TM newbie

[mareeb]

Hi,
My name is Maree and I've had my Thermomix for 1 day. The first recipe I tried out was the Pumpkin risotto recipe from the UK TM site. I was glad I joined this forum because I immediately needed help to work out how to remove the brown stain/film that was left on the bottom of the bowl. I'll try out the cleaning suggestions - thanks for sharing your knowlege!

[judydawn]

Hi mareeb, welcome to the forum.  Glad we were able to help you so quickly    How was your risotto?

[mareeb]

Hi judydawn - the risotto was delicious - I was really pleased with how it turned out.  Hoping that I won't have that brown stain issue each time I use my TM though!

[judydawn]

I don't get it a lot but do tend to use a little higher speed. If it says spoon speed, I generally use speed 1. I like to see my food moving.

[cookie1]

Welcome mareeb. Judy, someone told me that it is important to see the food moving. It stops things burning and similar nasties. It always gives me some satisfaction to see the food moving round too.

[mareeb]

Thanks for the speed tips - next time I try that risotto recipe I'll take your advice speed 1 instead of speed spoon setting and see how I go. So much to learn!

[AmandaN]

I just had a quick scan read through that UK risotto recipe, and I noticed they don't use the butterfly.  In the Australian book, the recipe uses the butterfly, but there is a note at the bottom that says it can be done without it.  The first couple of risottos I cooked I used the butterfly, and then I tried it without, and I did get some burning on the bottom of the bowl.  I am thinking that with the weight and "gloop" factor of the risotto, it really needs the butterfly to really get that bottom half of the bowl moving.

What does everyone else do? Butterfly or no butterfly???


Another cleaning tip:  sometimes when you have cleaned your bowl up, it gets that "rainbow" look on the surface.  Make some lemonade, and the ice and lemon juice seem to make it nice and sparkly again.

[cookie1]

I think the risotto is better with the butterfly.

[SueJen]

Always use the butterfly for risotto

[Zan]

Welcome Maree.
I think I ignore any stains (last time I inspected my blades were a little rainbowish in places) but what I don't see I dont' care about, lol, until I find the time to care.
We've given up on risotto here, I think I just dont' like it -I did have one once 10 years ago I liked, lol.

[Very Happy Jan]

Welcome Maree. I always use the butterfly for risotto and like Cookie1 increase the speed so the food is moving. I'm sure I got that tip from this forum so my best advice is to read as much of the forum as you can. No easy feat these days as it has grown so much but the advice and information on here is invaluable.  You can become a forum tragic like many others (me included  ) Happy cooking

[Cornish Cream]

Hi and welcome to the forum mareeb.I'm glad to hear that your risotto was a success, even though you had a little hiccup with staining at the bottom of the bowl.Have fun cooking other recipes.

[Hestonfan]

Hello there Maree 
Interesting to hear about the butterfly vs not butterfly debate 
A funny story/gossip on risotto. The consultant I got my TMX from made a risotto for her demo at delivery. I thought it was terrible.It was soupy but rather than excusing herself for the poor achievement, she stated "TMX makes soupy risotto". I had already made it prior to the demo with the butterfly and it was fine, sent her a photo etc. So, during the demo I said to my friends "oh you can use the butterfly attachment for the risotto". She literally jumped at me contradicting my statement saying "No! You don't need it at all". I could have said as a bona fide Italian what I thought of her rendition and explained to her how she even used the wrong type of risotto rice/wrong techniques etc obvious from the tasting but I just left it at that. Needless to say my friends at the demo were not impressed with her!!
There! 

[judydawn]

Is she still a demonstrator Gabry? Boy, what an experience 

[Hestonfan]

Yes!!  She is... She even runs classes on bread making (before you ask, she did a bread recipe at the demo.... what can I say .... But oh, dear....) by the way, she tasted one of my sourdoughs at the demo and "demanded" the recipe afterwards

Crackers