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Salads / Spiked Lemon Chicken Salad
« on: November 21, 2011, 12:21:57 am »
Spiked Lemon Chicken Salad
(Adapted from Free Range in the City by Annabel Langbein)

Serves 4-6

Ingredients:-

Chicken:-
500g chicken breasts - largely diced
Juice of 1 lemon
20g olive oil
Foliage from 1 sprig of rosemary
Salt & Pepper

Salad:-
Baby spinach leaves
Sunflower sprouts (or any other kind)
Sliced salad vegetables - carrots, capsicum, snow peas, beans, cherry tomatoes etc.
2 tbsp toasted pine nuts

Spiked Yoghurt Dressing:-
125g natural greek yoghurt
75g mayonnaise (made in your TMX, of course!)
2 limes - zest and juice
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tsp rapadura, brown or palm sugar
1 clove garlic
2cm ginger - peeled
1 tsp tumeric
1/4 cup coriander leaves
2cm red chilli - seeds removed

Method:-

Chicken:-

1.  Place rosemary in TMX bowl and chop for 3 seconds on Speed 5.  Add olive oil, lemon juice, salt & pepper and mix for 3 seconds on Speed 4.

2.  Pour over chicken.  You can marinate for a while or grill immediately, depending on how much time you have.

3.  Grill the chicken on the BBQ or in a pan, until lovely and golden brown.

Dressing:-

1.  Place lime zest in TMX bowl and chop for 5 seconds on Speed 8.

2.  Add garlic, ginger and chilli and chop for further 5 seconds on Speed 8.

3.  Add coriander, chop for 3 seconds on Speed 5.

4.  Add yoghurt, mayonnaise, fish sauce, sugar, tumeric and lime juice.  Mix for 5 seconds on Speed 4.

Assembly:-

Place chicken in a large serving bowl with all the salad ingredients.  Pour dressing over and mix through.  Garnish with pine nuts.

Tips:-

To bulk the salad out a little more, you could add some steamed cous cous or a couple of chat potatoes which have been halved and boiled/roasted/steamed. 


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Babies and Kids / Cheesy Puffs
« on: November 02, 2011, 04:14:36 am »
Name of Recipe: Cheesy Puffs
(Converted from Vegie Smugglers recipe)

Number of People:  Makes 16

Ingredients:

120g milk
1 egg
½ tsp smoked paprika
1 zucchini - chopped into chunks
2 spring onions - chopped into chunks
130g cheddar cheese
170g organic unbleached self-raising flour

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 190C. Line a baking tray.

1.  Place zucchini, spring onions and cheese into the TMX bowl.  Chop on Speed 8 for 4-5 seconds.
2.  Add the milk, egg & paprika.  Mix on Speed 4 for 2-3 seconds, on reverse  :-:.
3.  Add the flour and mix on Speed 4 for a further 2-3 seconds, on reverse  :-:.

Dollop out portions onto the baking tray and bake for 20-25 minutes until beautifully golden brown and a delightful cheesy smell emanates from your oven.

Store in the fridge in an airtight container for several days.

http://www.mylittlethermomix.com/2011/11/cook-long-with-brooke-long-edition-4.html

members' comments

JD - Thanks for this recipe Brooke, they are great.  Only one thing missing for me and that is S & P but can understand why it is not included in the ingredient list seeing as it is a kids' recipe.  I will definitely add some to my next lot though.  I served them with sweet chilli sauce so didn't really miss the lack of salt then but eating the first couple straight off the tray, it was quite noticeable.
I added 40g corn kernels and 50g frozen peas as I only had 1/2 a zucchini.

Jessiebean - I have made these twice in two days and I add some parmesan and hadn't noticed the lack of seasoning which is normally big for me! These are so easy and everyone loves them so I will experiment with different veg and have it as a regular standby dinner!

Bubbles - they were beautiful with our minestrone soup thanks.

ES - I made these as I had 4 extra kids here and no bread. I added a little salt and pepper to the mix and they have all been devoured. A definite winner, especially as I have heaps of zucchini in the garden at the moment. More like a free form quiche than a bread.

Suzanne - these are yummy, very moreish.

Kimmyh - they were eaten quickly. Thanks for a great recipe.



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Main Dishes / Jimmy's Butter Chicken
« on: October 19, 2011, 06:54:17 am »
Jimmy's Butter Chicken
Serves 4-6

This recipe is a conversion of a butter chicken recipe by Jimmy Seervai (of Masterchef Series II fame).  It's really delicious!

Ingredients:

140g greek yoghurt
3cm piece ginger, peeled
2 cloves garlic
2 tbs garam masala
1 lemon, juiced
25g olive oil
¼ cup coriander
800g chicken thigh fillets, cut into chunks
2 tbs ghee
2 onions
1 tsp ground turmeric
1 ½ tbs tomato paste
2 long red chillies, de-seeded
260g passata
300g pure cream
1 bunch mint
300g basmati rice


Preparation:

Step 1: Marinade (4 Hours Prior To Meal)

·     Place ginger and garlic in TMX, chop on Speed 7 for 10 seconds
·     Add yoghurt, 1 tbs garam masala, lemon juice, oil and half the coriander.  Blend on Speed 4 for 5 seconds to combine.
·     Tip marinade into container, add chicken and cover.  Refrigerate for at least 3 hours.

Step 2: Chicken & Sauce

Preheat a pan over medium-high heat.  Remove chicken from marinade and brown in batches, turning each bath for 6 minutes or until cooked through

Whilst browning the chicken, prepare the sauce as follows:-
o   Place onions and chillies in TMX, chop on Speed 7 for 10 seconds.
o   Add ghee, tomato paste, 1 tbs garam masala and turmeric.  Saute at 100° on Speed 1 for 5 minutes.
o   Add passata and cook at 100° on Speed 1 for 5 minutes with MC Lid ajar.
o   Add cream, mint and remainder of coriander and blend on Speed 3 for 10 seconds.

Reduce heat in pan to medium low.  Return all chicken to pan and tip sauce from the TMX into the pan with the chicken.  Stir to combine.  Simmer for 15 minutes whilst rice is cooking.

Step 3:  Rice

·    Rinse out TMX bowl.  Fill with 900g water.
·    Place rice in basket and place into TMX.
·    Cook at Varoma temp on Speed 4 for 12-16 minutes.

Serve rice with butter chicken, scattered with extra coriander. 


Tips/Hints:

1.  The quantities here do tend to make a lot of sauce.  I will often bottle half of it and save it for later in the week and only add half the quantity to the chicken pan.

2.  I can’t serve any meal without greens on the plate, so I usually steam some broccoli and snow peas in the varoma while the rice is cooking.  The broccoli needs about 10 minutes, but the snow peas only about 4 minutes.

3.  I make flat breads to go with this, because my boys love dipping the bread in the extra sauce.  I do the dough before I start the chicken & sauce.  It has time to rest while I’m browning the chicken and making the sauce.  I roll it out and lightly fry it while the chicken is simmering and the rice is cooking.


FLAT BREADS (adapted from Callum Hann’s recipe in Masterchef Series 2 Cookbook)

Ingredients:-

200g bakers flour
2 tbs pure cream
Olive oil, to fry

Method:-

Place flour and cream in TMX bowl.  Blend on Speed 4 for 5-10 seconds (just until combined)
Add 80g water and blend on Speed 4 for 5-10 seconds just until the dough comes together.
Select closed lid position and knead for 2 minutes.
Roll the dough into a sausage shape, wrap in plastic wrap and rest for 15 minutes.
Cut into about 8 portions, roll each one out until about 2mm thick.  Lightly fry in a fry pan over medium heat, brushing lightly with olive oil.
Each flat bread only takes about 1 minute per side – they should be lightly puffed and golden.


http://www.mylittlethermomix.com/2011/10/remember-jimmy-from-masterchef-series.html


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Suggestions and Complaints / Problem gaining access
« on: October 05, 2011, 01:56:33 pm »
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Cakes / Toasted Marshmallow Whoopie Pies
« on: July 17, 2011, 05:19:49 am »
Name of Recipe:  Toasted Marshmallow Whoopie Pies (altered from Food Love's Whoopie Pie recipe book)

Number of People:  Makes 15

Ingredients:

Whoopie Pie:-
 
*  225g plain flour
*  2tsp baking powder
*  pinch salt
*  115g coconut - shredded or desiccated
*  115g butter
*  150g caster sugar
*  1 large egg
*  100ml milk
 
Filling:- (courtesy of Recipe Community - http://www.recipecommunity.com.au/node/10675)
 
*  220g sugar
*  1tbsp gelatine powder or 5 gelatine sheets soaked in cold water until soft
*  250g boiling water
*  1/4 tsp coconut essence

Preparation:

Whoopie Pie:-
 
*  Preheat oven to 180º.
*  Toast coconut in oven until golden brown.  Allow to cool and then grind in TMX on Speed 7 for 10 seconds until fine.  Set aside.
*  Place butter in TMX and mix on 50º, Speed 4 for 30 seconds.
*  Add all other ingredients, including coconut, and mix for 15 seconds on Speed 5.  Scrape down sides and then mix for a further 20 seconds on Speed 5.
*  Spoon mixture into a piping bag and pipe out 30 rounds. 
*  Bake in oven for approximately 10-12 minutes.  They will rise and be just firm to touch.
*  Cool on the tray for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack until completely cool.
 
Filling:-
 
*  Insert butterfly, place sugar and gelatine in TMX.  (Make sure all the dry ingredients are below the top of the blades to ensure full coverage with the water.)  Add boiling water and cook for 22 minutes at 100º, speed 1.
*  Remove lid from TMX and dry upper edges of bowl with paper towel.  Allow uncovered liquid to cool to room temperature until it has a very thick syrup consistency and is almost at setting stage.
*  Replace TMX Bowl and lid, but leave MC off.  Whip syrup for 4 minutes at speed 4 until thickened.
*  Add coconut essence and whip to combine.
*  Pour into a jug and place in the fridge to cool - it took almost an hour for it to cool to the consistency I needed for piping.  Every 15 minutes or so I just checked it and gave it a stir.
 
To Assemble:-
 
*  Organise the whoopie pies into pairs.
*  Spoon marshmallow into piping bag and pipe onto the base of each pair.
*  Allow to set for a couple of minutes and then gently place the top pie on and sandwich the marshmallow.

Enjoy!


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Bread / Easy Croissants (with photo)
« on: July 14, 2011, 02:29:49 am »
This is an easy recipe for Croissants and, as it only rests for 30 minutes between rolling/folding, it doesn't take all day.  Even though there still seems like there's a lot of steps, it's basically just repetition, it's not at all difficult.  I converted the dough recipe from my Panasonic Bread Bakery Manual - the dough used to take 2.5 hours in the breadmaker, I love that it only took 4 minutes in Thermie!!!

Easy Croissants
Number of People: Makes 18

Ingredients:

*  6g dry yeast
*  500g bakers flour
*  50g caster sugar
*  24g powdered milk
*  8g salt
*  30g butter
*  350g water

Also -
*  250g butter
*  1 egg, beaten for glazing


Preparation:

*  Roll 250g of chilled butter between two sheets of plastic wrap until it measures about 17 x 25cm rectangle.  Chill for at least an hour.

*  Add dough ingredients to Thermomix, mix quickly on Speed 5 for 5 seconds to bring together.  Scrape down the sides of the bowl and then knead for 4 minutes.  The dough should be shiny & elastic when it's finished.

*  Turn the dough into a greased bowl, cover and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.

*  Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface until it is a 30cm square.

*  Place the rolled out butter over two-thirds of the dough.  Fold the third without butter over the centre third.

*  Fold the remaining third on top.  Seal the edges and rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.

*  Place the dough so that it's at right angles to the position you started with when you added the butter (you do this each time you roll out again - so that your rolling pin is parallel to the open edges of the dough - not the folded seam).  Roll out into a 30cm square.  Fold into thirds again, wrap with cling film and then refrigerate for another 30 minutes.

*  Repeat this step twice more, making sure you rotate to a right angle each time.  Wrap and chill after each rolling.  After the final folding, chill for several hours or overnight.

*  Roll the dough out into a 30cm square (you can go bigger if you want it to be a bit thinner - just make sure you keep it square).  Cut the dough crosswise into thirds and then cut each third into thirds.  Cut each small square diagonally to create two triangles.

*  Roll each triangle loosely, starting from the side opposite the point.  Curve the ends inwards to create crescent shape.

*  Place on a tray, seam side down.  Cover and prove somewhere warm for 30-50 minutes (until nearly doubled in size).

*  Brush with the beaten egg and bake in preheated oven at 200º for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.


Photos:

I've uploaded the photo guide onto Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mylittlethermomix/sets/72157627065065365/


Enjoy!!!

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Vegetarian / Aria's Fried Brussels Sprouts (with photo)
« on: July 12, 2011, 02:49:10 pm »
Name of Recipe:
Aria's Fried Brussels Sprouts

Number of People:
Serves 4-6 (as a side)

This recipe is so delicious, I had to share!  I've converted it (well, sort of - it's not exactly complicated!) from an article in The Courier Mail last week, publishing the recipe by chef, Ben Russell.

Ingredients:

*  600g brussels sprouts, scored
*  200ml vegetable oil

Dressing
*  90ml grapeseed oil
*  160ml soy sauce
*  90ml rice wine vinegar
*  6g caster sugar
*  4g salt
*  2g black peppercorns
*  300g shallots, peeled
*  Sesame oil, to taste

Garnish
*  80g fried shallots (from Asian section in supermarket)
*  20g mint, finely sliced (or chopped in TMX first and then set aside)

Preparation:

Dressing:-
*  Grind peppercorns for 5 seconds on Speed 9
*  Add shallots, chop for 10 seconds on Speed 7
*  Add remainder of ingredients, mix with 50ml of water for 10 seconds on Speed 5.
*  Set aside.

Sprouts:-
*  Steam sprouts for 5 minutes.  Remove and drain on kitchen paper.
*  Heat oil over a high heat until it reaches 180°C. 
*  Fry the sprouts in batches, taking about 3-4 minutes per batch.  They will take on a rich brown colour on the outside - don't stress if they start looking burnt, it adds to their flavour.
*  Drain on kitchen paper.

To Serve:

*  Dress the brussels sprouts with the dressing (I only used about a quarter of the amount made).  Garnish with fried shallots and mint.


Tips/Hints:

The dressing quantities make ample - I only used about a quarter of it, so you may want to make less.


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