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Basic Buttercream Recipe For Your Thermomix

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Buttercream Recipe For Thermomix

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BASIC BUTTERCREAM – THERMOMIX RECIPE

You can find a recipe for basic buttercream in the Thermomix TM5 BCB Cookbook and on the chip. However the recipe in this blog post is a larger batch size. We have increased the quantities of the Thermomix recipe in this blog post so that we have enough buttercream to make larger cakes and larger quantities of cupcakes for our big fat Greek family celebrations.

INGREDIENTS

  • 200g sugar
  • 500g soft butter, roughly chopped
  • 100g milk – use more for a thinner consistency
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp liquid food colouring

STEPS

  1. Add sugar (200g) to bowl and mill for 10 seconds/speed 9.
  2. Attach the butterfly to the blades and then add butter (500g), milk (100g), vanilla extract (2 tsp) and food colouring (if using). Blend 2 minutes/speed 4 or until colouring is evenly distributed throughout mixture.
  3. Use as needed.

Avengers Birthday Cake

NOTES

  • The quantity of liquid food colouring needed will depend on the colour you wish to achieve. We have used ½ tsp of Hopper’s natural red food colouring for the Avengers Birthday Cake featured in the photo above.
  • Use this buttercream on top of any cake or cupcake. The recipe used for the Avengers Birthday Cake featured is a Sponge Cake. You could also try the Chocolate Buttermilk Cake.
  • Avengers eatable cake topper decoration is from Kids Party Supplies.

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Kitchen Tea Bridal Shower Greek Celebration Recipes For Your Thermomix

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Traditional Greek Sweets

This is the sweets table from Chrystalla’s sister’s kitchen tea celebration. Almost all of these traditional Greek sweet recipes can be made in a Thermomix. Some recipes have already been published in our existing ebooks or here on the blog including:

Beautiful Flower Cake

The flower cake can be made using the following recipes:

Sponge Cake For Avengers Themed Kids Birthday Party – Recipe For Your Thermomix

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Avengers Birthday Cake
Chrystalla’s little boy Ari loves all superheros and he wanted an Avenger’s themed birthday party this year. This was his birthday cake. It is a sponge cake base with red basic buttercream over the top and an Avengers eatable cake topper for decoration.

INGREDIENTS

  • 250g butter, roughly chopped
  • 440g white sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 4 tsp vanilla
  • 430g plain flour
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • 250g milk

STEPS

  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees, fan forced. Grease 10 inch (25cm) cake tin.
  2. Beat butter (250g) and sugar (440g)together 1 minute/speed 5.
  3. Add eggs (4) and vanilla (4 tsp) and beat for 30 seconds/speed 5.
  4. Scrape down sides. Add flour (430g), baking powder (4 tsp) and milk (250g) and mix 30 seconds/speed 6.
  5. Scrape down sides and blend for another 10 seconds/speed 6.
  6. Pour mixture into cake tin and cook for 20 – 30 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

NOTES

  • Allow the cake to completely cool before decorating with a beautiful buttercream frosting or a basic buttercream.
  • Avengers eatable cake topper decoration is from Kids Party Supplies.

Chocolate Buttermilk Flower Cake Recipe For Your Thermomix

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This seriously has to be the most beautiful cake recipe we have ever shared! Perfect for Mother’s Day (if your mum likes cake) and perfect for other special celebrations such as birthdays and bridal showers.

Chrystalla made the Chocolate Buttermilk Cake for her sister’s Kitchen tea last weekend. The photo below is the same cake but with a caramel icing instead of chocolate icing…

The cake is made with 4 seperate recipes:
1. Chocolate Buttermilk Cake for the base/cake – recipe below…
2. Basic Buttercream to spread over the top of the cake
3. Chocolate Icing to drip over the top of the buttercream and down the sides.
4. Chocolate Macarons to be used in decorating the cake along with eatable flowers…recipe coming soon!

Chocolate Buttermilk Flower Cake

CHOCOLATE BUTTERMILK CAKE

INGREDIENTS

  • 300g plain flour
  • 275g sugar
  • 50g cocoa
  • 1 ½ tsp bicarb soda
  • ¾ tsp salt
  • 345g buttermilk – make your own!
  • 125g butter, roughly chopped
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ½ tsp vanilla

STEPS

  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees, fan forced. Grease and line an 10 inch (25cm) round cake tin.
  2. Add flour (300g), sugar (275g), cocoa (50g), bicarb soda (1 ½ tsp) and salt (¾ tsp). Sift together for 3 seconds/speed 5.
  3. Scrape down the sides and add buttermilk (375g), butter (125g), eggs (2) and vanilla (1 ½ tsp). Beat for 2 minutes/speed 6.
  4. Scrape down the sides and then mix for 1 minutes/speed 6.
  5. Pour cake mixture into the lined cake tin and bake in the oven for about 1 hour or until a testing skewer comes out clean.
  6. All the cake to cool in the tin for about 5 minutes before turning it out onto a wire rack. Allow the cake to completely cool before decorating.

NOTES

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DECORATING TIPS

Chocolate Buttercream Cake

Chocolate Buttercream Cake

Chocolate Buttercream Cake

Chocolate Buttercream Cake

Chocolate Buttercream Cake

OR DECORATE WITH CARAMEL ICING


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Chocolate Icing Recipe For Your Thermomix

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CHOCOLATE ICING THERMOMIX

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INGREDIENTS

  • 125g dark cooking chocolate, broken into pieceS
  • 60g butter
  • 15g water

STEPS

  1. Add chocolate to bowl and chop 10 seconds/speed 8.
  2. Melt the chocolate 3 minutes/50 degrees/speed 3.
  3. Scrape down the sided and continue melting until all chocolate is melted.
  4. Add in the butter and melt 2 minutes/50 degrees/speed 3.
  5. Scrape down sides, weigh in the water and mix 20 seconds/speed 3.
  6. Allow to cool a little so it thickens then use as needed over your cake.

Chocolate Buttermilk Flower Cake

NOTES

  • Once the chocolate icing is on the cake, place it in the fridge so that the icing can harden.
  • This recipe has been used to make the beautiful Chocolate Buttermilk Flower Cake

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Pasteli Greek Honey, Nut and Sesame Bars – Recipe For Your Thermomix

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Chrystalla’s sister Evette is getting married soon and this weekend is her kitchen tea celebration. For events like this… weddings, christenings and bridal showers… we make a traditional sweet called Pasteli.

Many people say that Pasteli cannot be made in a Thermomix because the temperature needs to be really hot to make the syrup. However, we are really happy with the outcome of our conversion.

The converted recipe for Pasteli is not “rock hard” as some of our theas (aunties) like to make it, but the bars will set and harden more by simply placing it in the oven for a second time.

It is important to note that a Thermomix TM5 heats up to 120 degrees and then varoma. Whereas a Thermomix TM31 only heats to 100 degrees and then varoma. The recipe will work in both machines however the results may vary because of the heating temperature. If you are using a thermal cooking machine that does not heat up to at least 120 degrees then you will need to bake the Pasteli in the oven.

P.S. You don’t need to wait for a special celebration to make these bars. They are a delicious sweet any time of year.

PASTELI – GREEK HONEY, NUT & SESAME BARS

Ingredients

  • 300g almonds
  • 130g raw peanuts
  • 80g pistachio
  • 75g pumpkin seeds
  • 285g sesame seeds
  • 200g sugar
  • 165g honey

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STEPS

  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees, fan forced.
  2. Line two rectangle baking trays with baking paper: 34 cm x 24 cm x 2cm
  3. Use the scales to weigh all nuts: almonds (300g), peanuts (130g), pistachio (80g). Place the nuts onto a baking tray and toast  in the oven for approx. 20 minutes or until golden brown. Stir occasionally.
  4. Sesame seeds will cook faster so toast the sesame seeds (285g) on a separate tray for approx. 10 minutes or until golden brown.
  5. After 10 minutes of cooking the nuts and the nuts are half toasted, add the pumpkin seeds (75g) to the nut tray.
  6. Once the nuts and sesame seeds are toasted, pour them into a bowl and mix together with a spoon.
  7. Add sugar (200g) and honey (165g) to the bowl and cook for 20 minutes/steaming temperature/slowest speed.
  8. Add the nuts and seeds mixture to the bowl and mix with the honey syrup for 15 seconds/reverse/speed 2. Immediately pour the mixture into a lined baking tray. Then soak the bowl and blades in hot water as it will be very sticky. NOTE: THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE QUICKLY SO THAT IT DOES NOT GETSTUCK IN THE BOWL OR ON THE BLADES.
  9. Grease a rolling pin with oil or baking spray and then roll the pasteli mixture into a flat rectangle. Ensure it is tightly compact.
  10. The pasteli will harden as it cools. Once it has just slightly cooled, take the pasteli out of the baking tray and cut it into pieces. Ensure that the pasteli is cut before it completely cools, otherwise it will be too hard.
  11. For a softer pasteli, serve as is. For a harder, crunchier pasteli, put the pieces back into the oven tray and cook for another 5 minutes on 180 degrees, fan forced. Cut the pasteli once again.

NOTES

  • For a rock hard toffee style pasteli cook the syrup on the stove using the traditional method.
  • Weigh nuts and seeds by placing a bowl on top of the lid. The scales can also be used whilst the honey is cooking.
  • Allow the pasteli to cool before storing in an air tight container. Line the container with baking paper to stop it from sticking.
  • Wrap pasteli in cellophane with ribbon for special occasions.

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Zucchini and Potato Fritters – Recipe For Your Thermomix

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ZUCHINI & POTATO FRITTERS
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We love fritters for lots of different reasons. They are great for the kids lunch box, perfect for the 3am breastfeeding snack or really good when you just need something quick and delicious to eat.

Zucchini & Potato Fritters

Ingredients

  • 250g or 3 large potatoes, peeled & quartered
  • 250g zucchini, roughly chopped
  • 20g plain flour or gluten free flour
  • 1 egg
  • 5g or 1 tsp salt
  • pepper to taste
  • ½ tsp dried oregano (optional)
  • oil for cooking

Steps

  1. Add potato (250g) and zucchini (250g) to the bowl and chop 2 seconds/speed 5. Check that the vegetables are finely chopped otherwise chop again for 2 seconds/speed 5.
  2. Tip the chopped vegetables into a nut milk bag or use the small simmering basket to strain. Squeeze liquid out.
  3. Place the vegetable mixture back into the bowl.
  4. Add flour (20g), egg (1) and salt (5g), pepper (to taste), oregano (½ tsp) and mix 5 seconds/reverse/speed 4.
  5. Add cooking oil to a fry pan and set on a high heat.
  6. Get a tablespoon of mixture and use hands to bring it together into a flat round. Gently place the round into the hot pan to fry.
  7. Fry for a couple minutes on each side or until golden brown.

Notes

  • Add some feta or halloumi, cheese to the mixture.
  • Use the leftover mixture to make a soft fluffy omelet or scrambled eggs. Without washing the bowl, add 2 eggs and blend 10 seconds/speed 5. Pour the egg mixture into hot pan and cook or steam the eggs in the varoma.

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  • Lucy Mathieson from Bake Play Smile

    Mezze is a beautiful cookbook filled with absolutely delicious recipes. Each and every recipe is designed to be shared and enjoyed with family and friends... which is of course, the best way to eat! This is definitely my favourite cookbook for entertaining!

  • Robyn Wellfare

    Truely a stunning book with the most beautiful recipes and charming family stories that shows the love that these generous women have for their family & culture.
    I feel honoured to be an early owner of their first foray into cookbook publishing “Mezze” and I feel (certainly hope) it won’t be their last. And an added bonus is that these beautiful recipes are written in an easy to follow format. Love your work Ladies

  • Keren Nicholaou

    An absolutely stunning collection of traditional recipes. Beautifully presented with precise attention to detail. All recipes are easy to follow even for beginners and taste amazing… A definite must buy…

  • Felicity

    Delicious authentic Greek food, that tastes great and is easy to make with the help of Thermie. Amazing photos of what the food looks like and the recipes are easy to follow. Highly recommend buying, a definite must for your library.

  • Kylie B

    Love love love this book. Have been using my bellini intelli and have made 4 recipes from it so far and they have all been amazing. Beautifully presented with wonderful helpful info and photos to help master the recipes. If you havent purchased it yet I would highly recommend you do.

  • Emma

    So overjoyed to have such beautiful recipes made easier to make using the thermomix! So gorgeously presented, you can feel the love of family oozing from between it’s pages, bringing a sense of home to each amazing recipe. Cannot recommend this book enough, a must have for anyone who loves Greek cuisine!!!

  • Angie Lin

    This brings back some wonderful childhood memories of family dinners and the mouth watering smells wafting through the house. Thank you for “Thermomixing” the recipes to make it easier to recreate them for my family. Well done girls!!!

  • Sarah

    I have made two items so far from the cook book. The traditional greek yogurt, so yummy and so easy. I was happy I could make it thicker than I usually buy it. I also made the rice pudding which was amazing and also very easy. I normally don’t like rice pudding so was very happy with the recipe. I’m looking forward to cooking all the other yummy recipes especially the cheeses and the souvlaki.

  • Bec & Joe The 4 Blades

    Amazingly, the girls were able to cater for us (with the weird and wonderful selection of foods that don’t work for us!) We felt like we had won the food lottery!

  • Marianne Baker

    I am so so excited to see a Greek cookbook coming out for the thermomix!!! Hoping I can wow my big Greek family with some of the recipes!!

  • Tess Hackett

    Your new book sounds AMAZING! Love that there's so much vegetarian!

  • Madeleine Lee

    Made the Halva Fourno recipe last night for the first time - delicious. Thank you so much!

  • Kerensa

    I'm so excited to be making Greek food from scratch! My first bosses were Greek, nearly 20 years ago, I still remember the flavours, scents and brilliance of their food as they cooked for the family.

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