Dear all!
When I heard that we should do a blog post related to food I did not
really have an idea for mine. So, while eating at my sister’s flat, I asked her
and her roommates if they had a suggestion for me. Eventually, my dear friend
Pia, who attends a school for photography, and I decided on making a little
video about the process of preparing Mini Tofu Quiches. I know, trying out a new recipe isn’t the
most creative thing, but as I wanted to try out a new way of using tofu in a
meal since ages, I thought that’s my chance. So, here is the creative video! I
hope you like it. I think it looks amazing. (:
Here should be the video. Yet, it was not possible to upload the video and after over an hour of trying to figure out a way of putting that video in here, I finally surrender. I am sorry. Just imagine how it would have looked like. (;
If you got interested, continue reading! Instructions are following.
By the way, I marked the ingredients green and underlined the things I
have learned and explained.
At first, mince the garlic
(1 tsp), the bell pepper (1/2 cup) and the mushrooms (1 cup) and sauté them in a skillet. Add
minced chives (1 tbsp), rosemary
(1 tsp), black pepper and salt
to the skillet. Next step is to
place the chopped tofu (12 ounces), soymilk (1/4 cup), tahini (1
tsp), nutritional yeast and turmeric (1/4 tsp) in a food processor and process until
the mixture is smooth. At last, combine everything, add some cornstarch (1tbsp) and spoon the mixture into muffin cups.
They should be filled about halfway. Put the muffin pan into the oven (350 F)
for about 25 minutes and then allow them to cool for about 10 minutes. Now they
should be ready to eat!
My recommendations:
I think I will make these mini quiches again, but:
I will add less tofu but more vegetables and some cheese. Instead of the smoked tofu, I will try the
plain tofu the next time. To get the tofu smooth, I used an immersion blender,
however, this did not work very well. A food processor is probably the better
choice. As well, I will use real chives instead of leek. I thought leek is
chives and so I bought one leek and wondered why I should just add 1 tbsp
chopped leek. Next time I will know better. (:
It turned out that I am a
complete beginner when it comes to words relating to food and cooking. So here
is what I learned from baking mini quiches:
to mince: to cut food into very small pieces
to sauté: to fry food quickly in a little hot fat
a skillet: a frying pan
chives: the long thin leaves of a plant with purple
flowers which are used to give flavour to food
12 ounces = 340 gram
tahini: a thick mixture made with crushed sesame
seeds
turmeric: a yellow powder made from the root of an
Asian plant, used in cooking as a spice
cornstarch (NAE), cornflour (BE): fine
white flour made from corn, used especially for making sauces thicker
350 F. = 177 C.
Thanks for reading.
Bye! (:
