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Mushroom Risotto

Mar12

Ingredients

350 grams Arborio Rice
200 grams Mushrooms – sliced
1 Clove Garlic – peeled
1 Onion peeled & quartered
1 Rasher Rindless Bacon
80 grams Butter
20 ml Olive Oil
150 ml White Wine
1 litre Beef Stock
2 tbsp Fresh Parsley – roughly chopped
Pinch Salt & Pepper as desired

METHOD TIME

HEAT

SPEED

ACTION
*Add Garlic, onions & bacon 8 seconds

6

Chop
Add 80g butter 2 minutes

100

1

Saute
**Add 20ml olive oil & mushrooms 1 minutes

100

Reverse 1.5

Saute’
**Add 150ml wine & 350g rice 2 minutes

100

Reverse 1.5

Saute’
**Add 1 ltr stock, place steamer basket on top to prevent spitting.
 15 minutes

100

Reverse 1.5

Cook
  • * TM21: Drop onto rotating blades. **Insert Butterfly Speed 1
  • Pour into serving dish and allow to stand for 5 minutes, stir before serving.
  • Serve with freshly ground pepper, parmesan & chopped parsley.

Asian Style Chicken & Mushroom Soup

Mar12

Ingredients

1 clove Garlic
1 Spring Onion
1 knob of fresh Ginger – peeled
1 Chillie – can be omitted
250g Chicken tenderloin or breast thinly sliced
30ml Olive oil
300g Fresh Button mushrooms or Shitake mushrooms
1.25 litres Chicken stock
1 bunch Choy sum chopped
250g Fresh thin cooked egg or rice noodles
150g Enoki mushrooms trimmed
10ml Olive oil
Salt & Pepper to taste
Small amount of Coriander & Bean shoots for garnish

METHOD

TIME

HEAT

SPEED

RESULT
* Add garlic, spring onion, ginger & chillie

20 seconds

6

Chop
Scrape down sides of bowl, add 20 ml olive oil

2 minutes

100

1

Saute
Insert butterfly, add 10ml Olive oil, button & shitake mushrooms

4 minutes

100

1
**

Cook until tender
Pour in all of the stock and choy sum stalks, reserving leaves for later

12 minutes

100

1
**

Bring to the boil
Reduce heat

5 minutes

70

1
**

Simmer
Add choy sum leaves, chicken & enoki mushrooms

2 minutes

70

1
**

Cook until leaves have wilted

Divide noodles into bowls and ladle soup over the top.  Garnish with coriander & bean shoots.
Serve immediately.
* TM21: Drop onto rotating blades.
**TM31: Reverse Speed stir.

Chillie Sauce

Mar12

This is not quite as sweet but sure has zing with a bang of flavour.
Heat of this sauce relates to the type of chillie used.  Seeds in or out also makes a huge difference.
Play around with different chillies and use the ones that suit your palette.