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

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.

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

To blanch 500 g almonds place 600 g water into mixing bowl, heat 8 min/100°C/speed 3 , then add almonds into mixing bowl and boil 3 min/100°C/speed  . Immediately rinse almonds under cold running water, peel them and place on kitchen towels to cool completely. Dry well before using almonds in any recipe.

Please refer to The Basic Cookbook for the Chicken Stock Paste recipe.

Soufflés can be tricky and its important to have your oven at the correct temperature. We recommend using an oven thermometer. For a more even rise on your soufflés, use a conventional oven, if possible (not fan forced).

Supreming is a technique that removes the membrane from citrus fruit so it can be served in slices. Remove the rind and pith. Set the orange on its side, slice along the adjacent membrane until the cuts meet and release the segment.

Dumplings can have many shapes, but for a Chinese New Year celebration the shape should be round and disk-shaped to represent gold and silver coins for a prosperous new year.

Use rubber gloves to peel the salsify as it releases a milky juice that discolours the hands.

The amount of water added may vary depending on the brand of glutinous rice flour. The resulting dough will be a little powdery, but still round and non-sticky.