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Moist Burger Patties

These are a super moist melt-in-your-mouth burger patty with hidden veggies and LSA! They go realllly well with brioche buns (I know you can make them yourself, but I LOVE the ones from Aldi!)

Add Parmesan to bowl.

Blitz 7 seconds/Speed 9.

Add celery, carrot, onion and garlic to bowl.

Blitz 5 seconds/Speed 7.

Add mince, LSA , egg and salt.

Mix 30 seconds/Speed 3/Reverse.

Shape into burger patties, and pan fry on high heat or BBQ.

Moist Burger Patties

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Serves: 6-7

Ingredients

70 grams Parmesan cheese
1 x stick of celery (cut in pieces)
1 x carrot (cut in pieces)
1 x small onion (or 1/2 large onion)
1 x garlic clove
500 grams beef mince
40 grams LSA
1 x egg
1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Add Parmesan to bowl. Blitz 7 seconds/Speed 9.

Add celery, carrot, onion and garlic to bowl. Blitz 5 seconds/Speed 7.

Add mince, LSA , egg and salt. Mix 30 seconds/Speed 3/Reverse.

Shape into burger patties, and pan fry on high heat or BBQ.

Notes

You can substitute the LSA for almond meal or breadcrumbs.

October 17, 2016 By Sophia Brown

Baking/ Main Meal/ Thermomix

Hash Brown Quiche

Thought I would make something savoury for a change!!

The boys/husband loooove this, super tasty and pretty much hits the spot with potato, eggs, bacon and cheese! Great for breakfast, lunch or dinner with a fresh garden salad.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees and grease roasting pan/quiche pan

Add potato to bowl

Blitz 2-3 seconds/Speed 5

Place blitzed potato in steaming basket and press/squeeze out excess liquid by hand

(easiest to do this in the sink!)

Add onion and bacon to bowl

Blitz 3 seconds/Speed 5

Add set aside potato and butter – cook 6 minutes/100 degrees/Speed 4/reverse (MC off, basket on top of hole to avoid splatter)

Place mixture in roasting pan/quiche pan

Give your bowl a quick rinse with cold tap water (to cool down the bowl) and give a quick shake of your bowl to get rid of excess water (no need to do a ‘serious’ wash and dry!)

Add cream, milk, eggs, salt and pepper to bowl

Mix 4 seconds/Speed 4

Pour on top of potato mixture

Sprinkle with tasty cheese and bake for 20 – 25 minutes or until golden

Leave to cool for at least 5 minutes before cutting (or else it’ll be too sloppy)

Hash Brown Quiche

Hash Brown Quiche

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Cooking Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

600 grams potato (approx. 4 medium potatoes) - quartered
1 x brown onion
200 grams bacon
80 grams butter
180 grams cream
40 grams milk
3 x eggs
Salt and pepper to taste
Tasty cheese to top

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180 degrees and grease roasting pan/quiche pan.

Add potato to bowl - blitz 2-3 seconds/Speed 5.

Place blitzed potato in steaming basket and press/squeeze out excess liquid by hand.

Add onion and bacon to bowl - blitz 3 seconds/Speed 5.

Add set aside potato and butter - cook 8 minutes/100 degrees/Speed 4/reverse (MC off, basket on top of hole to avoid splatter) - place mixture in roasting pan/quiche pan.

Give your bowl a quick rinse with cold tap water (to cool down the bowl) and give a quick shake of your bowl to get rid of excess water (no need to do a 'serious' wash and dry!).

Add cream, milk, eggs, salt and pepper to bowl - mix 4 seconds/Speed 4 - pour on top of potato mixture.

Sprinkle with tasty cheese and bake for 20 - 25 minutes or until golden.

April 11, 2016 By Sophia Brown

Main Meal/ Non Thermomix

Easy Carbonara Pasta Sauce (Non Thermomix Recipe)

This is another pasta sauce I’ve been making for many years and is a favourite with my immediate and extended family, so I make it for most family events as it is great for a side dish. It is also great to make for weekday dinners with leftovers for lunch/dinner the next day! This is super quick and easy and is one of those recipes I make if I can’t think what else to make as it is always delicious!

I always have bacon in the freezer, so I usually put anywhere from 250 to 500 grams in this recipe (depending on how meaty I feel like having it) – I chose 300 grams for the recipe below. You could also add chicken and fry it with the bacon, or even add leftover roast chicken to bulk it up.

I usually use penne or fettucine pasta’s with this (depends what I feel like or what I have in the pantry!)

I make this in the frying pan (instead of Thermomix) as I loved bacon when it’s fried and charred/smokey and it brings a depth of flavours with the garlic and onion – mmmmmm!!

Easy Carbonara Pasta Sauce Ingredients

Easy Carbonara Pasta Sauce simmering

Serve with any type of pasta and top with parmesan cheese

This sauce is perfect for 1 x standard 500gm packet of pasta. I made this to go with a (3 – 4 serving) batch of homemade penne pasta in my new Philips Pasta machine – soooo delicious!!!

Easy Carbonara Pasta Sauce (Non Thermomix Recipe)

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon Rice Bran Oil
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 x brown onion (diced)
Approx. 300 grams short cut bacon (cut into 1/2cm strips)
1 x 600ml bottle thickened cream
1 x handful of chopped fresh parsley or 1-2 teaspoons of dried parsley flakes
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 x handful of shredded parmesan cheese

Instructions

In a medium to large frying pan, heat the rice bran oil on high heat.

Add the minced garlic and fry till browned.

Add the diced onion and fry till browned.

Add the bacon strips and fry till browned/shrunken in size.

Add the thickened cream and turn to low heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

Add the parsley, salt and pepper and simmer on low until ready to serve.

Cook and stir through pasta and top with parmesan cheese.

December 1, 2015 By Sophia Brown

Main Meal/ Non Thermomix

Creamy Chorizo Pasta (non Thermomix recipe)

No matter how amazing the Thermomix is, you can’t beat a good pan fried crunchy Chorizo! …sorry Thermie! 🙁

I have tried chorizo pasta in the Thermomix (the one off the Basic Cookbook TM5 chip) and the Thermomix just blitzes it all up… it’s just not the same…yes, super tasty, but it’s just a bit ‘dog foody’… some things just aren’t meant to be blitzed up…

This is my ‘signature’ creamy chorizo pasta sauce that I make about once a week for my family, and the leftovers are even tastier for lunch/dinner the next day.

We also use the leftovers to put inside our $7.50 Kmart Sandwich Jaffle Maker with some cheese. So so so good!!

Chorizo Pasta Jaffle

You can use any type of good quality Chorizo, but I only use the Barossa Fine Foods brand which I get from the Costco deli section, as I find it the tastiest with the right amount of spiciness. It’s probably on a medium scale for spiciness which gives an added depth to the flavours but not unbearable that you’re sipping water in between, however it would be way too spicy for the kids.

Added Chorizo before browning

Chorizo after browning

Simmering Sauce

Tip: To avoid wastage with the tinned tomatoes (there is always some that gets stuck on the side of the tin), add some water into about 1/4 of the tin, swirl around and pour into the sauce.

I make this in the afternoon before the kids bedtime routine, so that after they go to bed I just need to boil up the pasta, which I love freshly cooked and al dente.

Creamy Chorizo Pasta

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Ingredients

2 tbsp rice bran oil
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 red onion (sliced)
500 grams good quality Chorizo - approx. 4 (sliced lengthways, then chopped up into 1cm pieces widthwise)
2 x 400 grams tin of diced tomatoes
1 tbsp sugar
200 mls thickened cream
1 tsp dried oregano
A handful of chopped fresh parsley
(Optional) Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

In a medium to large frying pan, heat up the rice bran oil on high heat.

Add the minced garlic and fry till browned.

Add the red onion and fry till browned/caramelised.

Add the chorizo and fry till browned/crispy and slightly shrunken in size.

Add the diced tomatoes and sugar, reduce to a low heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

Add the thickened cream and keen simmering for another 10 minute

Add the oregano, parsley and simmer on low until ready to serve.

Serve with pasta. This sauce is perfect for 1 x standard packet of pasta. I stir through the whole batch of pasta with the sauce so there's an even distribution (rather than how some people individually serve the cooked pasta and spoon the sauce on top of it)

Notes

Note 1: I find that the Barossa branded chorizo has enough saltiness/spiciness so I don't need to season with salt and pepper. Note 2: This is DELICIOUS with gnocchi too! Note 3: Tastes better the day after!!! 🙂

August 8, 2015 By Sophia Brown