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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Festive Seasons => CHRISTMAS => Topic started by: brazen20au on November 07, 2009, 05:53:29 am
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it must be time, i think it's only 7 weeks to go! so what's on your Christmas list?
we can't afford to buy gifts this year so I am making them all - i hope!
here's my list:
cook:
- strawberry jam with vanilla vodka
- peach and ginger (and / or passionfruit) jam
- cheddar shortbread (GF)
- rocky road
- truffles
- sugar coated nuts
make:
- shoe bags
- shopping / eco bags?
- superhero costumes x 3 (with santa's help 8))
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ARGH you said the C word!!!! :-))
Do you have a recipe for the strawberry jam and vanilla vodka? sounds yum!
I am giving it a go this year by making some cowgirl cookies... well, putting the ingredients in a jar and making it look pretty more to the point! LOL
I am looking at making:
lemon butter
Banana jam
cheese biscuits
chilli jam
choc fudgy wudgy cookies
coffee liqueur
lime & macadamia fudge
tomato sauce
vanilla essence
not sure on how to put it all together ... for example I'm looking at giving bottle of coffee liqueur with some choc fudgy wudgy cookies to siblings and making up a bigger hamper for parents which involves the condiments etc... not sure how far in advance I have to do it but things like biscuits I imagine it would be shortly before gifting.
Thinking about having open door Christmas this year as I dno't think DH is getting it off work... that way whoever wants to come over can.
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i was just going to chuck some of my brewing vanilla essence into the jam actually, no idea on quantities etc til i get there ;) hehe
i just thought i might try some spicy bbq sauce for my BIL too, he is the bbq expert ;) will try one of the recipes on the thermomix blog from last year i think
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Did you have to go and mention the C word :-)) :-)) :-))
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YES! it's not far enough away :o
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I'm getting excited already. My little brother is coming over from Canberra and I haven't seen him for a whole year! We talk several times a week though.
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Cripes - the Christmas cakes should have been cooked on Melbourne Cup day. Already behind !!!
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Well I have already started.
Christmas cake - I use the Women's Weekly cookbook chocolate christmas cake. Never fails (unless you're learning to use a new oven, but the less said about this the better). I think this is the best recipe ever - I have never tasted a nicer Christmas cake. I do double the alcohol and leave it soaking for longer than recommended - the dried fruit swells up and looks like plump jewels. We made it today and it's looking good. I have made it in the past and it has been too dry - I got a needle and syringe from work and injected it with cognac.
The rest of the menu:
Turkey stuffed with cous cous, mint, water chestnuts, chilli, basil, spring onions, SDT's and smothered with mayonnaise - a fantastic recipe from Diane Holuige in "The Australian" weekend mag many years ago. Truly droolworthy.
Potatoes roasted with goose fat
Parsnips roasted with Parmagiano-Reggiano
Brussels sprouts (which I normally hate) topped with a Jane Grigson mix of sauteed bacon, chopped chestnuts, apple and onion (enough to make anyone love Brussels sprouts)
Dessert - maybe a mango trifle,not sure yet
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Paul - how about posting those recipes for all of us to try?
Shaula in Cape Town
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Paul - how about posting those recipes for all of us to try?
Shaula in Cape Town
I could, although they're not thermomix recipes. Which one would you like first Shaula?
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Carla in Port Elizabeth, South Africa would love that WW Christmas Cake recipe, I have made the same one for the last 25 years cant find it and need a new one to try. Pretty Please :)
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Hi Paul,
particularly the chocolate christmas cake and the mayonnaise and the topping for the brussels would be good - I can exchange that with another good brussel recipe when I get to my weekday home tomorrow.
Shayla
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"Brussels sprouts (which I normally hate) topped with a Jane Grigson mix of sauteed bacon, chopped chestnuts, apple and onion (enough to make anyone love Brussels sprouts)".
Hi, Paul. This recipe sounds interesting. In which Jane Grigson cookery book is it?
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OK 2 recipes
Chocolate fruit cake from AWW cookbook
500g sultanas
250g raisins
125g currants
250g glace fruit (whatever you like, I HATE cherries) chopped
30 dried apricots chopped
90g mixed peel
1 cup brandy
250g butter
1.5 cups brown sugar
1tsp each grated organe and lemon rind
1tsp vanilla essence
2 tbsp marmalade
125g good dark chocolate
4 eggs
2.5 cups plain flour
1 tsp mixed spice
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
pinch salt
Put fruit on bowl with brandy and leave for as long as possible, at least 2 days.
Cream butter and sugar, add fruit rind, vanilla, marmalade and melted chocolate
Add eggs one at a time and mix well each time
Fold in sifted dry ingredients alternating with fruits, mix well each time
Add to prepared and lined tin and bake for 4 hours on 130 C - test with a skewer, and cover top with foil if it looks like burning
Topping for brussells sprouts - from Jane Grigson's English Food
500g chestnuts (tinned are fine)
1 large onion chopped
1 clove garlic chopped
60g butter
60 g bacon chopped
2 apples (recipe says Cox but I used granny smith) peeled and diced
Salt and pepper
Roughly chop the chestnuts. Gently cook garlic and onion in butter until soft and golden. Add bacon and cook gently until bacon fat looks translucent. Add the apple, fry a few more minutes until it starts to smell fantastic. Add the chestnuts and cook until pan juice almost disappear. Season well. Add to cooked sprouts. I have also used this to stuff a chicken.
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Thanks Paul,
You have prompted me to get going on the Christmas cake. My recipe is similar but I'm going to try yours instead. I love new recipes.
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Thanks Paul, Would it be possible for the turkey recipe also?
Trudy
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I think the secret is good chocolate and doubling the grog. I keep meaning to make one to put in the Cairns show, but I eat it all.
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Thanks Paul, Would it be possible for the turkey recipe also?
Trudy
Trudy I will put in the turkey recipe ronight
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Thanks Paul - the turkey stuffing sounds good, real cross cultural mix. Took a while to work out Sun-Dried Tomatoes.
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Thanks so much Paul!!!
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Thanks for the recipes, Paul. The topping for brussel sprouts sounds so good that I've ordered the book. I'm almost looking forward to Christmas now ;D
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The turkey stuffing:
100g couscous
350ml water
2 bunches basil
2 bunches mint
2 cloves garlic
8 spring onions chopped
10 tinned water chestnuts
10 sundried tomatoes chopped
1 red chilli chopped
salt and pepper
6 tbsp EVOO
Add water to couscous for 15 minutes with 2 tbsp EVOO and mix. Then break up with your hand, add all the other ingredients and mix. Stuff turkey, inside, and in that space where the neck used to be, and under the breast. Remember to do this just before you cook it, not ages before, otherwise you'll get food poisoning! The stuffing swells quite and bit so not too tight.
The original recipe says to serve with homemade mayonnaise. One year I made the mayonnaise, added the rind of an orange and a little of the juice, and glazed the turkey with it for the final 10 minutes. Yum. This will be the 14th year in a row I've done the turkey this way. You can also used cracked wheat instead of couscous - 100g soaked in water for half and hour before use. I think the couscous is better.
Tip for a turkey so the breast doesn't dry out. Get a large sheet of muslin, and soak it in lots of melted butter. Leave on top of breast, take off for last 10-15 minutes to brown. When you baste the turkey the muslin retains the fatty juices better.
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Thanks Paul - you can always learn something - never heard of the butter-soaked muslin - thinking. :-*
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Thanks Paul - you can always learn something - never heard of the butter-soaked muslin - thinking. :-*
Actually, the only way I've really found to keep the breast moist is to cook it into a Weber Bullet which sort of steams and BBQs at the same time
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Thanks so much Paul. Sounds great!!
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** bump**
So with only a week to go, what's everyone up to with their Xmas cooking?
I have cookies to make (for gifts), dips to make for Xmas day (my contribution, as well as a potato bake in the slow cooker), and some Indian foods to make for the evening (a birthday party on the 25th). Then a chocolate cake to make in the morning on the 26th as it's my baby's 6th birthday.
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Admin is busy making Pumpkin Jam this morning :-)
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I have to bake the Red & Green Christmas Shortbreads and dip the in chocolate :P, make a chocolate cheesecake for Dads birthday on the 23rd, dip for boxing day, steam the last of the puddings in the morning for the first Christmas meal tomorrow, oh and just finish off a couple of things for the hampers (which need to be finished by tomorrow). Just writing up all the labels for that now.
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OMG - you said a week to go ??? Better start cooking.
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i'm not sure yet, i'm waiting to see whether i'm going to have time to make what i had planned 8)
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http://www.christmasland.org/ (http://www.christmasland.org/)
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Oh Master Moderator, that is delightful. Have yet to sit through the lot but a quick glance tells me it will keep the children quiet for a long time clicking on this and that and listening to the carols. Will get back to it next time I have 1/2 hour to spare and check out some more stuff. Thank you so much for that & a Merry Christmas to you.
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Thanks a lot Judy. How are things at home? Preparations going well? Merry Christmas to you and the family :-)
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Thanks MM. Yes, things are going well on the home front, DH's been nursed back to good health and I am doing everything except heavy lifting. It has been hard to get into the Christmas spirit but this forum has motivated me to make a few goodies to take up to my SIL where we are going for lunch. Best part is that the weather is only going to be around 25oC which, in this part of the world, is an added bonus. Perfect day for a traditional meal of roast pork, turkey, ham & all the trimmings.