Recipes Sauces and jam 醬

Apricot jam

January 21, 2018

I am not a big breakfast fan and bread is always my favorite in the morning with a cup of hand drip coffee. To go with the milk loaf I made on the other day, apricot should be a good choice. I rarely buy jam these days and it’s something I’m happy to make year round. Apricot jam is incredibly easy to make.   I used 600 g pitted apricots and 360g brown sugar (about 60% of one part fruit) to…

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Hiking Nature Outdoor Activities

Plover Cove Reservoir Hike

January 20, 2018

船灣淡水湖郊遊徑圍繞整個淡水湖,由烏蛟騰起步繞著而行約16KM回到主壩,如去到大尾督巴士站全程19KM。沿途風景優美,隨了返回主壩的路段全是山路。路線要經過幾個山峰,最高是雞仔峒(311M)和馬頭峰(295M)。雖然沒有大上大落,但路線頗長,也大部分不是林蔭路,沒有補給及退路,所以炎夏行這路線會比較吃力。還記得上年12月中行過一次,天氣很熱,去到一個路可往下苗田和上苗田村出烏蛟騰,我們由這條路離開,不過也要走一大段路才到這個路口。…

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