I love my TM..... but cooking meat in it = disappointment. Suggestions??

[brazen20au]

i know, i didnt plan to get up so early but coudln't get back to sleep!

[judydawn]

So where do we head when we can't sleep - our computers and the forum    It is quiet and doesn't disturb others in the household, unlike heading for our TMX's 

KarenT - sounds like you have a good partnership with your machine, both of you contributing towards an end product that you are looking for.

[Frozzie]

not complaining...it gets very quiet when the aussie members are off to bed..there are only a few of us around when your all sleeping 

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

I always add chicken (2-3cm diced thigh fillets) to the TM bowl with 6-7 minutes of cooking time remaining.  I check a piece at the end of cooking time and it is always cooked to perfection.  I do this with risottos, curries, honey mustard chicken etc.

Mince is tricky.  Some people like it in the TM and some don't.  I use the TM if I am making bolognaise for lasagne or macaroni beef, but otherwise I generally prefer it on the stovetop.

With diced beef I find cooking times really vary with the cuts.  I made the gourmet beef casserole (recipe from forum) a fortnight ago and used rump steak.  I didn't check it (silly me) and cooked it for way too long.  It had all disintegrated and looked terrible.  The same dish cooked with blade steak would have been beautiful.  Tonight we are having swiss beef (recipe from forum also) with rump steak and I will add the steak in a lot later than suggested.

Hope this helps. Good luck! 

[curly66]

I made my first real casserole in thermomix yesterday as I was not wanting to waste meat by having it shredded either,  and it was the Gourmet Beef one, I used gravy beef... wow!!  worked perfectly, no shredding and today it's in 6 pies...