Artistic Class 503

Fruit and Vegetable Display
Ingredients:
For Luk Chup(Thai Marzipan),
250gm Mung Beans (Green Beans)
250ml Coconut Milk
150gm Sugar
Few Drops of Food Colouring

For glazing,
25gm Agar-agar Powder
150ml Water
50gm Sugar

Method:
1) Soak the mung beans overnight and steam it for at least an hour the next day.
2) Mix in the coconut milk and sugar then blend the mixture until it becomes smooth.
3) Cook the mixture until it is thick and totally cooled down.
4) While it is cooling down, boil the glaze ingredients and dip.
5) Shape the mixture into desired design and add preferred colouring as you wish.
6) Dip the shaped luk chup into the glaze and let it set.
7) Dip the luk chup again for a better glaze.

Shape the Thai Marzipan creatively and enjoy!

Artistic Kitchen 502

Show Piece Bread Display

Ingredients:
1.5kg Bread Flour
5gm Yeast
65gm Salt
1 Litre Water

Method:
1) Mix all the ingredients and knead the dough until smooth, elastic, springy, and no longer sticky.
2) Let it rest covered with cling film until twice the size.
3) Roll the dough out. Cut and shape into desired design.
4) Egg wash and bake at 220ºC until it becomes golden brown.

My collection of show piece breads :P

This show piece bread could last a lifetime due to the salt as a preservative. 

It will be rock hard after cooled down.