I'm waiting for this one to be available in the book shops as I want to look at it first before buying. It seems quite expensive for what it has listed in its contents.  If anyone has this, do you recommend it? Is it worth the money? 

I bought thus book from Weigh n Pay at Woodvale Boul. Whitfords Ave, Woodvale. Great shop with loads of great produce.

Thanks cookie1. It is good to know and yes we made a batch of biscuits yesterday. My son wants to be a chef so anything different he can do in the kitchen he loves! Battling this morning to beat hi. To the machine to make pancakes.

Ok Judy. Again thanks. Yes it was the VSC and I did taste it when I finished - hence the question of salty. When you use this stock does it make the food really salty or does it even out?

I think I am going to have to find a recipe and try it out today. I will look through some of the recipes on the forum today.

OK, recipe made and topping grilled.

Here are the reviews of the recipe from My Way of Cooking.

Your recipe

200g arborio rice
750mls skim milk
3 T butter (I left this out because I used full fat cream)
55g sugar
380g can evaporated skim milk
300mls lite cream (used full fat cream as that is all I had)
Nutmeg & butter for top - used freshly grated nutmeg and I grated butter I had put in the freezer.  Not sure how much you used, I didn't use all that much.

My Way of Cooking Recipe

1000 mls milk
50g sugar + some extra to serve
pinch salt
220g white short-grain pudding rice

Method I used, following the above recipe but incorporating your ingredients and method into it as best I could.

Place milk, evaporated milk and sugar into TM bowl.
Heat 8 mins/100^o/speed 1/MC off.
Add the rice and cook 30 mins/90^o/reverse/speed 1/MC off.  Check it after this time and cook a further 5 mins if needed, mine did. It ended up slightly burning the bottom of the bowl so I would use speed 2 instead of speed 1 next time.
Add the cream.  Mix for 30 sec/speed 2/reverse.
Leave sit in the TM bowl for 15 minutes.
Pour into casserole dish, grate frozen butter over the top and sprinkle with freshly ground nutmeg.
Place under the grill until golden brown on top.

It is quite runny Pearsall, is this what your recipe is like? It is very tasty though and I don't like thick rice pudding anyway. I think I probably should have left it under the grill a bit longer.

The note I have made against the MWOC recipe is 'nice and creamy but thickens when cold.  Add more milk next time or before reheating".

Update this morning - after cooling overnight it is just the right thickness for me and tastes like creamed rice from a can, only better.

I used speed 2 and it still caught a little on the bottom of the TM bowl but worked. Now just to hide it from the kids for awhile.  Thanks so much Judy for your help!

Thanks Judy. It looks just like what I make and at first it is a bit runny but thickens up as it cools (if the kids leave it alone long enough).

The kids are really excited as I tend to only do this when I am cooking something they don't like. No dinner - No dessert. Cant wait. Will definitely try this today as its might daughters 21st and we are having a family dinner.

I think you got the butter just right on top. I usually only put a few little dollops on top but I think grating it is a much better ideas.

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. I will try and look for the other book in the UK - I appreciate the tip.

How hard is it to convert a family favourite recipe to cook it in the Thermomix? I usually do rice pudding on the stove and it takes forever!
Do you have to alter the liquids any and what temperature would you cook it on? I have googled and couldn't find a recipe similar to mine. My Nana passed it on to me and the kids dont like me messing with it. If I can get it to work I will definitely put it on the forum.

I'm sure that when I get the hang of how the Thermomix works it will become easier! I will definitely go to some of the cooking classes! Wonder if I could get a demo even through I didn't buy it new?

Anyway, if someone could help with the conversion I would be greatly appreciative!