Deseeding pomegranate

Pomegranate seeds
Pomegranate seeds

Dani Valent author of “In the Mix” tip for deseeding a pomegranate with the thermomix. Cut the pomegranate into quarters, put in the TM, reverse speed 4 for 1 second. Remove pith and peel from the bowl. Works well, a few remained in the peel but the bulk was in the bowl.

Potato Croquettes

Cooking potato croquettes
Cooking potato croquettes
Croquettes and leftover salad
Croquettes and leftover salad

Cooking with the thermomix is so easy we seem to always a lot of  leftovers. What to do with leftover mash potato and pasta… make potato croquettes. Mixed the leftover mash and macaroni, added ham and chives, salt and pepper.  Miss 13 formed into patties and  dipped in flour, egg wash, and dipped into breadcrumbs.

Porridge

Porridge
Porridge

Porridge made in thermomix this morning. It’s another guided recipe, just add the oats, milk, and water. Enough for four bowls cooked in 11 mins.  Husband is impressed and even miss 13 who is not a fan of porridge is happy to eat. Creamy and smooth . Topped with apple, maple syrup and cinnamon it’s a great start to the weekend.

Custard

Creamy custard
Creamy custard

I love custard, always have, to be able to simply add the  eggs, milk, sugar and cornflour to the thermomix and then minutes later out pops this yummy smooth glorious custard is a problem. No dieting here. It’s heavenly!

Cauliflower rice and butter chicken

Cauliflower fried rice
Cauliflower fried rice
Butter chicken cauliflower rice and steamed rice
Butter chicken. cauliflower rice and salad almost all eaten

From Pete Evans paleo  family food cookbook, had to try the cauliflower fried rice, used the thermomix to blitz half a cauliflower head 5 seconds speed 5 in reverse. Perfect minced cauliflower, ready to pan fry in coconut oil for a few minutes. Butter chicken made again in thermomix. I used  1.2kg of chicken thighs instead of 750g because there is always plenty of sauce and then just increased cooking time by 10 minutes. Served with a simple salad and rice just in case kids decided to be fussy. Love the cauliflower rice!

There are some recipes on the community website for cauliflower rice done entirely in the thermomix too. But I’m happy with a few minutes stir frying while the butter chicken cooks itself.

Cinnamon buns / cinnamon scrolls

Annabel Langbein cinnamon buns
Annabel Langbein cinnamon buns

http://www.annabel-langbein.com/recipes/sticky-buns/405/

Sticky Buns Adapted for thermomix:- ( dough fills two large cake tins)

  • Add 125g butter and 490g milk to TM bowl. Heat 2.5 minutes, 50C, speed 2. Until butter melted.
  • Add one a sachet of dried yeast and 100g sugar. Heat 2 mins, 37C , speed 1.5. Leave 10 minutes, till yeast appears frothy.
  • Add 846g (6cups) flour, tsp salt. mix 6 sec on speed 5 first then, Knead 3.5 minutes dough mode.
    Place dough in a large pot, I place pot in warm water for around 1 hour till dough has doubled in size. Halve dough, place one in fridge/freezer for use another day. Follow instructions in recipe link above for rolling out, filling and second prove.

Still using the thermomix on average 4-5 times a day, slushies every day, ( instead of iceblocks) chopping onion, garlic and ginger, steaming veg, mashing potatoes, making salads and coleslaws, making dips, dressings, breads, pizza, focaccia, or pita. Like having a helping pair of hands in kitchen. Has added so much variety to our food. Haven’t added photos of food cooked on previously. But couldn’t resist posting the cinnamon buns because they’re so good and only three minutes kneading with the thermomix. Recipe from the Annabelle Langbeins free range cookbook. Even though  me and husband are trying to reduce gluten we succumb to a cinnamon bun because the smell of these baking is so appetising! And the recipe makes enough dough for two baking tins, one is always saved in fridge  for ham and cheese or vegemite and cheese scrolls the following day.

Thermomix poached eggs – sous vide poached eggs

Poached perfectly
Poached perfectly

http://www.recipecommunity.com.au/basics-recipes/perfectly-poached-eggs/126178

Poaching Fridge temperature Eggs 

The sous vide method for poaching eggs on the recipe community site, link above, is now our favourite way to poach eggs. The guided recipe from the Basic cookbook for the thermomix was a little fiddly because you could only cook two or three eggs at the most at one time and so the waiting time for our family of four was a little inconvenient.

With this sous vide method for the TM5, add 2ltrs of freshly boiled water to the bowl, ( we add 1.8ltrs and then add cool water until the temperature is 70C) , then add the steamer basket with the fridge eggs and  cook at 70C, 12.5mins, speed 3.5.  We cook 5-6 eggs at once. You could cook more. We skipped the first step of heating the water by using boiled water in the TM bowl and reduce temperature to the required 70C by adding some cool water.  Once done, the  eggs can be cracked in middle and unbelievably they slide out whole, we were impressed and next time I’ll let the kids do their own definately try this one if you like poached eggs with minimum fuss. To get the eggs exactly the way you like, read the comments section for this recipe, there are many helpful tips that members have posted to achieve the perfect poach egg. And the method varies slightly for a TM31, time and quantity of water is reduced.

Poaching Room temperature eggs

Added another useful link to try, see above Thermobliss facebook post comments by Nicole Mark Pennington. She  notes her method for perfect poached eggs for room temperature eggs, fill TM bowl with 2000g  water, place room temperature eggs in steamer basket and cook 14 minutes, 70C, speed 4. Don’t need to pre boil water but need room temperature eggs.

Pikelets

Pikelets
Pikelets

Pikelets for morning tea. Loving the guided recipes on the thermomix. You don’t have to think, just follow the instructions and feel confident the result will be tasty and fairly foolproof. Just have to make sure you’ve checked the page of minor corrections to some of the recipes but to gave access to over 170 guided recipes is fantastic, hope they bring out more recipe chips in future. .

Healthy chicken nuggets

Chicken nuggets
Chicken nuggets

http://www.recipecommunity.com.au/main-dishes-meat-recipes/healthy-kid-friendly-chicken-nuggets/132358 A new recipe for chicken nuggets in our house always goes down well. Found this on the recipe community and with 19 favourable reviews couldn’t be bad, blitzed in thermomix chicken thighs, garlic spring onion, an egg and a tsp of the homemade chicken stock paste. Rolled in breadcrumbs and baked 20 minutes. Was too lazy to brown in pan first and the result is tasty and perfect fast food dinner.