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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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Desserts / Re: Crème caramel in the Varoma
« on: May 15, 2009, 12:16:58 pm »
Somebody with the Full Steam Cookbook will be able to confirm - sorry, didn't finish the translation !!!!

Think the original was for a single flan and it was 40 minutes ???

JD - where are you? 
Sorry, missed this one.  Yes, you are right 40 minutes for 500g milk and 4 eggs as per the above book.

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Desserts / Re: Crème caramel in the Varoma
« on: May 15, 2009, 10:15:58 am »
I suppose we could use the recipe for Dulce de lecheyummy caramel here but as it is quite thick, I would cook it only until it was runny sort of caramel. I've never seen liquid caramel here unless they mean caramel topping for ice-cream.  Do you think we could use that?

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Desserts / Re: Coconut Macaroonies
« on: May 15, 2009, 10:06:46 am »
Well, if they did, I didn't notice ;D ;D  No, they were good.   

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Chit Chat / Re: What are you cooking today?
« on: May 15, 2009, 10:00:56 am »
Ooh, I like the sound of that meal Paul ;) ;) 2 desserts though - 1 is for another day, right ;D ;D

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Starters and Snacks / Re: Meat Stock Concetrate
« on: May 15, 2009, 09:43:31 am »
No, I've only done the beef stock and the varoma bread so far but have made quite a long list of things I want to try in the future. If anyone else mentions they have done something and it is good, I make a little note alongside it for future reference. At first glance it is a weird book but I've been through it a couple of times now and decided some of the things are probably OK to try - even if they look a bit strange for us Aussies. I probably do more off the forum than anything and use the everyday book for all the old fashioned things like custards, rice puddings etc. Hopefully I will have a long life so that I can do heaps of things in the future.  I like to vary our diet and have something different every night - we don't eat anything regularly except roast chicken and our breakfast cereal :P :P  I might only ever cook some recipes once and even though we enjoyed it, never get back to doing it again or if I do, change it so that it doesn't appear to be the same thing.

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Chit Chat / Re: What did you name your TM?
« on: May 15, 2009, 09:30:53 am »
Maybe you could organise a prize for the most original name Thermomixer - we could vote on it ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? A bottle of that lovely wine maybe ;D ;D ;D

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Chit Chat / Re: thermomix-er....!
« on: May 15, 2009, 09:28:39 am »
What, and chucking a wobbly ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Welcome / Re: Karen's Poll - where are you from???
« on: May 15, 2009, 08:30:29 am »
Maybe they can't keep up with the demand in Europe so don't want too many orders from elsewhere.  Just a thought but probably wrong. :P :P :P :P 

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Desserts / Re: Mars Bar Slice
« on: May 15, 2009, 08:24:29 am »
I'm with you.  Annette Sym of the Symply cookbooks has a recipe using 2 x 44.5g lite Mars bars (50% less fat) and some golden syrup for the goo part which wasn't bad but obviously no where near as tasty as the full on one.  I'm not dieting now so I would do the full-on one but when you are dieting it is nice to have the option of something 'naughty' once in a while.  But, as I said, I haven't seen the light ones around for years now.

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Desserts / Re: Mars Bar Slice
« on: May 15, 2009, 08:04:24 am »
No, they were definitely lower in fat content - I checked it out at the time.  You used to be able to buy small ones in those snack packs.  Probably something in them which was not good for our health (other than fat I mean). Even mice loved them ;) ;) Before we removed a heater and filled all the holes behind it, they used to get into the house.  When we shifted a heavy bookcase, I couldn't believe it as there were 3 of those tiny mars bars behind and under it - 2 eaten into and the 3rd untouched. I used to keep them on a low table with other treats and guess who would have got the blame for eating MY low fat snacks - yes DH who would have denied it of course but it could have been a tricky situation had I know exactly how many should have been there and how many I had eaten. I used to have 1 a week when I was on a diet.

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Can you post that one Barb?  Love Yorkshire puddings ;)

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Starters and Snacks / Re: Meat Stock Concetrate
« on: May 15, 2009, 06:55:57 am »
For those with the "Full Steam Ahead" cookbook, this should be the recipe from that book - just my rough translation from Italian or Spanish.
Nothing wrong with your translation Thermomixer, it is exactly as it appears in Full Steam Ahead.  My mixture isn't mushy like Karens, nor did it seem to make as much as hers did.  Mine is the texture of a biscuit mix (probably more like that which Rowyfo made) and only 3/4 filled a large jam jar which is fine because it is going to last me a long time obviously.  Boy does it stink though :o :o - not something you would try the taste test on ;D ;D.  I will listen to what the other girls have said about the saltiness and only use a level teaspoon per 500g and not add anymore salt to the dish until I have tasted the end product.

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Chit Chat / Re: What are you cooking today?
« on: May 15, 2009, 06:37:49 am »
Today for lunch I tried an earlier posting from Macorla called Casserole Meat but adapted it to suit what I had on hand.  Read my comments in the Mains section - it is well worth giving this one a go, loved it - perfect for this cooler weather.  Served it with mashed potatoes and peas.  Red potatoes are by far the best choice aren't they for cooking in the TMX - they even seem to make so much more mash than white potatoes (or is it my imagination ???)   I then made some beef stock, using all the scraps from the oyster blade steak (I leave so much meat on my offcuts that you can actually get a meal out of them so there was no problem reaching the 300g mark). I had all the vegies and herbs on hand or in the garden so I got my batch for free :D :D

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Main Dishes / Re: Casserole Meat
« on: May 15, 2009, 06:30:06 am »
A nice cool, wet day here so I thought I'd do a version of this casserole with what I had on hand.  It was so good, it will now be my basic stew base and I can add whatever I have on hand to vary it.   The changes I made are as follows:-  Only used 30g olive oil, used a can of tomato supreme instead of the puree, red wine instead of white wine and I added 1 zucchini too.  I used oyster blade steak, my favourite for this type of dish as it doesn't dry out as much as some stewing steak and after 9 minutes on the varoma setting, I cut it back to 90o and cooked it a further 35 minutes.  I thickened it with a little cornflour mixed with water and cooked it another 5 minutes.  It was delicious served with mashed potato and peas.  Thanks a lot Macorla  :-* :-* :-* :-* ;D

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