Raspberry Souffle

I recently attended a cooking class held by Nico Moretti of the Urban Provider here in Perth. It was a wonderful class and he shared a lot of great Thermomix tips, especially the perfect method for fluffy steamed rice- something I have struggled with to date. I cam away with a copy of his latest cookbook 'Cooking Passions- Delicious Journeys' which I have already tried a number of recipes from. Not only are his recipes delicious and easy, they have both Thermomix and Traditional methods which helps me when I am trying to alter/convert traditional recipes. I won't post the recipe for these Souffles you'll have to buy his book, but I found them easy to make and they rose sky high.

Choc Beetroot Brownie

This recipe makes a super chocolately moist brownie that's even a little bit healthy. Voted fabulicious by my kids, give it a try for an anti-oxidant feel good boost. Put all of the following ingredients straight into your thermomix bowl- a drained 440g can of baby beetroot, 2 eggs, 120 butter cubed, 100g caster sugar (I use raw), 120 self raising flour, 1 heaped tsp baking powder, 50g dark choc cooking bits, or smashed up dark choc if you prefer, 40g of dutch process cocoa, 70g milk and 1 tsp vanilla. Mix for 50 seconds speed 5, scrape sides and then mix another 30 seconds speed 6. Pour into a line 20cm square pan and bake at 45-50 mins at 180 degrees until it springs back to the touch and has shrunk away from the sides slightly. Cool in the pan for half an hour then dust with icing sugar, cut into squares and devour! It should freeze for lunch boxes too, but it's unlikely to last long enough to make it to the freezer....