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Diet / CSIRO Italian Lamb Casserole
« on: June 13, 2012, 10:54:42 am »
Italian Lamb Casserole:
Serves 4:
Ingredients:
800g Lamb leg, cut into 3 cm cubes
2 tblsp olive oyl
1 onion, peeled and quartered
1 carrot, cut in chunks
1 stick celery, cut in chunks
2 gloves garlic, peeled
1/4 cup red wine
100 ml chicken stock
2 tblsp tomato paste
1 bay leaf
2 sprigs rosemary
water
2 parsnips, peeled and chopped into 3 cm pieces
2 tblsp flat leaf (Italian) parsley



Preparation:

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C
Place 1 tblsp oil and lamb in bowl and cook 4 mins speed 1 reverse Varoma temp, stirring through lid to ensure lamb is browned.
Remove lamb and place in cast iron/casserole dish

Run TM at speed 5 and drop onion, carrot, celery and garlic onto blades to mince/dice
Add 2nd tblsp oil and saute 3 mins Varoma temp, speed 1

Add tomato paste, wine, and stock and continue to cook for 1 more minute.

Transfer mixture to casserole stir to coat lamb, add bay leaf, rosemary and enough water to ensure lamb is covered. Cover with lid and bake in oven for 1 hour.

Add parsnip and cook for further 40 minutes, add more water if sticking.

Serve spinkled with parsley and enjoy!


Tips/Hints:
You could do the whole thing in the Thermie, but the smell of lamb casserole in the oven is half of the appeal!
I have also substituted sweet potato and pumpkin for the parsnip, but added it later, the main thing is to make sure you cook the lamb long enough so that it is nice and tender.

Obviously you can serve this with a salad, or if you are not on the CSIRO

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I made this on Friday for guests, started it at about 6 pm with guests arriving at 7, easy to do and still had time (just) to pretty up before they arrived.

It was pretty straightforward, although I substituted prawn for crayfish as I couldn't get any tails on the way home from work. I also used the best chicken stock I could get to make the main part of the soup. Some are a little salty so I used a low salt version and added a little to taste.

You also need to really make sure the lemongrass is peeled and well blended otherwise the soup will be a little woody.

I used one red chilli as per the recipe which actually made it a little hot, although it totally depends on your guests' preferences.

Otherwise it worked well and was very easy to make, and with the prawns sticking up through the soup looked great.

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Recipe Requests / Tapas christmas party
« on: December 13, 2011, 09:47:35 am »
Hi guys,
I have to go to a Christmas party on Friday and am supposed to take some Spanish Tapas.

Any suggestions? I was thinking of spanish meatballs but was someone else beat me to it.

Thanks a lot

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Made this this morning - my first attempt at a recipe from the book. There is an obvious typo, where Dani states to tip the water out of the TM after cooking the spinach, but doesn't mention putting any water back in prior to cooking the eggs in the varoma. Of course, it's possible that she figures that everyone would know this - but I didn't!

The final product was delicious, much easier than doing baked eggs in the oven, I also substituted ham for the prosciutto because that was all I had. Tipping the basket onto a plate prior to serving is a great touch.

I think placing the eggs under the grill prior to serving would give the dish a nice crispness, especially if you sprinkled the Parmesan cheese on at this point.

Linked JD

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Hi guys, as the teacher in South Park says "there are no stupid questions, only stupid people" :D, so here goes. I was cooking Breakfast Baskets from In the mix. Dani steams the spinach and then says to empty the water out. You then prepare the dish in a ramekin and then cook it in the varoma, but there is no mention of putting  water back into the bowl, only the speed and time to cook the baskets.

Can you cook in the Varoma without water in the bowl, or is this a typo?

Obviously I have no idea!

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Diet / CSIRO Healthy eating
« on: November 23, 2011, 01:30:04 pm »
Hi there, have been following the CSIRO healthy Eating plan - high protein, low carb diet for nearly 12 months and have lst around 11 kg, which I am v happy about  :).

Does anyone have any conversions for some of the recipes in the CSIRO diet books?

Thanks

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Introduce Yourself / Hello
« on: November 23, 2011, 12:12:07 am »
Just wanted to say hi and in the words of Austin Powers "allow myself to introduce . . er. . myself." I live in Freo, love cooking and was a little worried that my other cookware may get neglected! I have been wanting a TM for a year, finally convinced my wife to let me get one when our trusty blender died. Have been reading the forum for weeks in anticipation! Unfortunately, 24 hours after getting it and going on a Tm'ing frenzy, I got Error 55, and now I think I might have to return it!  :'(
Fingers crossed!!

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