BOLOGNESE SAUCE (with Thermomix 3300)

This sauce is worth mentioning... it is just awesome, typical from a restaurant!! You can use it to prepare lasagne or cannelloni filling or to go with any kind of pasta.

INGREDIENTS

- 300 gr minced beef meat
- One small can of tomato puree (400 gr)
- Two carrots
- One Onion
- A clove of garlic (I forgot to put it on the photo)
- Two bay leaves
- One chicken stock
- Olive Oil
- Salt, ground black pepper, oregano

STEPS

Peel and cut the carrots into slices

Peel and cut the onion into pieces

Peel a clove of garlic and remove the middle sprout. This avoids us to have heavy digestion after eating.

Put the vegetables inside the Thermomix jar:
- The carrots

The garlic

The onion

Bay leaves

Two tablespoons of wheat flour

The chicken stock

Half small Thermomix cup of olive oil

The tomato puree

Close the Thermomix and use Speed 6 during some seconds to mix and grind all the ingredients

The mixture must look like this:

Now prepare the meat. Put inside the basket

Season it with salt, black ground pepper

and oregano

Place the basket inside the Thermomix jar

Cover the jar and place the strainer

Set the machine: Speed: 1, Heat: 100 degrees, Time: 15 minutes

Use the Thermomix special fish slice

to remove time by time the meat inside the basket

Once time is over, take the basket out of the jar. Be careful as it will be very hot.

Put the meat in a big bowl. Pour the tomato over it and mix it.

Our bolognese sauce is ready!

Serving suggestion:

With pasta

SQUID IN BLACK INK SAUCE (WITH Thermomix 3300)

Not enough time or too lazy to cook? Today machines can prepare the food for you! I serve this dish with boiled rice that can be easily done in the microwave

INGREDIENTS

- 500 gr squid rings

- 1 tomato

- 1 onion 

- 3 or 4 bay leaves 

- 2 bags of cuttlefish ink (can be found next to frozen fish at the supermarket)

- Some drops of Tabasco 

- Two small Thermomix cups of white wine 

- One small Thermomix cup of water

- One tablespoon of wheat flour

- Half small Thermomix cup of Olive oil 

- Salt, ground black Pepper

STEPS

Place all the squid rings (previously washed with cold water) inside the Thermomix basket. Season them with Salt and Pepper and save for later

Now cut the washed tomato into portions and put them inside the Thermomix jar.

Do the same with the onion 

Add the bay leaves

The measured Olive oil

The tablespoon of wheat flour

And the cuttlefish ink

Close the Thermomix and use Speed 1 during 5-8 seconds, open the jar again. It must look like this:

Pour some drops of Tabasco, Salt and Pepper

Place the basket with the squid rings 

Cover and close the jar. Place the strainer on top. Set the machine: Speed 1, temperature 100 degrees, time 20 minutes

5 minutes before the cooking program has finished, add the rest of the ingredients without removing the strainer 

First one small Thermomix cup of water

Then, two small Thermomix cups of white wine

Leave the Thermomix finishing cooking

Once time is over, open the Thermomix and be careful when handling the basket as it will be very hot. Place the squid in a tray and pour all the sauce all over them 

As I suggested before, they are perfect with some boiled rice as a side 

HOT CHOCOLATE (with Thermomix 3300)

A nice breakfast or snack, it goes perfect with "churros" or Three Kings' Cake. Using Thermomix we will have it ready in just a few minutes.

INGREDIENTS

- Special hot chocolate bar (chocolate a la taza)

- Milk

- Sugar

- Corn Flour

- Butter

- A pinch of Salt

STEPS

(These quantities are for two or three mugs of hot chocolate)

- Separate 12 squares of chocolate

Pour Milk into the Thermomix jar, until you cover the blades (350 ml approximately)

Wrap up the jar, place the strainer and set the machine:  speed; 1, temperature: 100 degrees, time:  1 minute. We want to warm the milk just a little

Now, remove the strainer and add the chocolate squares through the hole

Place the strainer again and use speed 1 during some seconds to crush the chocolate. As we have warm milk inside, it will be effortless for the machine

We add now:

- 250 ml milk 

One small Thermomix cup of sugar, and a pinch of salt 

A teaspoon of butter

A full teaspoon of corn flour

And set the machine: Speed 1, temperature 100 degrees, time: 7 minutes. When time is over, leave speed 1 during some minutes to cool the chocolate down

Yummy!!! Have a nice breakfast!