ankita, Author at One Girl and her Thermie

Chinese Five Spice

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Spices and spice mixtures ground fresh in your Thermomix will always give a better flavour than shop bought versions. This Chinese Five spice recipe is a useful store cupboard standby to add a hint of the Orient to your dishes and is used in the wonderful Asian Salad recipe (coming soon) on this blog too.

Five-spice powder is a spice mixture of five or more spices used predominantly in Chinese and Taiwanese cuisine and also used less commonly in other Asian and Arabic cookery. Five-spice powder is used for cocktails as well.

Piccalilli

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Piccalilli is an English interpretation of South Asian pickles, a relish of chopped pickled vegetables and spices; regional recipes vary considerably.

This Thermomix recipe is the best piccalilli recipes I have tried; pile it onto your plate with a ploughman’s or spice up ham and colcannon with a generous dollop.

Credit: This recipe is in British Isles on a Plate cookbook produced by Thermomix UK and also available on Cookidoo Platform. Link to this Piccalilli Cookidoo recipe for guided cooking is here.

Quick and Easy Cream Scones

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I’m delighted to have my friend and fellow Thermomix owner, Kerry join me as a guest blogger. Here’s her family recipe for cream scones.

I grew up in the bush in Australia and I learnt to bake at a very young age. My grandmother and my Mum would make amazing scones when I was younger, and I remember many local show days and CWA cookery events where scones very similar to the ones below were served with home made jam and freshly whipped cream. I loved them so much (and I still do!) that I’ve adapted and tweaked their original Australian recipe for my TM5.

These scones are super quick and easy and can be ready in just over 15 minutes if you need a quick morning or afternoon tea treat when visitors pop by unexpectedly! They’re beautifully fluffy and they work every time!

Banana ice-cream

Pesto

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This easy, beautiful pesto recipe is absolutely bursting with fresh herby flavour. … You can whizz up your own delicious pesto in under 5 minutes – it’s great for a fast-fix meal. Homemade pesto is tastier than any shop bought version and this recipe shows how easy it is to make.

I use it on it’s own with pasta (always a winner in my home), spread it on a warm, crusty roll or smother it on salmon and steam with rice in the Thermomix; whatever you do with it, it’s a winner and a staple in my kitchen fridge.

And if you want ideas on how to eat pesto, check out this article I found online.

Lemon Oil Dressing

Spiced Hot Cross Buns

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You know you’re getting old when you catch yourself tutting at the sight of spiced hot cross buns on sale while most of Britain is still ploughing through Christmas cake. I can’t blame people for buying them – spiced, fruited breads are delicious at any time of year – but equally, I do regret the spreading of their brief season.

My style is to hold out until Good Friday, and then cram as many as possible into my diet until they disappear from the shelves (or, at least, from the promotional hotspots and back into the muffin and tea bread aisle).

This year and the past few years of course, of course, I’ve never had to purchase them as I’ve managed to scour the net and for testing purposes only and in the pursuit of perfection, found my perfect blend. We recipe tested this particular spiced hot cross buns at an Easter Workshop for my friend’s membership club, The Girly Gang, two years ago and the recipe was a hit for all guests.

Jamie Oliver’s Broccoli Soup

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Thanks to my friend, Natarsha, who recommended this Jamie Oliver’s Broccoli Soup to me. This is a mega-easy soup that you can whip up in no time at all. Bursting with vitamin C-rich broccoli, this gorgeous green bowl is perfect for giving you – and your immune system – a boost when you’re feeling under the weather.

Originally posted in his ‘Grab a slice of Autumn‘ edition of his magazine, this super soup is vegetarian, gluten free and also so easy to do in the Thermomix.