know her cooking is far better than us. right? Plus, kalau nak tolong, nanti dia 'dah dah dah, biar mama buat'. Tu yang xtahan tu. especially when she says that. hahah. But that shouldn't be the reason for me not to cook. Now that she's away for a month and i am on a month leave, I didn't take any chance to not do any housework.

My husband leaves home for work at 7. By then, i'll be awake to feed Hamza. 730 to 800, he'll doze off, and i'll start to clean up our little room. kemas-kemas sikit. If i need to send my sister to work, i'll leave home by 850am. When i come back, i'll accompany dad for breakfast and by 930 hamza will be up and crying. Bathe Hamza and feed him and play with him. I'll prepare for his nap time by 1130. Lunch, i'll eat whatever is available and do my own things. Feed Hamza when he wakes up. play with him again. read some book maybe and wait for dear husband to come home. He'll reach home by 500 pm and i'll pass the little boy over to his baba. by 6pm/630pm i'll start cooking.

Everyday is like that now. And i HAVE to cook because my dad wants to eat dinner at home. Yeah. So far, my mother is happy that i am taking charge of the kitchen, not the maid. *my dad will complain if the maid cooks the main dish. I'll cook all the gulai lemak/curry/the main dish that is. And Alhamdulillah, there's always food on the table, and everyone in the house pon x complain. I am most glad.

Now, i feel more confident when cooking. And i now know how to troubleshoot incase xsedap or anything. I am most glad. I am glad that i am able to do it.

blueberry cheese tart

Dah lama nak update blog yang dah semakin berabuk ni.. Baru la boleh buat dengan jayanya. Reason being is the adaptor gave way. And i can only go online when my little sister is home. Yesterday, dad went to Lowyat to buy new laptops for his company. I got him to buy me a new adaptor. Syukuur. So yes.. kita teruskan??

Hari tu teringin nak makan blueberry cheese tart. So, i searched for the recipe, and found this. I persuaded husband to take me to G*iant to get the ingredients and there you go. I spent the whole of saturday morning making blueberry cheese tart. Alhamdulillah, it turned out well. Husband and all the others loved it. I managed to take some to the office for my staff. Its very easy to make. Eventhough i have never baked any tarts/pies before, but i watch alot of baking and cooking programmes especially on AFC. And thus. I rasa nak tepek pulak recipe tu. Tapi, it's not my recipe ya.. Here goes:

Pastry Dough
125gm Unsalted butter (cut in cubes)
40gm Icing sugar
1 egg (medium and beaten)
220g plain flour
1/2 tsp Vanilla essence

To prepare;
a) Add in all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Mix and blend until a smooth dough is formed. *u may use your hands or you may use a food processor/mixer.
b) Put the dough in a cling wrap and let to rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.
c) Roll out pastry, cut out circles to fit tart mould. *I just pressed the dough into the tart moulds.
d) Prick the base with a fork
d) Bake in oven for 8-10mins at 175deg C.

Filling
250gm Cream Cheese (I used spreadable cream cheese)
3/4 cup Icing Sugar
1 egg (medium and beaten)
1/2 cup Whipping cream
1 tsp vanilla essence
Blueberry filling

Note: You may want to half the filling ingredients or double the pastry dough ingredients because the pastry dough requires more or less 1/2 of the cream cheese filling.

To prepare;
a) Beat cream cheese and beaten egg until well incorporated
b) Add in vanilla essence, sugar and whipping cream. beat until creamy and well blended.
c) Spoon/pipe the mixture into the pre-baked tart shells.
d) Add in the blueberry filling. use a satay skewer/wooden tooth pick to swirl it to create marble effect.
e) Bake tart in oven for 15 mins at 175 deg. C. Remove from the oven to cool a while before serving

Pictures

1. Cream Cheese Mixture

2. Pre-baked tart shells
*Notice the dots on the tart base.

3. Baked Blueberry Cheese Tart.
*Notice the marble effect

I highly recommend this recipe. its easy to make and dijamin sedap.