Lovely recipe . Very easy . Great way to use excess or old apples . Recommend not cutting down sugar as the recipe is not too sweet which is great. Will try using the guided sweet shortcrust pastry next time .
Apple pie
Dessert
Pavlova
http://www.recipecommunity.com.au/baking-sweet-recipes/mixed-berry-pavlova-stack/281200
Christmas day ….I can safely say that the Thermomix saved us from kitchen meltdown. From chopping garlic and onion, steaming potatoes, making coleslaw and salads, bread rolls, dressings, sauces, marinades and the biggest pavlova we’ve ever made. Above picture is our 16 egg pavlova. Doubled the guided pavlova recipe from the BCB to make two rounds the size of our oven trays and then sandwiched together with cream and more cream. Found the same recipe on the recipe community and posted above. Awesome, we love the crispy outer and marshmallowy centre. Just need to remember to turn temperature down to 120c when putting it in the oven. Left in oven overnight to cool.
Used all the eggs yolks when crumbing the chicken a couple of days later. Nb Yolks can frozen for use later too. Or could be used to make any of the ice cream recipes from the BCB as well.
Chocolate icecream
The guided Thermomix chocolate icecream is amazing, almost halved the sugar (used 90g instead of 150g) and it’s sweet enough for us. You can’t help being happy eating it especially as it’s homemade ! Only 5 simple ingredients :- good quality chocolate, cocoa powder, milk, cream, egg yolks and sugar, compared to the list of ingredients in tip top icecream below. And only takes a few minutes to make. After frozen, just cut out squares ( leave the container out for a few minutes to soften first) and blend at speed 6 for a few seconds. We packed into an ice cream scoop to shape and it’s ready to eat. The secret is to freeze in shallow containers so it’s easier to cut up for blending.
Ideas for using the leftover egg whites from freezing to 50 recipe ideas in link below.
http://neighborfoodblog.com/2014/07/leftover-egg-whites-recipes.html
Tip Top chocolate icecream ingredient list.
ICE CREAM [CREAM, MILK, LIQUID SUGAR, WATER, GLUCOSE SYRUP (FROM MAIZE), COCOA POWDER (4%), MILK SOLIDS NON FAT, EMULSIFIERS (477, 471), VEGETABLE GUMS (412, 410, 407, 401), NATURAL FLAVOUR].
Plum and Almond Tart
Been wanting to try the guided sweet short crust pasty for months. Found this tempting award winning Watties recipe, it was time to try it. Like many recipes for the first time there are always certain aspects that may feel not quite right. The almond filling in the published recipe was more than enough for two 20cm tarts instead of just one. And an 850g tin of Watties Doris Plums can be perfectly divided into to two tarts. And one quantity of pastry from one guided sweet shortcrust pastry is enough for two 20cm tarts. So we ended up with two lovely tarts, one eaten for afternoon tea and dessert another put in fridge for dessert during the week. The sweet shortcrust pastry is great; sweet and crunchy, the tart is delicious served with whipped cream or yoghurt.
Converted recipe for the Thermomix
Plum and Almond Tart (makes 2 x 20cm tarts)
- 700g sweet short crust pastry (one portion of guided recipe)
- 150g butter
- 150g sugar ( I reduced to 130g)
- 1 large egg
- 210g ground almonds
- 1 TB pistachios, shelled and chopped (opt)
- 850g can Watties Black Doris Plums
- Preheat oven to 200C. Grease or line with baking paper 20cm pie plates.
- Make one quantity of the guided sweet short crust pastry. Roll out the pastry and line pie plates with it. ( Can save half the pastry and filling in fridge for another day) Prick pastry with fork and bake 8-10 minutes.
- Cream butter and sugar, mix in egg. Then fold in ground almonds. (Thermomix tip from forum to cream butter and sugar – blitz sugar on speed 9 for about 10 secs then add the butter. Soften by heating to 37 degree to soften your butter on soft speed for a minute before whipping with butterfly on speed 4 (no faster when you are using your butterfly) for about 30 secs to a minute.)
- Dot or place the almond filling into the cooked pastry. Drain plums, cut in half removing pips and place cheek side up on the filling. Doesn’t matter if the filling is not smooth, it smooths out when baking.
- Bake 30-40 mins, serve with cream or yoghurt. ( 30 minutes for our oven)
The sweet shortcrust pastry should make delicious base for apple pies. Only takes a a couple minutes to make the pastry in tmx , just needed to cool in fridge for an hour after.
Chocolate Mousse
Miss 14 used the easy guided recipe for chocolate mousse. Yummy chocolate mousse for dessert. Take out sugar, chocolate is sweet enough.
Chocolate Brownie
http://www.recipecommunity.com.au/baking-sweet-recipes/chocolate-brownies/38693
Tried another popular brownie from the recipe community. Our favourite thermonix recipe so far has been the masterchef extreme chocolate brownie. This recipe makes a slightly smaller brownie but is still good. I reduced sugar from 350 g to 140 g as per some suggestions in the comments. Lovely brownie, not as rich as the masterchef brownie but a nice lunchbox/afternoon tea treat for the kids. Try cook for 20- 30 minutes next time, to retain more moistness.
Cinnamon Oysters
Recipe from Edmonds cookbook, husband’s birthday treat. Cinnamon Oysters with cream and dusted with icing sugar.
Cinnamon Oysters
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 c sugar (80 g)
- 2 tsp golden syrup
- 6 TB flour ( 60g)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- Preheat oven 190 c. Add sugar, blend 3 sec, speed 9 to refine. Add butterfly whisk and add eggs. Beat eggs and sugar, speed 3.5 until thick. ( look through the top while beating , mine took about 2-3 mins)
- Add golden syrup through the hole in lid and beat speed 3.5 for another minute.
- Sift remaining dry ingredients and fold into the the egg mixture.
- Spoon into greased oyster tins ( I used muffin tray) Bake 8-10 mins 190c.
- When cold, cut oysters and fill with whipped cream.
notes- reverse the cinnamon / ginger quantities to get a more gingery tasting sponge
Feijoa icecream
http://www.recipecommunity.com.au/desserts-sweets-recipes/strawberry-ice-cream/126476
This is feijoa heavan right here. For the first time in ten years our trees have an abundance of good size fruit. Using the strawberry ice cream recipe from the recipe community, link above, and substituting the strawberries for feijoa pulp we made feijoa icecream. Once frozen, the icecream is cut into squares and blitzed for a few seconds at speed 9 in the thermomix then ready to scoop and eat. The result is sublime… Creamy, dreamy, soft, sweet feijoa icecream. We would challenge anyone to find a better gourmet icecream.
Notes :- reduced sugar in recipe from 150g to 100g, and instead of 500g cream used 300g cream and 200g milk. The icecream is usually a bit hard and icy to cut into squares with sharp knife but if left out for a few minutes softens quickly, pays to freeze in shallow containers. And after second churn, it looks crumbly but you can press into an icecream scoop to make it look pretty, eat straight away or refreeze for later . Omigosh it’s divine! And the whole family wants more.
Torta caprese (Gluten free chocolate cake)
We tried this gluten free chocolate torte at the last thermomix course and it was delicious and decadent. So it was definately on the list to make. It is an almond flour based chocolate torte and another simple another guided thermomix recipe. Was a little sweet, should reduce sugar next time. Chocolate ganache not set because we couldn’t wait for the cake to cool so it was spread into a hot cake. A lovely cake for afternoon tea and kept in fridge for lunchbox treats.
Apple and rockmelon sorbet
One whole apple, a slice of rockmelon and some ice make a summery sorbet. Blitzed for 20-30 seconds at speed 10.
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