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Chit Chat / Re: Quince paste help needed please
« on: April 24, 2011, 06:41:32 am »
you can make a percentage of the recipe.  Just weigh the quinces and judge what proportion of the original recipe you have.

I've just put a 'half batch' on... my friend's tree didn't have quite as many quinces on it as we first thought.
Any ideas as to whether I should reduce the cooking time? I've set it for the full 50 minutes but am worried that if I over cook it, it will set so hard we'll need a chainsaw to cut it  :)

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Tips and Tricks / Re: Adding Photos to Posts
« on: January 31, 2011, 08:29:31 am »
I've worked it out! Well, not me exactly... I had to ask someone who could decipher the SMF code. Turns out I was trying to insert the link to the whole webpage of the photo on flickr rather than the link to the actual image itself. I edited the post so you should now be able to see a pretty photo of yummy yoyo biscuits.

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Tips and Tricks / Re: Adding Photos to Posts
« on: January 24, 2011, 08:17:22 am »
Once they are in these sites you can usually right click on the photo and find properties - copy the address (URL:)  and then, in the body of the message you can click "Insert Image" (second icon in middle row) when you are at the spot you wish to place the photo, position the cursor between the [ img ]    [ /img ] characters and hit paste.  The URL should appear between the [ img ]    [ /img ] boxes. Then check with Preview.  If you like it you can then Post.

I can't get this method to work :( Help!
I've followed the steps exactly as described above, but all I get is a wierd little icon instead of my picture when I save the post. I tried viewing it in Internet Explorer (the weird little icon is in Google Chrome) but there's still something wrong. It shows up as a box with a big red cross in it. As far as I can tell, there's nothing wrong with my Flickr account.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: thermomix wannabe newbie
« on: January 24, 2011, 07:58:27 am »
You can post your recipes you have converted if you wish, we'd love to see them.

Thanks for the tip on the egg whites, I'll try it out once TM has a permanent spot in the kitchen :)

Here's the two recipes I converted. Enjoy!

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Have you tried the Orgran custard mix? 

http://www.freefromadditive.com.au/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=20&category_id=3&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=3

My youngest has an egg allergy so I use this one. :)


Looks like that link no longer works...
Try this one instead. You can buy it online, or in health food stores and also in some supermarkets.

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Main Dishes / Re: Chicken Korma
« on: January 24, 2011, 02:25:19 am »
Chookie, your Chicken Korma recipe has gone straight onto my to-make-really-soon list! Looks fabulous. Here's a conversion I did of Poh's Chicken and Pistachio Korma. Mum had made it and said it was really good so I converted it for TM, based roughly on the method for Butter Chicken in the EDC. Have a go and see what you think!

Name of Recipe: Chicken and Pistachio Korma
Number of People: 4
Ingredients:
  • 4 onions, quartered
  • ¾ cup pistachio kernels
  • 4 green chillies
  • 30ml oil
  • 1 ½ tbs ginger and garlic paste
  • 1 tbs coriander powder
  • 1 tsp white pepper powder
  • 1 kg diced chicken thigh fillets (skin and fat removed)
  • Salt to taste
  • ¾ cup yogurt
  • ½ cup cream
  • ½ tsp garam masala powder (made from roasted cumin seeds, cinnamon sticks, cloves, green cardamom and black peppercorns)

Preparation:
1. Boil onions in one cup of water. Drain and cool.
2. Make garam masala by adding equal parts cumin seeds, cinnamon sticks, cloves, green cardamom and black peppercorn. Dry roast at 100°C for 2 minutes on speed 1, then mill for 2 minutes on speed 8. Take out and set aside.
3. Puree pistachios and green chilli for 5 seconds on speed 7, keeping a few nuts aside for garnish.  Take out and set aside.
4. Puree onion for 5 seconds on speed 7.
5. Add oil and sauté at 100°C for 4 minutes on speed 1, do not brown. Add ginger and garlic paste. Fry for 1 minute. Stir in coriander and pepper powders. Add pistachio and green chilli paste and cook for about 1 minute.
6. Add the chicken, salt and water (quarter of a cup) and cook at 100°C for 20-25 minutes on reverse + speed soft, or until done. Add the yogurt and cook for a further 2 minutes.
7. Add cream and garam masala. Stir. Garnish with pistachio nuts and serve hot.

Tips/Hints:
I made this a while ago, but from memory, 4 green chillies made it smokin' hot! You might need to adjust the chilli quantity to taste  :)

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Introduce Yourself / Re: thermomix wannabe newbie
« on: January 24, 2011, 12:18:18 am »
i thought i would but a book together of all your recipes and hints so when it comes i will be super ready

Me too!! I can't wait to try all the TM recipes that I've squirreled away over the past year or so.

I first saw the TM at a demo at a friend's place. I wasn't convinced to start with as I love the whole process of cooking (including stirring the risotto!) but after being lucky enough to 'try before you buy' (I babysat TM while my friend went away for a couple of week), I realised that TM wouldn't take over in the kitchen after all... I could still be the chef and TM can be my slave! He can chop, stir, grind and mix away while I do the rest :)

Anyway, I'm still saving so TM is a little way off yet. But in the two weeks I borrowed one, I managed to make a whole bunch of recipes from the EDC and convert a few others to see how they went. Yo-Yo biscuits and a Chicken Pistachio Korma were my most successful and yummiest conversions.

Pavlova in the TM, however, was a disaster... I had to rescue the eggs with Big Red (my friend's Kitchen Aid that I was borrowing at the same time - the Kitchen Aid vs TM challenge!). Although, after having read a few forums on whipping egg whites, I'd be willing to give it another go in the TM.

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