Hi All
I have had my Thermomix for exactly a week and I thought I would share with you how things have been tracking! On his arrival I tried Bolognese sauce - I only had minimal ingredients in the pantry as it was the day before a shop, so I just chucked in what I would normally throw in to a Spag Bol sauce. I couldnt be bothered pulling the sauce out to cook the spaghetti so I just threw in some spiral pasta, gave it a few extra minutes and served it up to the family. It was good, but a little mushy, I think I cooked it a little long to take into account the late arrival of the pasta into the mix.
The next day I had a go at Bread..bit of a flop, but I didnt have bakers flour and I think this was the reason for the failure, so I was determined to give it another shot. I tried the Wholemeal recipe from the forum, where I let the ground wholewheat soak overnight, it was a lovely loaf, however I would emit the honey next time as I am not a big honey fan. That same day I cooked Butter Chicken which was great.
Then I became a bit adventurous and cooked the vegie stock, marmalade (from the orange and lemon juice I tried), rocky road, shortbread and mince tarts including the pastry. These all became gifts for the kids teachers and they all turned out really well - the maramalade even set!!
Then tonight I cooked the Gourmet Beef Casserole with mashed potatoes - DELICIOUS! I was so impressed that the chuck steak I used was so tender even after only 40 minutes of cooking.
Now it is my Grandmothers 80th birthday tomorrow and I want to impress with the Thermomix. So tonight I made butter - worked a treat! I am making a pull apart herb loaf now, I will make fresh rolls in the morning. I am also going to make the chestnut chocolate cheesecake from the 2011 calendar tonight and tomorrow I will make the Chicken casserole for mains I think - that looks good on the mains recipe forum.
So I am pretty impressed with my efforts. I was so excited about the butter being so easy and tomorrow and I am really keen to see how this new white loaf turns out as it is only 2 hours of creating, rather than 24 hours for the wholemeal. The white loaf I am trying is a loaf version of the dinner rolls.
I better go and check on the rising bread and give you all some peace! Just a quick thankyou to all of you, without your input I know my thermomix experience would definatley not have been as pain free and as successful.
Look forward to chatting with you again at week 2 maybe!
