I love a good pesto pasta and I've found some great recipes for making the sauce but I was kinda hoping there was a way to cook the sauce and the pasta together, like the recipe in the TM book for the Creamy Tomato and Salami Fettuccine.

Of the pesto sauce recipes I've found they all seen rather thick and it seems it would be better to make the sauce in the TM and just boil the pasta in a pot on the stove the good ol' fashioned way.

The Creamy Tomato and Salami Fettuccine recipe has cream and water added to it so I'm thinking maybe just add that to one of the pesto sauce recipes and then use the aforementioned TM recipe times and temperatures as a guideline to create a unique TM Creamy Pesto Pasta recipe. What do you think?

Cappuccino (Cafe' Style)
Makes 1 drink

3 Cup Stove-Top Espresso Pot
Non-Steamed Milk Frother
Milk
Sugar
Coffee Beans
Drinking Chocolate Mix (to sprinkle on top - for authenticity)
Coffee Cup



Here is the equipment you'll be needing...





Stove-Top Espresso Pot

This device is made up of three parts...
1) The bottom which holds the water
2) The basket which holds your TM grinded coffee beans
3) The top part where the freshly brewed coffee ends up

I use a three cup espresso pot as that is the perfect size for making a single cappuccino.




Non-Steamed Milk Frother

This device will froth your milk to whatever thickness you prefer. You can use whatever kind of milk you like. This device will froth both light and full fat milk equally well. For all you Aussies out  there I recommend Farmhouse milk, with that extra dollop of cream.




Coffee Cup

This device is of utmost importance hehe. The larger kind of coffee mug/cup is preferred however.


Instructions

Grinding the Coffee Beans
First you'll need to grind your preferred cappuccino coffee beans in the TM. Take the basket out of the Stove-Top Espresso Pot and fill it to the rim (flat) with your coffee beans. This is your measurement for how many beans you'll need to make your coffee. I find this measurement to be the perfect strength for me; not too weak and not too strong but we are all different so please experiment. Again a three cup espresso stove-top will make one cappuccino. A six cup Espresso stove-top will make 2 cappuccinos, and so on and so forth.

So once you have the correct measurement pour the coffee beans into your TM and set it for 15-20 seconds on speed 9. For 1 coffee 15 seconds should do the job.

Espresso Pot Manual
Next fill up the bottom part of the Espresso stove-top with water. Don't fill it over the air release point that you will see on the side. Pour your freshly grounded beans back into the basket and put the basket back inside the bottom part of the Espresso stove-top which is now filled with water. Screw the top part on, place on your stove-top and start boiling the water. You'll know it's ready as the sound of the coffee coming through to the top will cease. It sounds kinda like boiling water, cos it actually is.

Using the Milk Frother
While the coffee is brewing fill your milk frother about half a centimeter (5mm) underneath the suggested line on the side of the glass. Stick that in your microwave and once the coffee is brewed turn the microwave on high for 1 minute. While the milk is heating place your desired amount of sugar in your coffee mug (if any). Take your Espresso pot off the stove-top, pour the coffee into your mug and mix the sugar in.

Once the milk is heated take out of microwave and start frothing with the plunger. Plunge anywhere between 15-50 times depending on how frothy you want your milk . Experiment with it till you master it.

Finally pour your frothed-up milk into your cup and mix it in with a spoon til' it fills up the mug and bulges over a little. Then all that's left to do is sprinkle on some chocolate dust from the drinking chocolate powder and your ready to consume.

Here is one I prepared earlier...




If you've done it right it should taste just like bought one. 

Enjoy!

Hi all,

I'm very excited about my new Thermomix and just as excited to join this forum, meet all you fine people and learn lots more about my Thermomix.