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Chit Chat / Re: What are you cooking today?
« on: May 16, 2009, 07:45:21 am »
My biggest problem with supermarkets these days is that fruit doesn't taste like fruit.  Unless I get it from someone with a tree in their backyard, it just doesn't seem to taste right.  You buy hard nectarines, by the time they are ripe enough to eat, they are all black inside and get thrown out.  Oranges aren't nice and sweet and juicy like the ones Mum had on her tree and I long ago stopped buying peaches.  Guess the kids of today don't know the difference but us oldies remember what fruit used to taste like.  

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Chit Chat / Re: What are you cooking today?
« on: May 16, 2009, 07:28:33 am »
OK so where do you live Paul?  I only shop in Foodland so you can imagine how little I can get there :-)) :-)) :-)) A trip to the  market is such a joy - to see all those wonderful foods in one area.  Now that is a place I could spend a whole day in quite easily but my visits are few and far between because of lack of time. Besides that, it costs me a fortune when I do go in because I want to buy everything I see ;D ;D  You have to go with someone who is interested in food too otherwise you find yourself rushing around because you feel the other person is bored with it all - and I'm not talking about DH here, he would never go food shopping with me.

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Main Dishes / Mince Meat Curry
« on: May 16, 2009, 07:21:24 am »
Name of Recipe: Mince meat curry
Number of People: 4 serves
Ingredients:
1 onion, quartered
2 cloves garlic
2 carrots, roughly chopped
2 sticks celery, roughly chopped
45g oil
2 teaspoons curry powder (or more to taste)
500g minced beef (or make your own in the TMX)
300g 200g water
1 teaspoon homemade meat stock or a beef stock cube
2 tablespoons tomato paste
l heaped tablespoon fruit chutney
3 teaspoons cornflour

Preparation:
Place onion, garlic, carrots and celery in the bowl.  Chop 3 seconds on speed 5.
Add oil and curry powder & saute 4 minutes/100o/speed 1.
Add minced meat and cook 10 minutes/varoma temperature/reverse/soft speed (or speed 1 if the food isn't moving enough).
Mix the cornflour with a bit of water, add the rest of the water, tomato paste, fruit chutney and meat stock and add to the bowl.
Cook for 15 minutes/100o/reverse/soft speed (or speed 1) with MC on. If you feel as if there is too much liquid in the bowl, leave the MC off to help with the evaporation.

Serve over rice.
Tips/Hints:
You could stretch this meal further by adding any vegies of choice after you add the stock etc and cook until the vegies are done. We don't like hot curries so this is only a mild one - I'm sure the kids wouldn't even know it is in there.

12/4/10 Have reduced the original quantity of water to make it thicker.



members' comments

Rowyfo - Thanks SO much for this. My 10 yo daughter loved it and she is soooo fussy. And DH said it was good enough to have once a week!  I used pork & veal mince instead of beef and added frozen peas, corn and beans until it was sitting at the 2L mark. Everybody ate it apart from miss 4 but that's normal!

Carrie - I made this tonight, a nice quick easy dinner. Was very yummy too. Thanks for posting it, JD.

tonydav - Very nice. Kids both had seconds and the wife said "it's a keeper". I added zucchini, mushrooms and capsicum as well. Just love how it ends up still textured but tiny so the kids just think it's mince.

maddy - Thanks Judy......kids wolfed your dish down tonight! I also added mushroom, capsicum and used 3 tablespoons of leggos (garlic/herb) pizza sauce, instead of the tomato paste. We had some sauce left so I will freeze it and use it as a topping for whole baked  potatoes.

MJ - This was delicious! Mine was very sloppy, even though I used less water. But, I'll definitely make it again, thanks JD!

chookie - Made JD's curry mince. Thought I had better stick with the recipe, thought there was too much veg but pressed ahead. It was perfect except DH doesn't like carrot so I zapped it on speed 7 for 5 seconds.  Chopped the carrot nicely.
Judy, this is soooo easy and tasty. I made it again today to fill some little round bread rolls. I will cut off the tops, dig out the crumb and fill with the curry mince then heat in the oven. Thanks for making this so easy.

farfallina - I finally made it and it was great. Thank you for the recipe. I am happy I managed to make also chutney, it wouldn't be the same otherwise. For me it should be served with rice. They are just great together. It could be used also as pasta sauce.

Frozzie - thanks JD love this recipe.  Always a hit...have made this recipe several times in the past couple of months and everyone always loves it, even the French and they aren't big fans of spice!

missgrunge - I made this for my first dinner meal in my TMX as a newbie.  It was so easy, quick, nutritious and tasty. I used Branston pickle for the fruit chutney and the finished curry was delish!  I told my son the meal was called "Meat-o-rama" as I don't believe 'Mince Meat Curry' does it justice, and I didn't want to put him off with thoughts of hot spicy curries.  He LOVED it!  Well done and thank you for the recipe.  Meat-o-rama has a secure place in our home now.

nix - Made this but didn't have some ingredients so ad-libbed - it tastes great.  I used chopped dried apricots instead of chutney and added garam masala and chilli flakes for some heat. Also added pumpkin.

dede - This is a hit. Very quick and easy and everyone loved it. My 4 year old asked if I could make it again in the thermomixer thing. Thanks for sharing this.

CarolineW -  made this for my family and it was a big hit - even with suddenly fussy DD1.  It has been requested by all that it gets added as a regular family meal from now on.
I didn't have curry paste to hand, so I just put in various spices I would put in a curry.  The only chutney I could find at that precise moment was mango chutney, so I used that.  My other chutneys came out from their hiding place the next day but I'm a bit afraid to use anything but mango in future, in case I have to face the Wrath Of The Family.
Thanks so much for sharing - this is now a family favourite.

foodiebate - it was a winner with my two fussy children....
Today when I made it, a bit sad .....I heard you could walk away after the timer goes off and not worry that the dish will continue cooking with a tmx.... Well I had to race to an appointment and when I came back the meat is almost mush....no fault of the recipe...just going to remember that it does indeed still cook...

JD -  foodiebate, I wouldn't advise leaving the TMX on and leaving the house.  Yes you can leave it whilst you go off somewhere in the house and do other jobs but once the timer goes off, it really should be turned off as soon as you can get to it.  The continuing movement of the blades would be what has caused it to turn to mush. 

johnro - This dish was one of the first meals I did in thermie and has always been tops - did this for dinner tonight with jacket potatoes, sour cream and grated cheese - fed 4 adults and 4 children.

Jamberie - This is great! I had 250g pork mince and 250g beef mince I wanted to use and didn't feel like bolognaise (again).
I made quite a few tweaks based on what I had in the cupboard, thought I'd post the tweaks just in case someone finds it useful.
The biggest tweak I made was to add 200g rice to the bowl after the mince was browned - to minimise dishes! I then added a can of crushed tomatoes and 300g water and 1/2 packet of frozen spinach and cooked the lot for 17mins/reverse/sp1...about 2 minutes from the end I added a cup of peas.
Also, I didn't have any fruit chutney so I added 2tbsp golden syrup and 1 or 2 tbsp of soy sauce.

obbie - Made this with vegies. yummy.

JuliaC83 - Made this and although it is visually unappealing, everyone loved it. Used 500g pork/veal mince. Served with buttery couscous and peas/corn mix!

djinni373 - Made this and it was really good. I did a few things differently and I think I’ll do them again. If my memory is correct this is what I did:
-added an extra carrot
-fried the curry powder with the onion etc
-didn’t have cornflour so put equal amount normal flour in with the mince and fried it
-didn’t have fruit chutney so I sliced 4 or 5? dried apricots and added them instead.
-added a diced large zucchini and added with the water etc
-added a big handful of broccoli floweret pieces and a small handful of sultanas with 10 minutes to go.
Chookies rice for the family cooked itself in the thermoserver while this cooked in the thermie. (I always use quality “heart smart” mince which I think has a lower fat content)
Very quick, very easy and tasted good too - just a hint of sweet.
Sorry no pic but it actually looked pretty good too. Next time.









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Chit Chat / Re: What are you cooking today?
« on: May 16, 2009, 07:04:31 am »
For lunch today I made a mince meat curry (I'll post the recipe in mains) with Bron's garlic steamed rice.  Found there was nothing like this in the cook books so had to concoct my own out of sheer frustration. 

Then this afternoon I made the buttermilk bread from the everyday cookbook which turned out better than my first attempt because I put it into a square baking tin rather than just on a tray which caused it to spread too much in my first go.  I also made Bron's varoma creme caramel flan late today and it will be later tomorrow when I upend that to see how it went.

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Chit Chat / Re: What are you cooking today?
« on: May 16, 2009, 07:01:01 am »
I love Bill Granger recipes - have one of his books.  Someone is bound to convert this one to suit the TMX Paul as it sounds really nice.  All the extra information is useful too and so glad you had such success with your pastry - that can only inspire the rest of us to give that type a go. Must get some Danish unsalted butter too ;) ;)

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Non Food Recipes / Re: Washing Machine Detergent
« on: May 16, 2009, 06:53:03 am »
No, 1/2 cup in my top loader didn't go sudsy.  In the 'old days' powders used to soap up but even they don't do that when you use the recommended quantity.  I used to equate suds with a cleaner wash but don't think that is the case nowadays.

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Bread / Re: Yorkshire Pudding
« on: May 16, 2009, 04:45:28 am »
Thanks Hannah (or is that Barb).  Since my English friend introduced me to these gorgeous little morsels back in the late 60's I have always loved them.  I lost the recipe book she gave me with it in so am always searching around my other books to find one (should have tried the internet hey?)  Much appreciated for the coming winter months to serve with our weber cooked roasts.  I know in England they serve roast beef and yorkshire pudding but I have them with any roast ;D ;D

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Non Food Recipes / Re: Non-food recipes
« on: May 16, 2009, 04:30:38 am »
Someone was going to post a shampoo recipe too, now who was that?  Maybe I Love Bimby - if so we understand how busy she has been lately so forgive her for forgetting :-* :-*

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Tips and Tricks / Re: Thermomix Butter - photos
« on: May 16, 2009, 03:07:17 am »
Can you write to the manufacturer Caroline and ask them what has changed?   I'd be inclined to tell them what is happening and they may be kind enough to give you an answer and suggest which butter to use in future.  It would be a shame to give up your butter making prowess.

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Welcome / Re: Karen's Poll - where are you from???
« on: May 16, 2009, 03:03:52 am »
Even at the demo, my consultant asked me whether I thought I would save money by buying the TMX and I immediately said no, because I would be trying all sorts of different things which I was not eating or drinking before.  eg making my own orange juice.  Oranges are reasonably expensive just to juice and, pre-TMX, I never bought orange juice, just the odd orange to eat as a piece of fruit.  Now I have to buy whole bags full :D  I never bought dips but now I am buying ingredients to make them occasionally and so the list goes on.  BUT it is a whole new way of life in my kitchen (I have always loved being in there) and you just want to use it more and more and try different things.  We hardly ever go out for a meal nowadays. I haven't even bothered to get the 2009/2010 Entertainment Book (Aussies will know what this is, others - it is a book of vouchers for 2 for the price of 1 meals).  I find the cooler weather is ideal for cooking meals in the TMX - during our hot summers here it probably gets used more for desserts and drinks rather than main courses when we just want to have BBQ's and salads.

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Chit Chat / Re: What did you name your TM?
« on: May 16, 2009, 02:43:58 am »
Good idea, it will get a complex being unnamed.  It's hard to think up a new name, it just pops into your head for your own doesn't it.  My daughter calls hers 'the machine'.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Bonjour from Montreal, Canada
« on: May 16, 2009, 02:36:59 am »
I saw a program once about why French women (or maybe it was women from Paris) don't put on weight but with the type of food they eat over there, I find it hard to understand why not :o :o :o   So much butter, cream etc in their recipes as Mr Spock attests to.  Hope you find a happy medium with your recipes from all over the world, especially here on the forum.  Must admit, most recipes aren't low fat though - it would be nice to have more in this category. Good luck in your search for recipes which will appeal to you - a bad recipe book is not a good start to your life with the TMX.

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Chit Chat / Re: thermomix-er....!
« on: May 15, 2009, 03:52:09 pm »
Still in the country near Florence - not going to Roma this trip - next week back to Milano (sorry -had to mention it) and then home.
All good things must come to an end Thermomixer and I'm sure Mrs T is anxious to see the new grandson. Enjoy your last week, sounds like you have had a wonderful time.

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Drinks / Re: Lychee and lemongrass martini
« on: May 15, 2009, 03:35:49 pm »
Thank you Thermomixer, I appreciate that comment.  Lack of comments was the one thing I noticed on this forum when I first joined and it was my goal to change that.  I think it is improving though and I'm sure it will continue to do so.  It can only be for the good of the forum. ;) ;) ;)

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Drinks / Re: Lychee and lemongrass martini
« on: May 15, 2009, 01:01:37 pm »
I have just made this martini - halved the recipe for a single serve.  It is quite sweet though so I think I will cut the sugar down a bit next time.  Did as Thermomixer suggested, blitzed the lemongrass and sugar, added the rum, strained it then added the lychees & ice and blitzed again.  I think it is more like a daiquiri and it is delicious ;) ;) ;)  Now don't laugh at what I used to make this drink.  I had everything except the lemon grass so I used the jar variety - tasted just fine to me.  I used Malibu white rum with coconut which is my prefered rum for this type of drink.  Thanks Paul and Thermomixer for your ideas.  mmm  maybe I shouldn't have halved the recipe after all :-)) :-)) :-))

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