Brandy Alexander pie

Pie base
250g packet plain sweet biscuits
1 tbsp cocoa
125g butter

Filling
250g white marshmallows
110g milk
2 tbsp crème de cacoa
25g brandy or to taste
300ml cream

Grease a 20 cm pie dish or cake tin and line with baking paper
Crush biscuits and cocoa for 10 sec on speed 6 or until it resembles breadcrumbs
Add butter and process until combined. Press over the base and sides of the dish to form the base of the pie. Rinse the TM bowl.
To make the filling place marshmallow and milk in the TM bowl and heat at 60º, speed 1 for 7 min. Transfer to a bowl and allow to cool to room temperature. Stir in brandy and crème de cocoa.
Place the butterfly in the TM and whip cream on speed 4 until firm peaks form. This usually takes between 30sec and 1 min.
Add marshmallow mixture to cream and mix on speed 4 for 4—6 sec.
Pour into pie base and refrigerate overnight.
Decorate with shaved chocolate and serve.

Try this recipe as a main or  as a finger food when entertaining.

Chicken skewers with satay dipping sauce.

Chicken skewers.

1 large chicken breast cut into bite size pieces
1- 2 red capsicums cut into bite size squares
3 spring onions, the white part cut into 2cm pieces
Handful of snow peas cut into 2cm pieces
10 skewers about 20cm long

Thread pieces of chicken, capsicum, onion and snow pea onto skewers in an alternating pattern.
Place a single layer of skewers on the Varoma tray and bowl, place 1L of water in the TM bowl and steam on Varoma temperature, speed 1 for 15 – 18 minutes.



Satay dipping sauce.

125g peanuts
75g sweet chilli sauce
70g sunflower oil
1 tbs sesame oil
1 tbs fish sauce
2 tbs soy sauce
100ml coconut cream
Juice of ½ lemon or lime
Small bunch of fresh coriander

Place all ingredients except the coriander in TM and blend for 10 sec on speed 6.
Add coriander and chop for 3-4 sec on speed 4.
Serve with chicken skewers.

Tips and hints
If serving as a main meal rice can also be cooked at the same time as the chicken skewers in the TM bowl.
Any vegies can be substituted for those in the recipe when making the skewers. (Pineapple workes great)

You could use any oil instead of sunflower.
The peanuts could also be substituted with a couple of big scoops of peanut butter.
The Fish sauce could be substituted with soy or anchovies as it is there as the salt component.


Judy: Kraft easy satay sauce recipe
1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter (I only have smooth but will add some chopped peanuts)
1/2 cup coconut milk (I'll be using some frozen leftovers)
1/4 cup water
2 tblspns sweet chilli sauce (using my TMX one)
2 tspns curry powder (might only use 1 tspn)
(I used carnation evaporated milk with a few drops of coconut essence in it and only 1 tspn curry powder.)

ES: Next time I would probably halve the sauce as there is plenty left over, and heat it in the microwave before pouring over the skewers.
Added extra Chilli to the sauce

I know I saw a recipe for TM corned beef somewhere but I cant find it again!
Does anyone know a recipe for homemade corned beef which is suitable for TM?