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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => All In One Meals using the Varoma => Topic started by: CarolineW on October 09, 2010, 12:03:00 am
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You all get the general idea now - adapted from Full Steam Ahead, a la baf65 ;D
This recipe was originally for turkey rolls - use whatever tickles your fancy.
Sauce ingredients:
100g EVOO
200g onion
3 garlic cloves
1 tbsp dried oregano
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp black pepper
50g vinegar
100g water
50g mustard (as it's a translation of a German book, I'm assuming this would mean a mild, sweet mustard)
300g ketchup
30g sugar
1 can coca cola classic (330g) (this ingredient rules out this sauce for me, but I'm including the recipes for others :) )
Instructions:
Place all sauce ingredients into mixing bowl and blend 30 sec gradually increasing speed from 5 to 10.
Place Varoma in position. Cook 40 min / Varoma / 1
PS. Reading one of the comments below I realised that a la Baf65 isn't the clearest of all instructions for anyone who's new!! So to clarify - cook your chicken/other meat/ fish / whatever in the varoma and your veg in the varoma tray above, all cooking at the same time as the sauce.
Judy:We don't mind the odd drink of coke in this house so I thought I'd give this a go using some caffeine free coke. I was more concerned with the amount of oil & pepper in the sauce than the coke so reduced the EVOO to 50g and the black pepper down to 1/4 tspn. I cooked 2 skinless chicken marylands and small cobs of fresh corn in the varoma dish and the halved potatoes, carrots, pumpkin & zucchini in the tray for the time stated on the recipe with peas in the microwave at the end - I did use speed 2 though. I browned the cooked potatoes and carrots in a frying pan as CP63 does whilst the chicken rested in the sauce in the thermosaver. I placed the other vegies into my small thermosaver.
The result was quite a spicy sauce, no taste of coke whatsoever and I found a couple of tablespoons on each piece of chicken was quite enough. I therefore have about 400mls of this sauce over and have frozen it in small containers to use as a dipping sauce with sour cream for potato wedges or spring rolls at a later date.
I can't see why you can't add some pineapple pieces into the sauce towards the end of cooking - it would give it more of a sweet/sour taste instead of just a spicy taste. I'm sure 'real' coke would have given the sauce a different and perhaps thicker, sweeter sauce than the caffeine free version but we did enjoy it as it was.
CarolineW: CarolineW : 1 tbsp olive oil
1 decent sized onion (didn't weigh)
4 garlic cloves
2 tsp oregano
half tsp ground cumin
pinch of pepper
50g cider vinegar
100g water
25g of sweet mustard
250g ketchup
no sugar
330g pineapple juice
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hmm calling all you clever people out there ....
what would you replace the cola with?? as I just could not bring myself to cook with it!!!
sweet and sour is a family favourite and I could use this recipe in so many ways ....
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What about pineapple juice?? :-\
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I tried to google it and all I could come up with for a substitute was pepsi. Hmmmmm! :-)) ;D
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I would think pineapple juice, most sweet and sour recipes use pineapple juice, 300g of Ketchups sounds a lot !!!!!! :)
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maybe pineapple juice and some treacle for colour and caramel flavour you get from cooking with cola - thanks girls :-*
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LOL - love the Pepsi substitute !!!
Like the recipe. I would just add some more vinegar and some water or stock. Maybe some soy sauce too?
Like the cumin in there. Nice CarolineW :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Sorry if this is a silly question - I'm a newbie! What is EVOO?
The Coke is a weird ingredient, but I'll give anything a go!
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Sorry if this is a silly question - I'm a newbie! What is EVOO?
The Coke is a weird ingredient, but I'll give anything a go!
EVOO=Extra Virgin Olive Oil.Ask any questions, there will be someone here to help.
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Another stupid question:
While you are cooking it for 20 minutes, are you cooking meat and vegetables in the varoma, and rice or whatever in the steaming basket? Like those fantastic all-in-one meals I love so much
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Waiting for someone to make this and tweak, lol. Love sauces to go with all in one meals.
But 100g evoo, 100g water, 300g tomato sauce - don't seem right even with the 330g of coke for 40 mins steaming.
And we don't do coke here, lol.
AnneUK - yes.
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Yes, Zan. One of us needs to be brave and to give it a go (without the cola, of course ;D )
Is anyone willing to volunteer?
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Apart from this recipe, who's ever seen coke in sweet and sour sauce? This has to be an American recipe, lol.
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I've seen it in quite a few recipes - but yes, all American! Also 7 Up. Having said that, this recipe is from a translated German book. Hmmm.
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I found a baby back rib recipe on the net using coke - he suggested you could use beer as a substitute.
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We don't mind the odd drink of coke in this house so I thought I'd give this a go using some caffeine free coke. I was more concerned with the amount of oil & pepper in the sauce than the coke so reduced the EVOO to 50g and the black pepper down to 1/4 tspn. I cooked 2 skinless chicken marylands and small cobs of fresh corn in the varoma dish and the halved potatoes, carrots, pumpkin & zucchini in the tray for the time stated on the recipe with peas in the microwave at the end - I did use speed 2 though. I browned the cooked potatoes and carrots in a frying pan as CP63 does whilst the chicken rested in the sauce in the thermosaver. I placed the other vegies into my small thermosaver.
The result was quite a spicy sauce, no taste of coke whatsoever and I found a couple of tablespoons on each piece of chicken was quite enough. I therefore have about 400mls of this sauce over and have frozen it in small containers to use as a dipping sauce with sour cream for potato wedges or spring rolls at a later date.
I can't see why you can't add some pineapple pieces into the sauce towards the end of cooking - it would give it more of a sweet/sour taste instead of just a spicy taste. I'm sure 'real' coke would have given the sauce a different and perhaps thicker, sweeter sauce than the caffeine free version but we did enjoy it as it was.
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looks lovely JD, and yes once in a while its nice to have a glass of cooldrink (despite all the baddies in it). There was an earthquake here in Perth a little while ago (only 2 on the Richter), and I'm just letting everyone know it was my stomach rumbling - but its all fixed now cos I've eaten. If I had seen this pic earlier, the quake could have been a lot worse!
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:D :D :D Thanks CP, you had me worried there for a while :D :D
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Hi, I finally got around to trying this tonight. Bearing in mind JudyD's feedback and Faffa's advice, I made the following tweaks
1 tbsp olive oil
1 decent sized onion (didn't weigh)
4 garlic cloves
2 tsp oregano
half tsp ground cumin
pinch of pepper
50g cider vinegar
100g water
25g of sweet mustard
250g ketchup
no sugar
330g pineapple juice
It was absolutely delicious and a real hit with all of us. A true sweet and sour sauce. It made masses - far too much for the meal, so I'll freeze the rest for future use.
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I tried this yesterday with naughty full flavour coke, It was delicious!!!!! I loved it!!! Tasted like a real sweet and sour sauce. The only thing I changed was, I didnt have any cumin so I used a corriander instead. I think the amount of oil was a bit to much next time I would reduce this, but I would definetly make it again. Very yummy! I love all in one meals :)
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Gosh, I still have some of this sauce in the freeze from almost 12 months ago - I wondered what it was from :-))
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You all get the general idea now - adapted from Full Steam Ahead, a la baf65 ;D
This recipe was originally for turkey rolls - use whatever tickles your fancy.
Sauce ingredients:
100g EVOO
200g onion
3 garlic cloves
1 tbsp dried oregano
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp black pepper
50g vinegar
100g water
50g mustard (as it's a translation of a German book, I'm assuming this would mean a mild, sweet mustard)
300g ketchup
30g sugar
1 can coca cola classic (330g) (this ingredient rules out this sauce for me, but I'm including the recipes for others :) )
Instructions:
Place all sauce ingredients into mixing bowl and blend 30 sec gradually increasing speed from 5 to 10.
Place Varoma in position. Cook 40 min / Varoma / 1
PS. Reading one of the comments below I realised that a la Baf65 isn't the clearest of all instructions for anyone who's new!! So to clarify - cook your chicken/other meat/ fish / whatever in the varoma and your veg in the varoma tray above, all cooking at the same time as the sauce.