Zepo Eggs

Zepo egg is a popular Kapampangan dish made with quail eggs, peas, carrots and cream

Ingredients:
2 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp crushed garlic
1 onion, sliced
1 carrot, cubed
1 singkamas, cubed
½ cup water
25 pieces boiled quailed eggs
salt and pepper to taste
½ cup green peas
1 250ml all-purpose cream

Preparation:

• Melt butter. Sauté garlic and onion until fragrant. Add carrots and singkamas. Pour in water and boil to tenderize the vegetables.
• Stir in quail eggs and season with salt and pepper. Add green peas and all-purpose cream. Remove from heat.

No-Bake Mango Cheesecake

Ingredients:
1/3 cup butter, melted
1 ¼ cup crushed graham crackers
¼ cup sugar
1 cup cream cheese, softened
½ cup condensed milk
1 pack all purpose cream 250ml
2 tbsp unflavored gelatin dissolved in
¼ cup lukewarm water
2 pieces mango, cubed
1 tsp unflavored gelatin dissolved in
1/4 cup lukewarm water

Preparation:
1. Combine butter, graham crackers and sugar in a bowl. Press into a 9” inch spring form pan. Chill until set or for 15 minutes.
2. In a food processor or blender, combine cream cheese, condensed milk and cream. Add dissolved gelatin and blend until mixture is combined and smooth.
3. Pour mixture into prepared crust and decorate on top with prepared mango slices.
4. Drizzle on top with remaining ¼ cup of dissolved gelatin until fully covered. Chill until completely set.

Bacon-Wrapped Mushrooms

A combination your favorite Oriental flavors with your favorite Western ingredient! Make some Bacon-Wrapped Mushrooms for a restaurant-quality meal that will surely have the whole family wrapped around your fingers!

Ingredients:
200g Enoki Mushrooms (Slice into Two, Roots Removed)
100g Shiitake Mushrooms (Slice into Three - Stems Removed)
500g Bacon-Cut Pork Belly (Skin Removed)

Sauce:
1/4 Cup Kikkoman Soy Sauce
2 Tbsp Mirin
2 Tbsp Kikkoman Teriyaki Marinade with Roasted Garlic

Cooking Procedure:
1. Mix together Kikkoman Soy Sauce, mirin and Kikkoman Teriyaki Marinade with Roasted Garlic. Set aside.
2. Wrap the mushroom with bacon.
3. Dip the roll in sauce mixture then grill for 2 minutes or until golden brown.
4. Simmer remaining sauce mixture for 2 minutes.

Makes 5 servings

Hotdog Menudo

Here’s a kid-friendly spin on a Filipino dish. Serve on top of rice or pan de sal halves

INGREDIENTS:
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 pc small onion, sliced
250 g pork pigue, cut into cubes
150 g hotdog, cut into cubes
100 g carrot, cut into cubes
100 g potato, cut into cubes
1 pouch (200 g) Tomato Sauce
1 pc small red bell pepper, cut into cubes
¼ cup cooked/frozen green peas
¼ cup raisins

PROCEDURE:

1. Sauté garlic, onion and pork. Cook for 3 minutes. Add hotdog, 1/3 cup water, carrot, potato and ¼ tsp iodized fine salt (or ¼ tbsp iodized rock salt). Simmer for 5 minutes.

2. Add Tomato Sauce, bell pepper, peas and raisins. Simmer for 8 minutes.

Makes 6 servings. :)