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Main Dishes / Super Tasty Meatloaf
« on: May 09, 2012, 08:14:19 pm »
Meatloaf
Source : Jamie Oliver
Serves 6
Ingredients:

2 medium onions
Olive oil
Sea salt and black pepper
1 level tsp ground cumin
1 heaped tsp ground coriander
12 Cream crackers
2 tsp dried oregano
2 heaped tsp dijon mustard
500 g good quality minced beef
1 egg
2 cloves garlic
1/2 - a red chilli (optional)
1 tsp smoked paprika
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 x 400 g tin of chopped tomatoes
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
2 sprigs of fresh rosemary, leaves pickes out and chopped
12 slices of smoked bacon or pancetta
1 lemon

Preparation:

Meatloaf : put the cream crackers in the TM bowl and pulse 1 sec a few times until finely crumbed. Set aside.
Peel and quarter 1 onion and chop 3 sec / speed 5.
Add 15 g olive oil, the ground cumin and ground coriander, salt and pepper and sauté for 4 min / 100 C / speed 1.
Preheat the oven to 200 C.
Tip out onto the crumbed crackers and leave to cool for 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, self clean the bowl with cold water and add the beef, oregano, mustard, and the cooled onions and crackers.
Add another pinch of salt and pepper and crack an egg on top. Mix 15 sec / speed 3/  :-: or until combined.
Oil a gratin dish about 20 cm and tip out the beef mixture. Bring it together to look like a rugby ball and rub it with a little oil. Wrap the beef with slices of bacon or pancetta (like swaddling a baby!) and bake for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, make the tomato sauce : without cleaning the bowl, add an onion peeled and quartered, the 2 cloves of garlic and the chilli if using. Chop 3 sec / speed 5.
Add 20 g of olive oil, the paprika and a pinch of salt and pepper. Sauté for 5 min / 100 C / speed 1.
Add the Worcestershire sauce, tomatoes and balsamic vinegar. Simmer for 15 min / 100 C / speed 1, measuring cup off and internal basket on top of the lid to reduce the sauce.
When the beef is cooked, take the dish out of the oven and pour the oil from the dish on a plate with the chopped rosemary leaves to sizzle them. Return to the dish and add the tomato sauce around the beef. Bake again for 10 to 15 minutes. Serve with a salad and wedges of lemon for squeezing over.

members' comments[/b

Katiej - My OH was very excited when he found out what we were having as he loves meatloaf. I didn't have any sao crackers so used some fresh breadcrumbs from the freezer instead.  I put a small habanero chilli from the garden into the sauce and it gave it a nice kick.
My OH proclaimed it the best meatloaf he'd ever tasted and quickly placed the leftovers into the freezer for his lunch next week. Thanks for the recipe.

nomadic - Made this today for a party. I doubled the recipe and didn't reduce the sauce much before adding to the meat loaves. I then left it in the oven at 100oC  for an hour or so. When it was time to serve it, the sauce was nicely reduced and the meat loaves were still warm.  The other thing I changed was using matzos instead of cream crackers because I couldn't find them here. It was delicious! Thanks for the recipe.

Rogizoja - deeelicious. Next time will do it with a creamy peppercorn sauce.

Lisel - kids loved it, DH loved the fact it was wrapped in bacon!  Used 150g of breadcrumb/almonds/besan flour instead of crackers and added a zucchini and handful of spinach, think I will add some mushrooms next time for more veg.  Kids found the sauce a bit full on, probably too much balsamic (next time I'll clean the thermie before making the sauce so I can taste it, it is tricky trying to adjust recipes you can't taste). I will halve the balsamic and add some sugar next time.





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I am due to do a demonstration on Saturday but the person doesn't like cheese sauce (vegetables are steamed in Varoma first, then baked with cheese sauce and garlic/breadcrumbs and Parmesan topping). Problem is that is I checked recipes on the net  for vegetable bake and they all come with cheese sauce or a cheese based sauce. What would you use instead of cheese sauce that would marry well with the topping?

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Main Dishes / Mexican lasagne
« on: April 09, 2012, 03:00:38 pm »
Mexican Lasagne
serves 3 to 4
Ingredients:
80g cheddar or any hard cheese you like
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion peeled and quartered
2 bell peppers (any colour you like) seeded and quartered
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1 can tomatoes (400 g peeled / chopped tomatoes)
1 small can of corn in brine (optional)
6 Tortillas
Sour cream to taste
Guacamole made with 2 avocadoes, lime juice and a hint of chilli
Fresh coriander leaves

Preparation:
Cut the Cheddar into chunks and grate a few seconds speed 6 and set aside.
Put the onion quarters and peppers in the bowl and chop 3 seconds/ speed 5.
Add the oil and spices and sauté 3 min/100C/speed 1.
Preheat the oven to 200C.
Add the tomato can and corn (you can add tobasco sauce at this stage too if you like it) and cook for 15 min/100C/speed 1  :-:.
Lay one tortilla at the bottom of a cake tin of roughly the same size as the tortilla.
Spoon some of the tomato mixture, sprinkle with a little cheese and sour cream.
Lay another tortilla on top and continue adding the same ingredients as above.
Finish with a tortilla, cheddar and sour cream.
Bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until bubbly,
Serve with salad and guacamole.



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Cakes / Banana-Chocolate cake to die for!
« on: April 06, 2012, 03:18:25 pm »
Source: The Pink Whisk

I make this cake very often as it is so moist, tasty and delicious! It's also great to use up all your over-ripe bananas  ;D

For 2 loaf tins (Divide the quantities by 2 if you only want 1 cake) :

250 g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
125g butter
225g dark Muscovado sugar (important, do not substitute with white sugar or demerara sugar as it will not have the same taste!)
5 very ripe bananas
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
150g chocolate chips

Preheat the oven at 180C/160C fan oven/Gas oven 4.

In the Thermomix bowl, mix the butter and sugar 20 sec/speed 4 until well combined.

Add the eggs and the vanilla extract and mix 20 sec/speed 4. Keep the egg shells for the cleaning step later!

Add the flour and baking powder and mix another 20 sec/speed 4 until the flour is combined (scrape down the sides of the bowl with the spatula half way through).

Add the bananas and chocolate chips and mix 15 sec/speed 3 :-:

Line the loaf tins with buttered baking parchment and pour in the mixture.

Bake for 30-35 minutes checking every so often as ovens can vary. Then, cover with foil and bake for another 20 minutes.

Self-clean your bowl: add enough warm water to cover the blades and put the egg shells. Mix 20 sec/speed 8. Rinse and tap yourself in the back for a job well done  ;)

members' comments

runnybabbit - I used dark brown sugar instead of muscovado and it was delicious. So, so, moist. Will have to try it with muscovado next.

courton - I tried with muscovado sugar this time but was not as tasty as last time ...examined the original recipe from pinkwhisk and realised the instructions should clearly state not to mash bananas too finely. Leave it chunky. Makes a huge difference to end product. That was the vital difference ...the difference between using very dark brown sugar and muscovado sugar is minimal.

DJ - Only had 3 large bananas and 110 g chips. Seemed very stiff took longer than 15 secs to mix. Had to use light brown sugar and a bit of Demerara to make up amount. First cake almost eaten! A hit then! Thanks.

JD - One of my loaves was cooked perfectly, the other not as well so I am using the cooked one to serve buttered with coffee and the other one I heat and pour over some custard as it is more like a pudding texture.  Not a problem - 2 types of dessert from 1 recipe. I had to cook one 5 minutes longer and the other I did 10 minutes but it didn't seem to want to cook properly.  I used 160oC F/F but will up the temperature to 180 next time to see if that helps.  Very tasty recipe.
Do you know what, I don't remember cooking it for an extra 20 minutes with alfoil at all.  I think I read the first cooking time, set the timer and didn't keep reading the recipe. No wonder they both needed some more cooking time but it still doesn't explain why one was cooked and the other wasn't as they both shouldn't have been cooked at all.

thermo18 - Yum made this morning for afternoon tea a winner.

Frozzie - Made this tonight but didn't cook with foil in the second cooking time as it wasn't browned after the 35 mins...so cooked the whole time without... Had the same thing happen as jd.. One was more cooked than the other.. They were on the same level in the oven so don't know why.. Both cooked, just one more than the other.. I still had large chunks of banana when mixing so mixed a little more until no noticeable chunks of banana.. Haven't tasted yet as still cooling.. With the cake that was less cooked I just left it in the oven after turning it off and it was fine..Just tasted and they are so good... Lovely recipe.








 

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Bread / Mauricettes (soft bread rolls)
« on: April 03, 2012, 07:05:40 am »
Dough:

225g water
500g bread flour
1 paquet of instant yeast
10g sugar
40g oil (use cooking olive or any bland oil)
1 egg
1 tsp salt

Water bath:

1L water
1 tsp salt
40g baking soda

Finish:

1 egg
Sesame seeds, poppy seeds…

To make the dough, put the water in the Thermomic bowl and heat 37C for 2 min, speed 2
Add the remaining dough ingredients, set the timer to 2min 30, lock the bowl and press the Kneading button
Tip out the dough in a container and let to rest at room temperature for 35 min to an hour
Preheat the oven to 190C (180C for fan ovens)
Put the dough on a floured surface and flatten it with the palm of your hand down to 5cm thick
Use a pastry cutter to cut out  into buns or divide the dough in any shape you like
Prepare the water bath: boil the water with the salt and baking soda
Using a slotted spoon, briefly dip each bun into the boiling water and out again. Set aside on a baking tray lined with baking parchment or silicone sheet
Brush the beaten egg (or egg yolk for a darker finish) on each bun
Sprinkle with the seeds of your choice, indent the top of the buns in 2 or 3 places with a sharp knife and put in the oven for 15 min (check often as it can brown quite quickly)

For pics, check out my blog http://journalofafrenchfoodie.com/2011/07/18/mauricettes-soft-bread/

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Introduce Yourself / Hello!
« on: March 26, 2012, 08:13:20 pm »
I am a Thermomix demonstrator from Dublin, Ireland. I have had the Thermomix for 2 years now and have only been actively demonstrating it for a few weeks. Although I live in Ireland, I am actually French, so I have lots of French recipes that I would like to share here and I would also be delighted to read your experience with this super appliance  ;D Talk soon!

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