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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Festive Seasons => CHRISTMAS => Topic started by: cookie1 on November 29, 2009, 08:52:30 am
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We had the morning Perth class today and I'm even more inspired. Some of the things that were made and we tasted were ever so yum! I was also thrilled to see that my Beetroot, Parmesan and Cashew dip was also in the Festive Cookbook.
I'll be interested to see how others liked it.
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im jujst back from the afternoon one
i wasnt keen on the chocolate sorbet
the chicken and potato salad was quite nice
the christmas coleslaw sounded nice but i found the actual flavour a bit bland.it was missing something
the steamed beetroot salad was nice
the florentine cake (from the calendar) was lovely
the pretzels i really liked...going tomake those tommorow
the strawberry cooler would ahve been nicer with vodka in it!
the artichoke dip was nice too
there sounds some good recipes in the festive cookbook
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Is it a proper cookbook baf65 or just a pamphlet thingy? Worth buying or not?
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JD its a cross between a booklet and pamphlet!! All the recipes out of last years Xmas booklet and about 20 new recipes I think she said....its glossy as opposed to papery!! I think there are about 40 pages
some of the recipes
Christmas Pate
Christmas Slaw
Steamed Beetroot salad
Apricot Turkey stuffing
Pretzels
Frangipane Fruit Slice
Wicked Chocolate fudge
I guess its only $15 so its not going to break the bank!
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Thanks baf65, no it's not expensive but I'll flip through it and see what I think. Not much point buying it if there isn't much that takes my fancy - I'm more into main meals than cakes etc.
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Its missing quiet a few of the recipes from the previous booklet, which suprised me.
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I was actually disappointed to think that they had some from last year's book. I guess this one is 'posher'.
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I was actually disappointed to think that they had some from last year's book. I guess this one is 'posher'.
So was I Cookie1. Almost made buying last year's a waste. Wonder if they will do the same every year.
Nice to see your name in print. What a star ;D ;D :-* :-*
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I wasn't in the mood for either the Coleslaw or the steamed beetroot. Thought the pretzels were delish, and the brandy cream sauce, strawberry cooler, choc sorbet. Cookie I knew that beetroot dip was from this website ;D In the last month we have probably made it about 5 times - its always got the thumbs up from everyone :)
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Might have to book in. Possibly too late? Oh well, can always get the booklet.
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One of the consultants made the plum pud's as well at ours, served with the brandy cream sauce (using the bechemal recipe) and it was divine!!!
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Yes CP63. I sent the recipe to Tenina about the same time as I posted it here. I got a lovely surprise to see it in the Festive Book. We love it here and it's so easy to make.
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I enjoyed Adelaide's morning Christmas cookery demo, not a lot of people there though. I enjoyed everything they gave us and ended up buying the book plus the vegetarian one. Amanda and I introduced ourselves to Tenina at the end and her comment to me was 'you put a lot of recipes on the forum' - nice to know she notices as she is a very busy young lady. Introduced myself to Debbie in the foyer as we were the first 2 there so raved on about the forum. Hi Debbie if you took my advice and checked it out.
Cookie1, lovely to see your dip recipe in the book (hope you got a free book for your efforts!). Got some light reading to do in bed tonight - me and my 2 new books.
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Good to hear good reports. Thanks JD.
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I made the pretzels out of the Festive Cookbok today...i cant understand why you dip them in baking soda/water mix, i thought it gave a very dul finish and almost burnt colour, so I did the other half of the batch and glazed with egg...they looked much nicer!
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I thought it a bit odd too Baf65. Did you eat one whilst it was hot or are they supposed to be eaten cold? Will make a note of your suggestion. The lady sitting next to me at the demo told me to try it dipped in the brandy cream sauce and that was really nice.
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i just had them cold cookie after the class
today the ones i made i had them warm, they were nice but had an odd taste coz of the bicarb....the ones i coated with the egg were much nicer, sweeter and yes im sure they would have been delish dipped in brandy butter!!!
ive had a look at some other pretzel recipes today and none of them say dip in baking soda! weird!
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Good thinking baf65. I made 3 batches for cooking classes and found that the crust of the pretzels went very dark very quickly. Had to really watch them in the oven. If you brush them with melted butter and sprinkle with salt or cinnamon sugar don't know if you even need the egg to finish.
And with the bi-carb qty, I found it impossible to disolve it all and found that most of it just sat at the bottom of the bowl anyway, which was a huge waste!
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The bicarb soda is a less toxic way of trying to get the effect of lye solutions. Lye is caustic soda and water mix - VERY BAD if it splashes on the skin and even WORSE in the eyes - so gloves and goggles as it says in the article here: http://www.marthabeth.com/soft_pretzels.html (http://www.marthabeth.com/soft_pretzels.html)
It helps harden the outside of the pretzel and I made them in the Magimix about 20 years ago with lye dip.
Bicarb soda is a lot milder
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Thermomixer, interesting info re the bicarb vs lye - but you are scaring me lately with some of your stories ;D ;D ;) ;) ;) ;)
Went to the Busselton Christmas class last night and really enjoyed it. About half the crowd were already TM owners. Like you JudyDawn, I bought the festive booklet and they had some copies of the Indian book, so I grabbed one of those pretty quick ;D. Also bought the gluten free book, as that has some really nice recipes in it - a lot don't need any gluten free substitutes - they just don't have any ingredients with gluten in them (sounds obvious, but you know what I mean...).
Liked all the dishes.... they did a choc sorbet (I really liked it, not too sweet) from festive booklet, smoked salmon dip (nice) not sure where from, lemonade EDC, Red Lentil and Sweet Potato Soup (yum) gluten free book, Christmas Waldorf salad from Festive book (nice), Vege curry from full steam ahead book (nice), brandy cream sauce (mmmm) from festive booklet, and we had some pre-made pretzels (interesting, but really nice and will give these a go maybe without bicarb topping although I didn't notice any funny taste from this), and Florentine slice with the brandy sauce on top (really nice) from calendar (can anyone please PM me the recipe?).
and......I won the door prize (a nice bottle of red) :o :o :o - so all in all, really enjoyed myself ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Your Christmas demo was a bit different to the Adelaide one Ali - we had a crab dip which was very nice, chocolate sorbet which was interesting, strawberry & watermelon cooler (so refreshing), Christmas coleslaw, steamed beetroot salad, chicken & potato salad,(all nice) the pretzels, bread & butter pudding (not demonstrated just premade for us to taste), frangipane fruit slice & brandy cream sauce (a real winner). No door prize but some questions and prizes of tea towel, apron or recipe leaflets given out.
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My daughter and I attended the Adelaide cooking class last night. When I heard that they were making pretzels I was excited as my other daughter who at the moment is in Germany would love to make these on her return. They looked and tasted just the same as the ones I have had in Germany just a little less Fat!!!! So I will make the lengths a little fatter when I roll them.
We have some German friends so I can't wait to make some for them to try. Tenina didn't mention baking them on a pizza stone like the recipe says - what did they say in the other classes - stone or no stone!!!!
Trudy
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No mention of stone in Melbourne that I heard, although the lady presenting the pretzels wasn't wearing a microphone so was very difficult to hear.
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A stone was mentioned here though I don't see why you really need one. I plan to make savoury pretzels and quite small.
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I used a baking tray for all the batches I did for the cooking classes an they were fine ;)
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Thermomixer, interesting info re the bicarb vs lye - but you are scaring me lately with some of your stories ;D ;D ;) ;) ;) ;)
Sorry :-[ :-[ :-[, I wonder sometimes whether I should hit Post or Escape. Oh well, tone it down.
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I used a baking tray for all the batches I did for the cooking classes an they were fine ;)
If you have a heavy baking tray preheated and then place the pretzels on silicon paper and whack the paper onto the tray it is similar.
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Mine's just a light tray. Used baking paper as well. Although they weren't pre-heated.
Just thinking - Te only thing was that at the end they needed to be turned upside down for a minute to dry off the bicarb on the base. So guessing a stone or hot heavy tray would help that.
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Thanks guys. We do have a few pizza stones that my Husbands uses in the BBQ when he cooks pizzas but for me a baking tray would make more sence.
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Re stone or no stone - I guess it depends how crunchy you want them.
The stone would be preheated and therefore give a crisper finish.
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Thanks Amanda. I felt the ones I tasted at the class were so much like the ones we ate in Germany that I think I will try an oven tray first and if that doesn't work then the stone.
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I'll have to try some in the pizza maker. Like Thermomixer I had recently seen pretzels using the lye solution in a book. I wanted to make them but wasn't risking the lye solution. I may try some with and some without the carb soda to see the difference. I'll report back when I do them. It won't be for a few days at least. I need some of those 28 hour days at the moment.
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Unbelievable, found my 1977, Creative Food Processor Cookbook (for American Cuisinart owners) and there under the soft pretzel recipe was the hint that you could use bicarb soda solution as an alternative !!!
I just liked living dangerously and used lye solutions for soaking olives, so it was no big deal. The lye solution was good for then cleaning out the drains (that's what is in Drano !!).
Sorry Alioop - did it again?
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We used to do our own olives on the farm - couldnt believe that the commercial ones are done with Caustic Soda
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The lye solution was good for then cleaning out the drains (that's what is in Drano !!).
Probably just what we need after Christmas ;)
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I just liked living dangerously and used lye solutions for soaking olives, so it was no big deal. The lye solution was good for then cleaning out the drains (that's what is in Drano !!).
Sorry Alioop - did it again?
lol - ;D ;D (secretly, I like the gruesome stories Thermomixer ;D). I am very much a "realist", and think that knowing the bare facts are good - especially about food and what exactly is in what we are eating (even though it may be scary!!). ;)