Cheese Puto

I miss this soft sweet yummy treat that I always associate with dinuguan (chocolate meat). It is an easy treat to make for potlucks and colourful as well if you add drop food coloring or flavocol (flavor colouring) to make it better.

Ingredients:
3 cups all purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
3 tbsp baking powder
3 cups water
2 medium eggs
cheese / salted egg
** optional - food coloring

Procedure:

1. Prepare steamer and let water boil.

2.  Combine all dry ingredients and sift 3x.

3. Add water and eggs.

4. Put on cups for steaming. Add slice of cheese and salted egg on top.

5. Steam for 5 minutes.

Enjoy!

I prefer using silicone muffin cups in making my puto. A spray of butter flavored oil spray per muffin cup is preferred and will add to that yummy goodness. You can add food coloring to make your puto enticing like make a batch of purple puto or better, use a ube flavocol (flavour coloring) that will give it that home taste kick. Green puto is also a rave denoting pandan flavor.

Stuffed Pepper

Image by suavehouse113 via Flickr

Stuffed pepper has different names in different countries. But technically it is a bell pepper (or paprika) that has been halved and stuffed with different choices and baked in the oven until soft. You can use your excess bolognese sauce for this then top it off with loads of grated cheese before popping in the oven. Even chili con carne mixture can be used for stuffing. Its all based on your imagination and what works for your family be they be vegetarian or meat lovers.

My stuffed pepper with chili con carne stuffings. Image by sheyonlinecookingschools

Ingredients:

Different colored paprika (bell pepper) cut crosswise

olive oil

desired stuffing

Procedure:

1. Clean the paprika after cutting it crosswise. Take out the seeds.

2. Preheat oven to 275 deg F (135 deg C).

3. Brush the inside of the paprika with olive oil and pop it in the oven for 20 minutes while you prepare your desired stuffings.

4. After 20 minutes, fill up the paprika with stuffings and top off with loads of grated cheese.

5. Bake for another 35 minutes or until paprika is soft.

I personally like to use the chili con carne mixture for this then putting a dash of maggi seasoning before loading it with cheese. A yummy treat that is great with rice.