A Savoury Cake of Saussisse, Ham and Sundried Tomatoes
I really only believed my uncle JL is gone when I saw my aunt shaking violently with grief at the sight of the casket. That was such a painful sight. I cried buckets and still there are days worth of crying to be done.
Grief is like a heavy blanket that I want to crawl under and turn my back on the world. I don’t have energy for anything. I don’t feel like doing anything. It’s one of the few rare times in my life that I don’t feel like eating either. But I know I must. I can’t fall sick now. I have my family to take care of.
So, I’m hoping that savoury tarts and sweet breads can trick the mind and hopefully, bring my appetite back. I made “un cake à saucisse et tomates sechée”. In French, a cake is pronounced just like cake in English. But it is not the cake that we know. Un cake is like a quick bread and is usually savoury. It is also always made in the form of a rectangular loaf. Un cake is easy to make and you can be inventive with the ingredients once you get the basic dough right.
Ben found a good video showing how to make a cranberry loaf. In the video, you can see the type and size of the baking tin. The method is exactly the same as making this cake. All you really need to do is stir. Try your best to ignore the ninny commentator in the clip… she’s one of those annoying people who keeps talking but says nothing. Otherwise, I thought the clip is well done and the cranberry loaf looks healthy and delicious.
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Savoury Cake of Saussisse, Ham and Sun dried Tomatoes
Ingredients: Heat the oven to 180degC. Butter and flour the pan. Beat the eggs, olive oil, white wine, mustard and black pepper until mixed. Add the flour and baking powder and mix until the mixture is smooth. Tear up the ham and saussisse into even pieces. |
Comments
I am probably on my 4th post about cranberries. I love them. Thanks for the video!
Posted by: Helen | December 9, 2006 08:30 PM
Hi there! Noticed life's been rough for you lately. In fact I've been a weepy girl lately too, cos there so many changes in my life now such that sometimes I really don't know where I'm heading and what am I doing. But I think the only thing that puts me back in place is food. Hehe so I wanna recommend you this recipe I've tried just last weekend. I would say it's not really an authentic Korean recipe, cos I made the lemon vinaigrette to go with the pancakes. But I thought it really enhances my appetite that it's already not very good.
For the sauce just simmer 3 tbsp of sugar and few slices of lemon with 3/4 cup of rice vinegar till it reduces to half. For the batter u can buy the premixed korean pancake flour like I did, if its available, or just make a simple batter with eggs, salt, pepper, flour and a little baking powder. You can be creative with the ingredients to add in but in this case, I used golden mushrooms, sotong, prawns, carrots, chillis, asparagus, french onions and spring onions. Dump everything you've chopped into the batter and start frying! Enjoy and hope you'll like it!
Here's a look at the yummy pancakes:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikajenzhomekitchen/323694775/
Posted by: Jiamin | December 18, 2006 03:55 AM
Hello Jiamin,
Thank you so much for your lovely email. It cheered me up a lot. It's nice to know that there're people who care. I really appreciate your email.
It's true that food can comfort so much when we're down.
I've never had Korean pancakes before. But it does look delicious. You just gave me the idea to have Korean for lunch today/ tomorrow. That would be nice... it's been a week since I had a proper sit-down meal.
Thanks once again. Hope you feel better too soon.
Posted by: LPC | December 18, 2006 11:47 AM
Hey no worries! I'm feeling better now, but sad to be stuck in office to finish up some work. Hehe yes go for a Korean flair! Have a nutritious ginseng soup or something with Kimchi. Ooh I'm drooling... =P
Posted by: Jiamin | December 18, 2006 12:45 PM