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Questions Doubts and Requests => Tips and Tricks => Topic started by: Andrealphus on May 04, 2013, 04:17:28 pm
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Help - 'Fast and Easy Cooking' recipe fails!!! Carrot and coriander soup, and (adult) pea puree...
So, in reverse order - I made the pea puree from the thermomix booklet to the letter, expecting to end up with a nice smooth puree I could swish around one side of the plate with my scallops and pancetta: No, I got what I'd describe as quite a thin pea soup (so I poured it out, reserved a few tablespoons and blitzed them with a whole pack of peas that I quickly cooked, to get what I'd call a puree).
I tried the carrot and coriander soup today - again, to the letter - and I got what could best be described as a vaguely carrot flavoured dishwater. AND... the damn stuff was spurting out of the crack between the MC and the lid and scalding me when I was attempting to blitz it for the last minute at speed 9 (as directed). I ended up tipping in extra coriander, stock, sugar and lemon juice (on top of seasoning) as well as a heap of cornflour to thicken it up to something of a soup-like consistency.
Seriously disappointed with the recipes for hot food from their own book so far, any comments from anyone else who has used it??
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Andrea, I haven't made the carrot and coriander soup from the cookbook but had the same problem with the potato soup, a bit watery for my tastes. I would try recipes from here or convert some of your own favourites.
Pop a tea towel over the lid to avoid the splattering and steam when pureeing hot food. :)
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I only make a few recioes from the basic book.
Try recipes from here, some really good ones :)
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Same here, our recipes have been tried and tested and in a lot of cases reviews are posted. Have you seen our recipe book review list? (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?board=48.0) Always check there before doing any recipe from one of the books so that you can find out what others have done to improve a recipe or whether you can go ahead and just follow the recipe. Neither of the recipes you tried from Fast & Easy have been reviewed though so in your case the list wouldn't have helped you today.
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Thanks everyone, that makes me feel a bit better!
I also have the 'In The Mix' TMX cook book, and looking forward to trying a few restaurant quality recipes...
I guess I better start searching a bit more in depth here! :)
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I love In The Mix Cook Book - not shared by many on the forum. The deconstructed lemon meringue pie is amazing :D
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Oooh yes, I've already folded the page on that one to do, looks gorgeous! :)