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Recipe Requests / Biscuit/cookie recommendations
« on: March 14, 2014, 10:26:10 am »
I hope this isn't in the wrong place - I could not see a separate biscuit baking section - I need some suggestions please for the best cookie/biscuit dough for shaped biscuits - I have a special new set of spring loaded themed cookie cutters and I need to give them a try.

So a dough that will hold the shape after it is cut and indents are pressed in is what I need. Help please? :-\

Flavour - not averse to gingerbread/shortbread - I thought at first nut flavours wouldn't work but I guess if they were ground in the TM it would be fine. Choc chip won't work but chocolate flavoured might. Open to ideas and I will post a picture of the results

Thanks in advance

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Condiments and Sauces / Lemon and caper dressing
« on: November 27, 2011, 09:09:52 am »
We are serving this tonight with a salad of baby spinach, shaved cucumber and red onion and salmon gnocchi

Place 1 clove garlic and a teaspoon of capers in TM31
Chop 3 secs speed 7
Add juice of one lemon, 20 ml water and 30 ml olive oil
Blend 10 secs speed 6

That's all

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Main Dishes / Turkey Patties
« on: October 11, 2011, 09:09:35 am »
Number of People: 4
Ingredients:
500g turkey mince
1 spring onion
handful of coriander
1 tblsp sweet chilli sauce
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1 slice wholemeal bread
1 egg
1 tsp sesame oil



Preparation:
Place bread in TM31 grate 10seconds at speed 8, remove and set aside
Chop spring onion and coriander for 4 seconds on speed 7
Add all ingredients to bowl (bread too) and mix 2 minutes at speed 2
Turn out and form into 8 balls

Fry until golden


Tips/Hints:
These are worth 3 Weight Watcher Pro Points if they are dry fried


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Recipe Requests / Crab meat
« on: August 20, 2011, 07:09:58 am »
We have bought a pouch of raw crab meat - anyone able to tall me how long to cook it for? in the veroma or the rice basket?

Thanks in advance

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Soups / Curry Coconut Cauliflower Soup
« on: August 12, 2011, 08:44:59 am »
Curry Coconut Cauliflower Soup

half a large onion peeled
half a cauliflower broken into florets
one leek end cut off and chopped into 2cm segments
30g ghee
1 tblsp TM stock base
1/2tsp curry powder
600 ml water (reduce if you need to depending on amount of cauliflower)
1 can coconut evaporated milk
1/2 tsp salt
a good shake of tabasco sauce


Place in TM31 chop at speed 7 for 4 seconds
Add ghee and cook at 100 deg speed 1 reverse for 2 1/2 minutes
Add cauliflower followed by all other ingredients

Cook at 100 deg speed 1 for 20 minutes

Blend for 40 seconds on speed 8
Taste and adjust seasoning

Serve with crispy buttered toast




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Condiments and Sauces / Balsamic Salad Dressing
« on: August 06, 2011, 09:41:12 am »
Put 1 clove garlic in in the thermomix and chop at speed 7 for 3 seconds

Insert butterfly

Add:

Freshly ground pepper
Salt
3/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

Blend at speed 4 for 1 minute

pour over leafy greens and enjoy!

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Cakes / Frangipani cake
« on: June 05, 2011, 04:56:19 am »
I was not sure whether to list here or in the special diets (gluten free) part of the forum but here goes

200g white sugar
zest of 2 lemons
200g butter
4 eggs
30g cornflour
200g ground almonds
16 raspberries

Put sugar and the lemon zest in the TM31
process 4 seconds on speed 10
Add butter and process 30 seconds on speed 5
add eggs one at a time and mix on speed 5 for 5 seconds after adding each egg
Scrape down sides, add almond meal and cornflour
Process 20 seconds on speed 5 then scrape down sides and process another 20 seconds on speed 5
Pour batter into a 20 cm cake tin - I used my CT silicon pie mold
Place raspberries on the batter - I used frozen raspberries but fresh would do as well
Bake at around 175deg for 25 minutes until the top is golden and cake is cooked through







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Condiments and Sauces / Raspberry salad dressing
« on: May 16, 2011, 10:07:30 am »
This is based on a dressing recipe I got from Andrew Fielke in 1987 when he was cooking at TallyHo Lodge in the Adelaide Hills

Put 1 clove garlic and the equivalent of 1 tablespoon red onion in the thermomix and chop at speed 7 for 5 seconds

Insert butterfly

Add:

Freshly ground pepper
Salt
200 ml raspberry vinegar
1 tsp dijon mustard
400 ml oil - I used rice bran il tonight but the original recipe had olive oil

Blend at speed 4 for 1 minute

bottle up and enjoy!

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Condiments and Sauces / My special awesome cheese sauce
« on: April 26, 2011, 08:31:08 am »
This is my TM conversion of my macaroni cheese sauce I have been making for over 30 years
Tonight we are having it with broccoli and cauliflower - I have just popped it in the oven while the steak cooks

Grate 180g tasty cheese on speed 8 for 5 seconds

Add
45 g flour
50 g butter
1 tsp mustard powder
1/2 tsp salt
pinch cayenne
500 g milk

Cook 7 mins 90 deg speed 4

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Bread / Caramelised Onion and Cheese and pull apart
« on: April 24, 2011, 05:53:39 am »
I am tweaking this recipe and I think I have pretty much got it successfully converted  ;D

Place 250 g milk and 2 tsp sugar in TM31
Cook at 37 deg for 2-3 mins on speed 1 until the temperature light indicates it is warm enough

Add 2 tsp dry yeast (I keep mine in the freezer) and leave for 5 mins
Add 1/2 tsp salt (I use Maldon salt), 460 g plain flour, 50 g butter(melted) and an egg

Mix 5 secs on speed 7 then on knead for 1 1/2 minutes

Turn out, knead lightly and leave to rise for an hour

Meanwhile arrange your fillings - I have grated cheese (tasty and parmesan) and an onion fried off until it is caramelised. I used the TM31 to grate the cheese

Knock dough down, then roll or stretch into a large rectangle. Sprinkle with fillings then roll dough into a log
Cut the log into 8 pieces using the TM spatula then place the spirals on their side in a 20 cm round tin or silicon mold

Allow to rise till the tin is filled

Bake 180 deg 30 - 40 minutes

The filling could be sweet or savoury - anything you like





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