Your Thermomix® can help with Christmas and Party planning
As a long term Thermomix® user I have my list of Christmas recipes that I use every year. To be honest, I really should do some of them more throughout the year.
In this post I wanted to share with you some of my favourites for Christmas Day, entertaining and for gifts. I also share some of the Cookidoo® collections that are really handy and include some great recipes.
My favourite Thermomix® Christmas recipes
My long term favourites, for Christmas Day and for the silly season in general, are:
- Passionfruit Raspberry Dacquoise: This recipe was in the old TM31 cookbook. I have linked to it on the Recipe Community. This is such a great dessert – basically a nutty meringue. I suggest using fresh, not frozen fruit to decorate. Also the recipe never states when to add the vanilla so I put in just after the sugar. Click here to learn how to bring the recipe into Cookidoo®.
- Chocolate Salami: I found this recipe online many years ago at a site called British Larder. I still follow this recipe years later, even through there are some similar recipes around, and some on Cookidoo®. I make three logs from each batch and coat in icing sugar. They keep in the freezer for months in the plastic wrap. My friends and family expect one as a gift every year, and love it!
- Red and Green Christmas Shortbread: yum, with or without the chocolate dipping! This is a great recipe to make and store the rolls of dough in the freezer until you need it. I usually make three rolls from a batch.
- Coconut Almond Snowballs: I made this for the first time a couple of years ago and ended up making it twice. If you are a coconut lover, this is for you. I have made with and without the centre almond. Both good – but one much quicker to make!
- Classic Chocolate Fudge: who doesn't love a creamy chocolate fudge? So super easy in the Thermomix® and perfect every time. There are a few recipes so search for one you love.
- Salted Chocolate Caramel Fudge: Couldn't resist another fudge recipe for caramel lovers. This is a goody and has become my go-to fudge recipe!
- Christmas Mince Pies: this is a new Cookidoo® recipe which I am going to try this year. You can use store bought fruit mince or make the Classic Christmas Fruit Mince in your Thermomix®..
Christmas this year will be at home in Cairns. We are travelling to family in Hobart and Launceston in January. I am planning lots of seafood, a couple of salads, freshly baked bread, the dacquoise (linked above) and lots of champagne and cocktails! All this with a dress code of “pool party” and lots of dips in the pool.
A few savoury options for entertaining using your Thermomix®
Yes, the previous section was all sweet and delicious – so time for some savoury favourites as well. Great for entertaining, or just for yourself! I have a couple of cocktail recipes here too.
- Chicken liver paté: I love paté and it is so easy and cheap to make. For the recipe linked the only change I would make is to blend for a minute at Step 3 to get extra smooth. Or you could try the Sous Vide Chicken liver paté. I haven't tried that yet, but keen to try.
- Crayfish paté: no I would never use good crayfish in this, but I have made it a few times for Christmas entreé and substituted canned crab meat for the crayfish. It is really good.
- Capsicum and sun-dried tomato dip: this is an oldie and a goodie. A quick dip that everyone loves.
- Patatas Bravas with chorizo: introduce a little of Spain into your entertaining. The sauce on this is great.
- Citrus margarita: a regular at our place! The Thermomix® does such an incredible job of crushing ice for drinks.
- Mango Daiquiri: we have made this a couple of time recently after I bought a bucket of mangoes on the side of the road! So delicious with fresh mango, but it does work with frozen too, or use as a recipe to use with your fruit of choice.
There are also a heap of savoury recipes in the collections that I have linked to in the next section.
Christmas Collections on Cookidoo®
Collections on Cookidoo® are effectively cookbooks – some include all the recipes from a previously published book, and some are just a handful of recipes brought together with a common theme.
Click through to my blog posts to watch my videos on learning your way around Cookidoo®.
Cookidoo® has a few Christmas Collections that make it a lot easier to find some recipes for your celebration. These include:
- Sweet Christmas
- Savoury Christmas
- Christmas with Kids
- A Very Thermomix Christmas
- Christmas: Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes
- Christmas Day
- Christmas Dinner
- Gluten-free Christmas
- Merry Christmas
A few collections focused on gifts provide some yummy suggestions too.
- Christmas Gifts
- Gifts: Make your own with Thermomix
- Homemade Gifts
- DIY Gift Giving
- DIY Gifts
- Homemade Gifts (different collection to earlier)
Cookidoo® is the Thermomix® recipe database.
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Without an account you can see the ingredients but not the cooking method.
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