Thermomix Lovers United #2

I'm here I'm here I'm here!!!! My beautiful, amazing, gorgeous, generous, soppy hubby bought me a thermomix for Christmas!!!!! I'm so excited. Can't wait to get time to play with him properly - once I've stopped making cubby houses and releasing barbie dolls and my little ponies from their prisons of plastic and cable ties of course. For the moment though, I have to try to find I think L&B's recipe for ice magic in the TMX - I think me telling him it could make this is what tipped DH over the edge to buy it ;-)

Yay congrats on your Thermie :D

Yay Lulu. What an excellent Chrissie present.

Here's the Quirky Cooking recipe for Ice Magic:
To make 'Ice Magic' chocolate topping, melt 100g dark dairy free chocolate (chopped) and 50g coconut oil in the Thermomix for 3-5 mins on 50 degrees, speed 2, until smooth.

Store in a jar in the pantry.

Tenina has a fancier recipe. Other resources include forumthermomix and the recipecommunity.

here's another one:
Salted Ice Magic


200g chocolate
100g coconut oil (you can use butter if you prefer)
Large pinch of salt (not essential but seriously takes it to a whole new level)
Melt chocolate and oil together however you like…in the Thermie for 2 mins on 50 degrees, in the microwave or in a double boiler on the stove top)
Add pinch of salt and mix well.



I made a heap of stuff for Christmas in the thermie.
chocolate Cointreu sauce
Orange custard
GF profiteroles
Cornbread
Creme Anglaise
coleslaw
lamb burgers
Berry sauce
Ricotta sauce

And we steamed the veggies in the Varoma :)

Thanks so much L&B. Been looking through the first thread but I keep getting pulled away by the girls. Damn their wish to play with their new Christmas toys - I want to play with mine!!!

And all I can say is mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmm. Chocolate Cointreau sauce. I am now convinced. Having not even turned my TMX on yet, it was the best purchase DH has ever made for me ;-)

Ok. Off to make ice magic now. Wish me luck . . .

Thought id better get in on this thread since i got a thermie a few wks ago. Any tips on good cookbooks to buy ladies? Were a very plain meat n veg type household... My mash is always puree not mash what could i be doing wrong?

I mostly use online blogs for recipes. The Indian cookbook is great. I refer to the EDC for how to do things, but rarely use my other cookbooks. I should, especially for all in one meals. Have you had a Varoma demo? That helped me become a lot more confident.

Some of my favourite blogs include:
Tenina
Quirky Cooking

Also the recipecommunity or forumthermomix

Does everybody mill their own flours with the TMX? Where do you buy the grain/nuts from cos I imagine buying almonds in bulk from woolworths is still going to cost me a fortune!

I made pancake batter this morning and last night I made the fluffy dream. Stupidly gave a spoonful to Miss A without even thinking so she got an enormous reaction I'm assuming to the raw egg :-(

I use chia seed gel to replace the egg white in fruity dream

Never heard of that Olive. Is that a health food shop purchase?

Nope just buy chia seeds, the recipe is usually on the back, otherwise 1 tsp chia to 9 tsp water, let it sit for 10 mins then stir, use maybe a third to half of mixture instead of egg white

Thanks Olive.

I made the buttermilk bread recipe this morning from the EDC book and it was really doughy. It didn't say to put it in a loaf tin so I didn't - made two loaves, shaped them and put them on a baking tray. They ended up spreading out to cover almost the entire tray and each loaf was maybe 8cm high. In fairness, I did have to put them in the oven to do their second resting period and then pre-set the oven to start cooking them at what I guestimated to be enough time to allow them to double in size. So, they were in a cold oven that had to warm up with them in it, although my oven would have hit temperature within 3 minutes at the most. It then turned itself off after cooking time and the loaves then sat in a warm oven for maybe 5 minutes until I got home.

So, after all that, any idea what has caused the loaves to be doughy, or is that just the way this recipe is?

I have made that recipe into rolls and they turned out great. Bread can be hit and miss this time of year due to the weather. I would give it another go and see if you like it.

I made Cobb loaf mix yesterday and the leek mix for my leek and Brie tarts for New Years. Everyone loved it.

I'm making profiteroles right now. Will fill with vanilla creme patisserie and top with salted chocolate ganache. For dinner we're cheating. I lifted out the last batch of "Xmas leftovers pie filling" and some Pâté Brissee I had made last week.

I'm so tired today I could sleep for a week.

ThermoVixens is another good site

Just popping in here, waiting on delivery. I'm feeling very excited, have been and stocked up on all the things I need from the recipes I've searched (almonds, cacoa powder, chickpeas etc) and really keen on making sure that I use my thermie to make healthier, quicker and easier meals. :)

Very exciting starangelk. I'm having so much fun with mine. I hope you don't have to wait too long.

I have a question ladies - when a recipe says to cook something at say 100 for 5 minutes, do you wait to start the time until the temperature actually gets to 100, or have you found that the the warm up time is factored into the recipe?

Yay didn't know got one, will have to add you to the FB group :D

I never wait, it actually never occured to me that i should lol

Thanks lovely - it would be great to be added to the FB group :)