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To make the garlic paste and ginger paste, please refer to the recipes on Cookidoo®.

Replace cinnamon sticks with 3 tbsp ground cinnamon.

For a firmer consistency, place ice cream in freezer for 15 minutes before serving.

You can store this condensed milk in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

Fruit should be frozen in individual pieces or small clusters. Cut fruit into pieces as needed, spread out on a tray, freeze, then use frozen fruit in recipe or transfer to a zip lock bag for later use.

Preserves are really easy to make in the Thermomix®, and save you standing over a stove stirring for hours. Use this recipe in the butterfly cakes recipe. Also delicious served with croissants.

This recipe can be doubled or tripled to meet your requirements.

Use any white or light crusty bread such as baguette, ciabatta, wholewheat bread or bread rolls.

Spread on toast or bread, use in smoothies or with yoghurt or muesli.

This fragrant blend is similar to a traditional Madras curry powder, perfect to enhance flavours in curries or when you are looking to add warmth to a meal.

Turmeric stains easily, so we suggest wearing gloves when peeling turmeric.

Recipe developed by Jenny Tschiesche BSc(Hons) Dip(ION) FdSc BANT. For more information see www.jennytschiesche.com.

Ras el hanout is a spice blend that originated in the Maghreb and combines many different ingredients. The composition differs regionally and from shop to shop. Usually around 25 different spices are used.

The number of oranges needed in this recipe will vary depending on the size of your oranges (you need approx. 250 g juice).

Use as a base for a tasty curry: combine Nyonya spice paste with curry powder, coconut milk and tamarind juice and add chicken, seafood, meat or vegetables as preferred.

Refer to the table of functions inside The Basic Cookbook for other types of cheese.

You can place trays of unbaked gougères into the freezer. Once frozen, place into snaplock bags. To bake from frozen, place onto lined baking trays. Bake 220°C for 8 minutes, then reduce temperature to 190°C and continue to bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown and cooked through.

If not used immediately, cover and store at room temperature. Gently reheat to use; to bring it back to a liquid consistency, stand jar in a bowl of hot water for a few minutes.

Refreshing and fragrant, homemade elderflower cordial is so much better and more pleasing than anything you can buy in the shops. The elderflower season is short, and falls in early summer, but makes a great excuse for long walks spent collecting flowers.

Store Madras curry powder in a sealable storage container in a cool, dark place for up to 6 months.

Icing sugar can be stored for long periods of time in an airtight container.

Use to grease all forms of baking pans and silicone molds. Coat the form and refrigerate until ready to fill and use. Grease bowls for proofing bread, coat your hands before kneading dough, it won't stick. Smear some on the Thermomix® lid to help prevent discoloration when using turmeric or making tomato sauce. Put some on kitchen knives and they'll slide through dough without sticking. Use on pizza stones, stoneware and cast iron cookware.

Thanks to its long shelf-life, Five spice powder is perfect to have on hand and use at a moment's notice when an added hint of aromatics is required.