Monday, December 7, 2009

Thermomix test run

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Got my Thermomix on Thursday and have given it an absolute rogering!
It's pretty impressive, so far the kill list is:

- Mango sorbet
- Mushroom risotto
- Strawberry ice cream
- Vanilla sugar
- Lemon butter
- Fresh juices
- Almond milk
- Yoghurt
- Beef ragu
- Mayonnaise
- Kiwi sorbet
- Strawberry sorbet
- Bran rolls
- Tzatziki
- Chilli con carne
- Peach blini
- probably forgot something...

So most of the above are standard recipes from the book provided, except for a few experiments thrown in for good measure, ragu, almond milk...
Pretty keen now to start really pushing the limits, was considering making camembert cheese, however i think the issue here is that there is no way to disable the 'stirring' motion while the heating element is activated.
So it wouldnt really give the curds a chance to set...

Also with the ragu, the flavour was close to usual, however the texture suffered. Even on low speed with a reverse rotation (so the blades cant cut) the meat was almost paste... So that needs little tweaking.
You could only simmer for an hour max too, where my ragu usually sits for 3-4.
The workaround here is just to set it for another hour, and so on... I think after 4 hours my ragu would have looked like a mayonnaise... Which may not be a bad thing...?