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Chit Chat / Re: Thermies off to hospital!!!
« on: March 04, 2012, 09:13:33 am »
Oh the humanity. :(

So dependent on Thermie I don't know what I'd do if it died. Too horrible to contemplate.

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Bread / Re: Khorasan Flat Bread
« on: February 19, 2012, 07:00:51 am »
Thanks for that Andie, quite interesting and I'm going to order that book.


Cheers,
Chris

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Bread / Re: Khorasan Flat Bread
« on: February 18, 2012, 11:56:04 am »
Ethic is a fine establishment. When I get some free time in a few weeks I'm going to take some photos and get my wife to do a post about it on her blog. http://pieceofgreen.blogspot.com.au/

Chris

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Bread / Re: Khorasan Flat Bread
« on: February 18, 2012, 11:27:36 am »
There is a new store opened up in Woodend Vic, called Ethic that does all sorts of bulk foods and supplies. I'm going to do a separate post about the store. You go in with your containers, weigh them and then fill them up with grains, herbs, cereals, shampoo, cleaning products etc. They weigh them at the end and subtract the container weight.


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Bread / Khorasan Flat Bread
« on: February 18, 2012, 10:58:07 am »
DW has discovered that she is mildly gluten intolerant so we've been looking around for alternatives.

Khorasan is an ancient wheat grain originating in the Fertile Crescent. It is a lower yielding grain per acre and very fragile to mould and disease. On paper, this looks like an agriculture disaster, however, because of its frailties, it has not been aggressively cultured and bred for vigor or yield. So its actual structure has changed very little since the beginning of agriculture. It is a very old grain. It may just have slipped under Monsantos radar.

I found this recipe and modified for the Thermy.

200g water
240g Khorasan flour
1/2 teaspoon of salt (non-iodised)
10g of dry yeast.

Put water and salt in the TM, whiz for 2 minutes at 37 degrees, speed 2.
Add remaining ingredients and spin at speed 6 for 10 seconds
Kneed it for 3 minutes.

Let it prove for 1-2 hours.

Pre-heat oven to 180. I used a pizza stone which was preheated at the same time.

Roll out till it's about a centimetre thick, whack on the pizza stone and cook for 25-30 minutes.

Great flavour and not too heavy. Worked for us.


Khorasan flat bread by DisgruntledDog, on Flickr

We made falafels from scratch as well as hummous and a salsa. Everything but the salsa was done in the TMReally great.


Falafals by DisgruntledDog, on Flickr


The Finished Result by DisgruntledDog, on Flickr



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Recipe Book Recipe Reviews / Re: Recipe Book review For Food's Sake - Flavoured butters
« on: February 12, 2012, 07:33:54 am »
Looks like another book to the shopping list.


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Chit Chat / Re: Travelling to Italy and Germany
« on: February 01, 2012, 11:20:52 am »
We're going to Italy in October for a month. We're going to fly in and out of Venice, so let me know the fun stuff you get up to while you're there.

Enjoy.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hello from Sydney, contemplating a TMX..
« on: January 14, 2012, 05:14:50 am »
Another thing to check out is Youtube. There are a heap of demos of the TMX there.

Oh, and welcome.

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Chit Chat / Re: Thermomix Saves Time in the Kitchen?
« on: January 09, 2012, 08:44:24 am »
I think that's what it comes down to. We'd have dinner parties where we would go through the whole effort of making a curry from scratch but it's a lot of hard work. Hermy (the Thermy) makes the grunt work out of cooking.

Pizza tonight. Dough made in Hermy and the left over pasta sauce with ham, marinaded zuccini, onion and mozzarella. Mmmm.

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Chit Chat / Re: Shopping List Post Thermomix
« on: January 09, 2012, 08:38:21 am »
Thanks Rosie,

Gotta do the Turtle Burgers for my vegie friends. Quite cruel. :D


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Chit Chat / Re: Shopping List Post Thermomix
« on: January 08, 2012, 09:46:28 am »
It's green wheat. We've never used it before. Bought it on a whim.


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Chit Chat / Re: Shopping List Post Thermomix
« on: January 08, 2012, 09:35:05 am »
It's on Victoria Street, west of Sydney Road.

Fantastic place to shop. They are a major supplier to all of the Middle Eastern Restaurants along Sydney Road.
 

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Chit Chat / Re: Thermomix Saves Time in the Kitchen?
« on: January 08, 2012, 09:31:54 am »
Each meal is quicker with the Thermy, I just make more of them so spend more time in the kitchen.

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Chit Chat / Shopping List Post Thermomix
« on: January 08, 2012, 08:46:55 am »
We went to Bas Foods in Brunswick (Vic) on Saturday morning to pick up some supplies.

We got:

1kg Sesame Seeds
500g Sunflower Kernels
3kg Arborio Rice
750g Walnuts
500g Linseeds
2kg Chickpeas
12.5kg '00' flour
1kg Buckwheat
500g Quinoa Seeds
Unslalted Cashews
1kg Rye Flour
1kg Peanuts
750g Raw Almonds
1kg Red Lentils
500g Pumpkin Seeds
1kg Black Turtle Beans
5kg Wholemeal Flour
900g Frike
200g Himalayan Rock Salt
1kg Polenta Maize
1kg Polenta Fine.

This is an amazing amount of food for $140.


I've got such as desire now to make things from scratch.

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Chit Chat / Thermomix Saves Time in the Kitchen?
« on: January 08, 2012, 08:37:26 am »
Absolutely not.

So far this weekend, the wife and I have made the following.


Friday:
Spelt and Sunflower Seed Buns
Chicken and Mushroom Risotto.

Saturday:
Bacon and Eggs on toasted buns made the night before with Hollandaise Sauce

Sunday:
Fresh Pasta
A fantastic vegetarian pasta sauce
Ham, Cheese and Salad Rolls (from Friday Night)
Rye, Spelt, Walnut and Sunflower seed buns.


Every meal with the exception of lunch yesterday (sushi while we were out and about) and breakfast this morning (cereal) has been made from scratch in the Thermy.

Unbelievably good food and a great deal of fun. Not a time saver tho.

Chris

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