In the Mix is second at the Gourmand World Cookbook awards! Congratulations Dani!

In the Mix: Great Thermomix Recipes, went to Paris this month to be part of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. In the Mix came in second! The award director, Edouard Cointreau, lavished In the Mix with praise.

This cookbook is a beautiful hardcover cookbook filled with Thermomix recipes and photos contributed by chefs and cooks from all over Australia.  If you'd like a copy of would like to have a look, let me know

Chocolate Truffles

Ingredients

600g of milk cooking chocolate ( do not use compound chocolate)

250g of thickened cream

Approx 30g of Honey

Vanilla bean or 20- 30g of liqueur of choice.

Extra 500g of rich dark cooking chocolate for dipping.

Dessicated coconut or flaked almonds for garnish

Method

Place cream, honey and scrapings from vanilla bean, or liqueur in bowl and heat for 5 mins/100C/speed 1.

Add 600g of cooking choc and mix on speed 1 until choc has melted and cooled to 37C .

Place ganache in a container cover with cling wrap until cooled and you are able to roll in ball shape. Place in Fridge for a couple of hours

Dipping Chocolate

Place chocolate in bowl and grate for 10sec on speed 8.

Melt for 2 ½ mins/50C/speed 2.

Scrape down the sides and mix for 1 min/speed 2/no heat.

Place in a bowl for dipping

When ganache is firm use spoon, melon baller or wet hands to make balls.

If firm enough use toothpick to pick up ganache ball and dip in the dark chocolate. Sprinkle with coconut or flaked almonds.

Set them on baking paper or place them in little cup cake moulds.

Enjoy.

Three Cheese Spinach Scroll

Thanks to Anne Tesconi

Ingredients

100g of cheddar chopped

100g of parmesan chopped

100g of fetta crumbled

2 handfuls of spinach

300mls warm water

20mls oil

1 sachet of yeast

530g of Bakers flour

1 teaspoon of salt

Method

Place parmesan into bowl and grate 8 – 10 sec on speed 8

Place cheddar into bowl and grate for 8 – 10 sec on speed 8

Crumble fetta cheese by hand

Set cheeses aside. Do not wash out bowl

Place spinach in bowl and chop at speed 7/ 5 seconds.

Add warm water, oil and yeast and mix for 15secs/speed 4-5

Add bakers flour and salt and mix for 10 secs on speed 5-6

Knead for 2 mins kneading/interval speed.

Remove dough from bowl onto greased mat, shape into ball and wrap in mat until doubled in size.

Once risen knock back and roll out into a rectangle approx 40 x 30

Then sprinkle as much of the cheeses over dough as you like.

Commence rolling the dough from the short side to form a big scroll/roll

Place on lined baking tray.

Cook for 40 – 45 mins in a 200C non pre heated oven.

To make sure it is cooked tap the bread if it sounds hollow it is ready to come out.

Remove from oven and cut across the grain in thick slices.

Enjoy