![]() ![]() For example, you understand why the temperature of water is very important for making bread. She says: "Baking and cooking is also about the learning process and why you do things a certain way. In 2016, she took a part-time diploma in Baking Arts & Science at the CerealTech School of Baking Technology, where she honed her craft in baking bread and making elaborate tiered cakes with intricate sugar work. While she is passionate about heritage recipes, Mrs Foo is also quite the experimental cook. If we could do that, then we were allowed to wrap the actual dumplings." Mrs Foo says: "We were trained in making rice dumplings by first learning how to wrap sand instead. She also cooked dishes like pig stomach soup and made glutinous rice dumplings. Mrs Foo's love of cooking stems from her mother, who used to make love letters for Chinese New Year over a charcoal fire. On the last day of Chinese New Year, they make choy geok - a traditional dish made with all leftovers and boiled into a soup with chilli, tamarind, garlic and mustard leaf. Dishes include sio bak (roast pork belly), curry and braised mushroom dishes. The family whips up a feast over the festive period too. Everyone has their role and we are chatting and having fun," says the second of eight children. "That's the New Year spirit for me, when we get together to bake. Indeed, there is no compromise when it comes to churning out Chinese New Year goodies by hand for friends and colleagues.īesides almond cookies, Mrs Foo also gathers her 80-year-old mother, one of her sisters and two neighbours to make biscotti, pineapple tarts, and pig- and dog-shaped butter cookies with a chocolate centre. ![]() Vegetarians who want to try the recipe can omit the egg wash used, Mrs Foo suggests.Įvery batch of dough is kneaded by hand, and while an electric mixer can be used, Mrs Foo is not keen. The blended almonds are meant to have a coarse texture to give more bite to the cookies, but can be blended till fine as well. ![]()
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