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Questions Doubts and Requests => Tips and Tricks => Topic started by: Lexi on February 11, 2010, 10:29:47 am

Title: Heating Thermomix bowl before adding ingredients
Post by: Lexi on February 11, 2010, 10:29:47 am

How exactly do you do this?  I don't want to burn the bowl out.

Title: Re: Heating Thermomix bowl before adding ingredients
Post by: cookie1 on February 11, 2010, 12:17:24 pm

What are you making Lexi?

Title: Re: Heating Thermomix bowl before adding ingredients
Post by: meganjane on February 11, 2010, 03:26:11 pm

I always heat oil before sautéing anything, but haven't heated the bowl with nothing in it.

Title: Re: Heating Thermomix bowl before adding ingredients
Post by: Meagan on February 11, 2010, 03:31:45 pm

If you wanted to heat the whole bowl then put water from the kettle boiled in it and maybe cook on 100 for 4/5 minutes and then tip out the water and do what you want to do....

Title: Re: Heating Thermomix bowl before adding ingredients
Post by: Lexi on February 11, 2010, 11:58:58 pm

I want to cook mince in it, brown mince, but don't want it sticking like it does if you do it from cold.  There was a thread, cant remember which thread, that suggested heating the bowl first.

Ok well boiled water seems safest option, hey.  Thanks.

Title: Re: Heating Thermomix bowl before adding ingredients
Post by: judydawn on February 12, 2010, 12:01:01 am

For browning mince or meat, I just heat the oil on varoma temp until it is very hot - when you add the meat you can hear it sizzle. I stay on varoma temp for searing the meat too.

Title: Re: Heating Thermomix bowl before adding ingredients
Post by: Thermomixer on February 13, 2010, 02:53:30 am

You shouldn't burn it out - it doesn't get that hot.

I do as JD - heat the oil for 5 minutes or so on Varoma before browning meat, cooking seafood/fish

Title: Re: Heating Thermomix bowl before adding ingredients
Post by: meganjane on February 13, 2010, 02:13:56 pm

Quote from: Thermomixer on February 13, 2010, 02:53:30 am

You shouldn't burn it out - it doesn't get that hot.

I do as JD - heat the oil for 5 minutes or so on Varoma before browning meat, cooking seafood/fish

Ditto!