Strawberry Sauce

brilliant christmas gift idea!

posted on forumthermomix

500g Strawberries, washed & hulled
250g sugar
1 lemon, peeled, seeded & quartered
optional - 1/4 cup alcohol such as brandy or vodka or
optional - flavours such as vanilla essence

Preparation:
cook for 35 mins on 100'c speed 1.
placing the varoma over the top instead of the measuring cup will prevent splattering (thanks pam!)
pour carefully into sterilised jars or bottles and refridgerate

serve over icecream or crepes

source:
originally in the everyday cooking for every family cookbook as strawberry jam

Lemon Curd

originally posted on my blog


another great idea for christmas gifts.

originally posted on forumthermomix by caroline

Lemon Curd
makes 1 jar

75 g caster sugar
juice and finely grated zest of large, juicy lemon (i used 2 medium)
2 large eggs
50 g unsalted butter
i also added a small amount cornflour but not sure it was necessary

1. Put all the ingredients in the TM bowl. Mix 15 seconds on Speed 6.
2. Scrape down the sides with the spatula
3. Insert the whisk. Cook 4 minutes at 80'C on Speed 4
4. If it hasn't thickened enough, continue to cook for 1 to 2 minutes more.
5. Pour into sterilised jars and seal.

Tips/Hints: I got this recipe from the UK Fast and Easy Cooking book. I made a double batch, and it took an extra 3 minutes of cooking time. Great recipe if you like to really taste the lemon. If you prefer a sweeter lemon curd, use the Australian recipe

according to the google i did lemon curd is good on scones or with gingerbread :)

two courses from karenleigh...

Fast Leftover Roast Chicken & 3 Veg Meal

Leftover roast chicken, skin and bones removed Whatever veg you like but I used:
2 peeled potatoes, cut into 1cm thick chips
2 carrots cut into 1cm thick rings
2 big handfuls of green beans

Place potatoes into basket in TM31. Add 600gm boiling water.
Cook 3mins, Varoma @ speed 4.
Place carrots on bottom level of Varoma. Place chicken (I broke it up a bit) and beans into top layer.
When timer goes off, add Varoma and cook for 8 mins, Varoma @ speed 4.
Remove potatoes and mash your favourite way (I prefer to mash them manually with my trusty potato masher).
Voila - meat & 3 vege in under 15 minutes.

Strawberry Sorbet - I know it's pretty straightforward but I had trouble getting the fruit/sugar/ice ratio right.
I still can't bring myself to put raw egg into sorbets.

270gm strawberries (freezing 1/3 of fruit results in better texture if not using egg white) 85gm white sugar 350gm ice Process in the usual way.
Enjoy!

this one is a piece of.... slice

modified from this recipe

Passionfruit Slice

Base:
125g butter, cut into chunks
170g self-raising flour
100g castor sugar
pinch salt
85g coconut

Melt butter for 1:30 mins 80'c speed 3
add other ingredients and mix 3-4 times for 2-4 seconds at a time speed 4, scraping down in between
Bake in moderate oven 10-15 minutes. Cool.


Topping:
1 400g tin condensed milk ( or skim sweetened condensed milk - tastes the same, but fewer calories!)
1 small lemon, skin, pith and seeds removed, cut into pieces
Pulp of 2 passionfruit

place condensed milk and lemon into TMX. chop lemon on speed 7 for 5 seconds
add passionfruit and mix Reverse speed 2 for 5 seconds
Cook a further 8 to 10 minutes

Whole Orange Cake

this cake was based on the recipe here at Full Bellies Happy Kids

WHOLE ORANGE CAKE

2 big oranges
2 eggs
200g cup grapeseed or other oil

270g plain flour
460g sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder

1 extra orange, halved
1 tablespoon or so of sugar extra
icing sugar - around 1/4 cup or less

heat oven to around 160-180'c *
wash your oranges well, rinse.

cut the ends off, cut into quarters. remove the white centre and any seeds, cut in half again so you have 8 pieces per orange. place in thermomix.

add eggs and oil.
blend on speed 8 for 25-30 seconds until it's mostly smooth, thick and creamy.

add flour, sugar and baking powder
mix on speed 4 for 10-15 seconds until mixed.

pour into a cake tin (greased, lined, whatever you want ;))

bake for about 30-40 minutes until a skewer comes out clean *

let cool for 15-20 minutes

meanwhile juice the extra orange and add the extra sugar to it.
either in a saucepan on the stovetop or in the micrwave heat it until the sugar is dissolved
Add some sugar to the juice and bring to a boil, stir to make sure it's well dissolved.

use the skewer to stab holes all over the top of the cake!
pour the syrup mix over the cake
sift the icing sugar over the top and serve.

* my cake ended up a bit too dark around the edges but took longer to cook in the middle, so i think i need a lower temperature for longer to cook it properly.

we quite liked this cake - it is a stronger and slightly more bitter taste than a 'normal' orange cake, because of the whole orange being used. it is sooooo simple in the TMX though and i like using the whole orange instead of wasting half of it!

Apple Mustard Relish

i suspect this recipe needs tweaking, if anyone who knows more about relish-making than me wants to have a go? it seemed not quite ready to me...

anyway, here's my conversion of this recipe


APPLE MUSTARD RELISH

1 onion, cut into quarters
chop onion 5-10 seconds speed 4, stopping once to scrape down

5g oil
5g yellow mustard seeds
cook for 2.30 mins/secs 100' speed soft

2 granny smith apples, peeled, cored, cut into quarters then halved
chop for 5 seconds speed 6

60g water
cook for 10 minutes 70' speed 1 reverse

15g apple cider vinegar
25g brown sugar
pinch salt
grinding of black pepper
add and cook for 3 minutes 70' speed 1 reverse

sterilise jar.
pour into hot jar and seal while still hot.

a delicious alternative to porridge!

this recipe looked so delicious and i just had to try it for breakfast! of course i decided to put a LOT less sugar in it (especially for breakfast). i think this could be made with any variety of fruit :)

this amount made enough for rory and myself, i will update the amounts later when i work out quantities for one (i'm thinking 55g polenta but not completely sure how much milk would be needed)

3/4 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen
1 tspn maple syrup

70g polenta / cornmeal
470g skim milk
zest of one small lemon
pinch of salt
maple syrup to taste (about 1/2-1 tspn for me)
1/2 tspn vanilla essence

put the blueberries and 1 tspn of maple syrup in a microwave container, loosely cover, cook on high for 2 minutes. (i'm sure you could also do this in the thermomix, i just couldn't be bothered!)

place the polenta, milk, zest, and salt in the thermomix. Cook for 10 minutes on 90' speed 4 until the polenta is soft. add maple syrup and vanilla, mix on speed 2 until combined.

place polenta in bowl/s, top with blueberry mix, stir just a little and serve.
(warning - it will be VERY hot for quite a while!)

It's Breakie Time!

brazen's fruit porridge

Rick blogged his version of TMX porridge the other day which reminded me that I'd been thinking about blogging my own, wondering if i did it differently to everyone else! now i know i do lol. porridge is one of my favourite things to make in the TMX, it is sooooo creamy and rich, and SO quick and easy! pre-thermomix i basically didn't eat porridge because it's was too much trouble and just not nice without all the 'naughty' extras such as brown sugar, cream and butter :-0

1 piece of fruit such as a banana or an apple
55g oats (i use aldi oats, the packet doesn't say they're instant but i think they probably are)
160-220g skim milk*

peel banana, halve and place in tmx, add other ingredients.
if i'm using apple i just cut the sides of it and cut them in half (so use eighths) and leave the core behind.

cook for 4 minutes on 80' or 90' speed 4

pour and scrape out - i LOVE my tupperware spatula for this (but don't ever use anything but the tmx spatula to cook with!), top with anything extra such as yoghurt, and serve.

this is enough for rory and myself, or just me (but a big bowlful)

*if i'm going to have yoghurt on top i use 160g for a thicker porridge. 220g makes a runny porridge which you don't need to add anything to.

Porridge Recipe

thanks Perth Penguinista

a porridge recipe with LSA and dates