Here are the recipes form the first mini chefs from Friday the 2/8/2013.

Menu
cream of cauliflower soup
garlic and rosemary pizza bread
meatballs with handmade fettuccini
banana muffins

Mini chefs at Eaglehawk neck Hall recipes from Friday

Garlic and rosemary pizza bread

(I have used the Recipe from the thermomix everyday cookbook so I can practice)
500 grams flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon yeast
300 ml water
2 cloves garlic
2 sprigs rosemary

Mix flour, salt, yeast and water in a bowl and knead well until it forms a smooth ball, 10 -15 minutes. Leave to rise. Then flatten into thin rounds and sprinkle with olive oil, sea salt and crushed garlic and rosemary. Bake in a 200 C oven for about 15 minutes.

TM directions
crush garlic and rosemary in the TM
blend on speed 7 for 7 seconds. Knead for 2 minutes. Cover in a warm spot and rise. Flatten and drizzle with oil sprinkle with garlic, rosemary and sea salt. Bake in a 200 C oven for about 15 minutes

Cauliflower soup
1 cauliflower
1 brown onion
2 cloves garlic
500 ml stock
100 ml cream
2 tablespoons tarragon
salt and pepper

Stove top directions

Peel and dice garlic and onion and fry in the oil, add cauliflower and stock and bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes, add tarragon and cream and puree. Season with salt and pepper and serve

TM directions
peel garlic and onion put in mixing bowl and blend on speed 7 for 3 seconds.  Cook on 100 for 2 minutes. Add cauliflower stock and tarragon cook at 100 C for 15 minutes speed one reverse. Add cream and puree on speed 10 40 seconds season with salt and pepper and serve.

Meat balls and fettuccini

 Thanks for the photo Joanne Curran

Fettuccini
2 cups flour
3 eggs

1 tablespoon oil

Meatballs
500 grams mince
1 egg
½ onion
2 cloves garlic
3 slices bread
salt and pepper
teaspoon basil
teaspoon oregano
teaspoon ground fennel

Tomato sauce
1 onion
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon basil
1 tablespoon oregano
400 grams crushed tomatoes

To make the tomato sauce, dice onion and crush garlic and sauté for I minute and herbs and tomato and simmer for 20 minutes.

TM: put peeled onion and garlic in the mixing bowl and blend 4 seconds on speed 7. Add oil sauté reverse speed 1, 100 C 2 minutes, add herbs and tomato and cook 100 C reverse, speed 1, and 15 minutes.

To make the pasta mix eggs and flour together well. Or in TM blend speed 7 for 30 seconds.

Roll through the pasta maker to number 6 and cut into fettuccini. Just prior to serving cook in boiling water for 2 minutes.

To make the meatballs, in the TM or blender blend the bread until fine crumbs. Finely chop onion and crush garlic and mix all ingredients together well. Roll in to balls about 3 cm in diameter. Heat the oil in a heavy based pan and cook the meatballs in the oil over a low heat with a lid on, about 15 minutes or until cooked add sauce and serve topped with parmesan or cheddar cheese.

Banana Muffins

1 ½ cups self-raising flour
1/3 cup rolled oats
3 eggs
¾ cup brown sugar
¾ cup yogurt
1 tablespoon oil
2 mashed bananas

Mix all ingredients together well and put into muffin cases filling 2/3 bake for about 15 minutes at180 C.