Showing posts with label dessert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dessert. Show all posts

Friday, January 16, 2009

If you like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain...

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No me había fijado en que ya me había tardado en subir un postre al blog...así que eso haré hoy.
Este pastel se acabo en horas, no es broma, si lo preparas te aseguro que tu familia se lo va a acabar en minutos...bueno no en minutos, pero si es un pastel que hará que recibas muchos cumplidos, aparte nadie se da cuenta que es vegan.
Es un pastel de piña. El truco aquí es el usar jugo de piña, mas adelante verán porque pero antes me gustaría compartir con ustedes un poco de la historia de este postre.
Me gusta saber un poco de la historia de la comida antes de prepararla, como que la valoras mas.
Es increíble pensar que el pastel de piña no siempre ha estado con nosotros, las piñas en lata no fueron inventadas hasta 1903 por Jim Dole. Ahora, ¿De donde vino la idea de poner fruta al final del molde de pastel? Bueno, esta técnica a estado desde la Edad Media. Tradicionalmente se preparaba con manzanas, cerezas y otras frutas en temporadas. Se preparaban en sartenes y no eran cocinados al horno. El uso de la piña en estos pasteles solo fue una nueva versión.
Pero es no le quita lo rico que sabe.

Ingredientes
1 1/2 tazas de harina
1 taza de azúcar
1 cucharadita de bicarbonato de sodio
1/2 cucharadita de sal
1 taza de jugo de piña
1/3 taza de aceite
1 cucharada de vinagre blanco...si, vinagre blanco
1 lata de pedazos de piña
2 cucharadas de azúcar café.


Calienta el horno a 162ºC.
Combina harina, azúcar blanca, bicarbonato de sodio y sal en un plato.
Asegurate que el jugo de la lata de piña equivalga a 1 taza, sino completa lo que falta con agua.
En un traste separado combina el aceite, vinagre y el jugo.

Pon los trozos de piña en el fondo de un molde para pastel, agrega la azúcar café arriba de ellos.
Rápidamente agrega la mezcla de ingredientes líquidos arriba de los ingredientes secos y revuelve hasta que no queden trozos grandes de harina. Agrega esta mezcla arriba de los trozos de piña y mete al horno.
Hornea de 25-35 minutos o hasta que un palillo salga limpio.
Deja que el pastel se enfrié un poco, cuando este manejable voltea y deja que todos se impresionen por lo bonito que salio, haha.El jugo de piña es lo que completa al pastel, hace que el sabor de la piña también se encuentre ligeramente en el pan. Ah, y también lo mantiene suave y esponjoso.


En otro tema, quiero invitarlos a todos a que si viven por San Nicolás que se den una vuelta a la frutería de mi amigo Guajas, aka Javi.
Aparte de que los productos son de calidad, la gente que te atiende es muy linda y atenta. Así que dense una vuelta por ahí.
Aquí esta la dirección.
Popocatepetl No.666 las puentes 5to. sector
San Nicolás de los Garza, México

Y de pasada le mando un saludillo a Guajas que me ayudo en Bio Justicia a poner los folletos y todo. Es chido conocer chavos animados para mejorar al planeta.



Que tengan todos un exelente fin de semana.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Thanksvegan!!!

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Sorry, I could not help myself with the title.
This thanksgiving was great for many reasons...
One of them was that we had an all vegan thanksgiving, I know! I can't believe it either. What we first had in mind is that I was going to cook for my sister and I while my parents got to eat some dead animal, as most people do on thanksgiving. I'm not sure what happened but all of my family decided to eat vegan for thanksgiving, they told me that I was in charge of the cooking and whatever it is that I cooked that was going to be served.
I was very excited, but nervous at the same time. At first I thought that maybe I could let them have some cheese or something like that, but something inside of my was just disgusted by the idea of serving something I wouldn't eat. So, the menu was completely vegan.Vegan stuffing, baked/fried eggplant, nice salad, mash potatoes with gravy.

Even the dessert was vegan...I got a little bit carried away, and made three different desserts, hehe.

Vegan carrot cake, vegan pumpkin pie, and you guessed it, vegan apple pie.





I had a lot of fun cooking for my family, and it was nice seeing that everyone was on board about honoring God's creation this thanksgiving.
Oh, just before we were about to eat, a family that we just are getting to know appeared on our home, they passed by to return something we had lend to them, we decided to invite them for dinner. I really enjoyed sharing thanksgiving with them, we shared great memories. Plus, they said the food was delicious, so it I'm happy that they got to eat a vegan meal, and that they enjoyed it.

I'm thankful because of many things, but I'm just going to name few.
1.- My family. I'm thankful that I'm lucky to have them with me, that includes my grandmother which I love very much and my guinea pig.
2.- My friends. I'm so happy to have my friends back in Monterrey, and I'm thankful because I've made friends in college which I love very much.
3.- I'm thankful because I believe strongly in being vegan, and God has really helped me through this, I've learned so much through this new lifestyle. First of all I have a new appreciation for life, I've learned that I can commit to whatever it is I believe in, and I've found myself through this.
4.- As I said in the previous number, I've found myself. I didn't know what I wanted to do with the my life, I have to admit that I was a bit lost. Now I know that I want to dedicate my life to help promote animal rights. I have a passion for it, and I'm thankful because I had been looking for something in which I could be useful and that I truly believed in, and I finally found it.
5.- Last but not least, I'm thankful for all of you!!! Thanks to all the amazing bloggers who inspire me so much, and that are so kind to answer all my question about recipes and more. THANK YOU GUYS!!!



I want to thank everyone who reads all of my randomness in this blog :)

I promise to post the vegan pumpkin pie recipe tomorrow.