Thermomix chopping and steaming settings
If using manual mode on your Thermomix you may want to know what settings to use.
Here’s a really handy table that is in the back of Simple Ideas cookbook and in the front of the Basic Cookbook.
Once you start using the Thermomix you will find you know most of these settings but for a newbie they are quite useful.
I always recommend starting with Cookidoo recipes for a few weeks before you do anything manually, just to get used to your Thermomix, regardless of the model.
Some useful setting for chopping in your Thermomix
Spoon speed is for stirring – much like using a spoon yourself (choose reverse blade if soft ingredients)
Mixing: around speed 1-3, again reverse blade if you have soft ingredients.
Chopping: speed 4-6
Blending: above speed 6
IMPORTANT – Butterfly whisk, blade cover peeler and cutter/spiralize are not to be used above speed 4.
It will shred your butterfly whisk if it is above speed 4.
Some extra tips from Thermomix:
• Make grinding grains, nuts or sugar and grating cheese or bread the first step. These tasks work best in a clean and dry mixing bowl and little to no cleaning will be required before the next step.
• Knead bread, pizza or pasta dough before other tasks. These doughs are usually easy to remove from the bowl, which avoids unnecessary cleaning.
• Mix sauces, cake batters, pancake batters or biscuit doughs in a few seconds on speeds 2–5. Note that all ingredients can usually be mixed at once.
• Whisking egg whites requires a perfectly clean bowl, so start with this task whenever possible and remember to use the butterfly whisk at a maximum speed 4.
• Chop vegetables before sautéing them. Chopping vegetables together with oil can make it easier or sometimes even unnecessary to scrape down the mixing bowl between functions.
• Cook or stew at 90–100°C to retain as many nutrients as possible. Cooking time depends on ingredients, so refer to a similar Thermomix® recipe for guidance. Use reverse to stir or mix without chopping.
• Cook with milk or cream at 90°C to avoid overboiling. Stir sauces quickly to avoid lumps, on speed 2–4.
• Cook/steam in the simmering basket or Varoma ingredients such as vegetables, rice, prawns and meatballs. Add liquid to the mixing bowl or cook them at the same time as you cook another dish in the mixing bowl.