Eat food, drink wine, cook with Thermomix
Moist, orangey and buttery, this Thermomix recipe for Sicilian Orange Cake is based on one appearing in Rick Stein’s “Mediterranean Escapes.” Makes one thick cake that serves 12.
One of my favourite starters or light lunches is a deeply flavoured chicken liver parfait, full of thyme and with an underlying taste of port. Heston Blumenthal’s Parfait of Chicken Livers recipe, which I tore out of The Sunday Times magazine way back on October 30, 2005, is my idea of a perfect parfait.
A cheesy variation of choux pastry, Gougères can be made as individual cheesy puffs or as per the traditional way in Burgundy, in a delightful crown-shaped sharing piece. Choux pastry is so easy in the Thermomix, you’ll wonder why you don’t make it more often!
Get the kids to help with this super-easy Thermomix adapted recipe for chewy chocolate chip cookies. Thermomix has so many built-in safety features, kids can happily and safely make cookies with minimal adult supervision.
Perfect for a cricket tea or a picnic. Eat a large cake on its own, or sandwich 2 smaller ones with jam, butter cream icing, whipped cream and fresh fruit, then dust with icing sugar. The butter cream icing can be either plain or made with coffee or chocolate. Serves 8.
