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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => All In One Meals using the Varoma => Topic started by: Francois on August 31, 2013, 06:58:31 am
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Yesterday was a great day. I removed Breadmaker, mixer, bulky accessories, blender, the old TM2200... and installed my brand new Thermomix. In the drawer of accessories there are no more bulky accessories but only: the spatula, the butterfly whip, the book "A table avec Thermomix", a notebook and a pencil.
My equipment is reduced now to:
- A KitchenAid mixer
- The Thermomix
Of course I played with "my precious" and I cooked up lunch with ingredients found in the cupboard and the freezer as follows:
Ingredients for 2 persons
100 g of quinoa
250 g of meat chopped and spiced for kefta
1 small onion
1 clove garlic
1 can of crushed tomatoes
Thyme
Oregano
Salt and pepper
125 g of white wine
1 jar of green beans
Rinse well the quinoa to remove the saponin.
Weigh 1 kg of hot water into the bowl of TMX, bring to boils, V3, 100 ° C. As soon as it boils, add the cooking basket filled with quinoa. Cook 10 min/100 ° C/speed 3. Store the quinoa in an insulated box.
I had chopped and spiced meat in the freezer, purchased at the Hallal butcher of the corner, remnant of a barbecue made a few months earlier. I made meat balls that I placed in the cooking basket.
In the bowl of TMX, I chopped 1 small onion and a clove of garlic, 5 sec/speed 5.
I scraped down everything with the spatula and added 2 tablespoons olive oil and then cooked 8 min/100 °C/speed 3.
I added 1 can of peeled tomatoes and a 125 g of white wine. At this time I placed the cooking basket in the bowl, closed the lid with the varoma where I had placed canned green beans and cooked at Varoma temp./speed 3 for 10 minutes.
After this time I removed the varoma and the cooking basket.
5 sec at speed 10 to properly mix the sauce.
I served the meatballs topped with sauce, accompanied by green beans and quinoa.
And as usual, I zapped the photo. I'll be obliged to cook this again just in order to shoot the photo :-)
Ah yes, did I tell you that it was really yummy ?
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Thanks for your first recipe Francois. You certainly have reduced your appliances to accommodate your latest purchase.
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what a great start Francois.
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Lovely recipe Francois.
Gert
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I love quinoa and this recipe sounds very exciting. The sauce should be tasty with the wine and tomatoes.
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Sounds delish, thanks!
I have tried to cook quinoa in the TM but both brands I have bought have just fallen right through the slots in the basket. Any hints with that? Thought maybe adding a layer of baking paper but figured it would fall through the sides as I would have to leave those open for the steam. Has this happened to anyone?
Thanks.
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Absolutely it has happened. Put a chux in the basket.
Gert
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I haven't worried as not much falls through. But thanks Gert, a chux is a good idea.