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Pumpkin and caramelised onion soup

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¼ grey pumpkin
2 large onions
2 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon oil
1 litre chicken stock
100 ml cream

Peel and dice onion and crush garlic and sauté them in the oil in a large heavy based pot until soft, add sugar and continue cooking until it has caramelised (about 20 minutes). Add peeled and chopped pumpkin and stock and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the pumpkin is cooked. Puree, add cream and season with salt and pepper.

Thermomix: peel onion and garlic chop speed 4/ 3 seconds add oil and sugar cook 15 minutes/speed 2 varoma. add pumpkin and stock cook 100c/17 minutes/ speed one or until pumpkin cooked puree 1min/speed 10 add cream  and season with salt and pepper

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Homemade Pizza

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My kids love making pizza! This bread dough pizza base is very economical so you could make some bases in bulk and freeze uncooked, even topped if you want, to defrost and bake when needed. The tomato base sauce will freeze well too, use a jar of pasta sauce or store bought bases if you want to make this easier.

Pizza dough
500 grams bakers (or plain) flour or wholemeal plain
1 teaspoon yeast
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon bread improver
300 ml lukewarm water

Mix together and knead well until smooth leave to rise for 20 minutes and roll out into 2 large pizza bases.

Thermomix: knead for 2minutes and leave to rise for 20 minutes and roll out into 2 large pizza bases.

Tomato Pizza sauce

400 grams tomatoes or tinned tomatoes
1 medium onion
2 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon basil
olive oil
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon sugar
salt and pepper

To make the sauce to go on the pizza base, chop the onion and crush the garlic and sauté with the oil in a heavy based pot, add crushed tomatoes and chopped herbs, sugar and simmer for 20 minutes and season with the salt and pepper.

Thermomix: crush garlic speed 6/5 seconds, add onion chop speed 5 4 seconds. add a dash of oil and sauté 2 minutes/100 C. Add tomato, sugar and herbs and chop speed4/ 5 seconds. simmer 90C/ 15 minutes season with salt and pepper.

When assembling and baking the pizzas for a nice crunchy golden brown base brush the pizza tray or baking tray with oil. Top the rolled out pizza bases with tomato sauce and your favourite toppings here are a few family favourites.

Hawaiian
1 cup pineapple
100 grams ham
2/3 grated cheese (mozzarella or tasty or a mixture of both)

BBQ chicken
1 cup cooked shredded chicken meat
½ medium brown onion
1 cup mushrooms
½ cup pineapple
2 tablespoons BBQ sauce
2/3 cup grated cheese (mozzarella or tasty or a mixture of both)

BBQ meat
100 grams ham
100 grams salami
½ onion
100 grams mushroom
½ capsicum
2 tablespoons
BBQ sauce
2/3 cup grated cheese

Sweet chilli chicken
1 cup chicken
½ medium onion
½ capsicum
100 grams mushrooms
2/3 cup cheese
2 tablespoons sweet chilli or chilli sauce
sour cream to serve on top when the pizzas are cooked

 

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