Serve pasta as a side or main dish with tomato sauce, pesto or your favourite sauce.

To reheat Pizza Monkey Bread: place on a baking sheet and cover loosely with foil. Bake for 15-20 minutes (350°F) or until warmed through.

To make your own Pumpkin Butter: search Cookidoo® for the recipe in our Pumpkin and Spice collection.

Dumplings are usually eaten in the north of China at Chinese New Year. Because the shape of dumplings is similar to the shape of ancient Chinese gold ingots, the currency of the day, they are believed to bring prosperity to the new year.

The hard work typically required to make fresh, egg-enriched pasta is minimised in your Thermomix® thanks to the kneading function. This simple recipe can be altered to create three different flavour and colour combinations.

You can find wheat starch at most Asian grocers or online.

Filone is considered an ‘everyday’ bread in Italy - a simple yeast bread eaten at mealtimes. The name filoni comes from the Italian word for 'line' as the bread is shaped into a long stick. This recipe is for mini versions with the addition of green olives for an extra flavour dimension. You’ll need lots of flour when shaping this sticky dough into individual sticks before serving as an accompaniment to soup or salad.

Roll out small amounts of dough at a time and cover remaining dough with a damp tea towel to prevent it from drying out.

Search Cookidoo® for Apple Wheat Starter recipe in our Artisan Bread collection.

Baking weights can be replaced with 16 oz dry beans.