here<\/a>. Quirky Jo is a mine of dietary information on things such as sweeteners, gluten free flours, dairy substitutes, making chocolate from scratch and other wonderful ideas. She’s also a Thermomix addict.<\/p>\nTonight I’m making Porcupine Meatballs, a recipe that traditionally uses a can of condensed tomato soup. Since I’m not using processed ingredients, I’m making my own ‘condensed soup’ from a recipe provided by another Thermomix user, Chelsea. I’ve substituted the frozen raw tomatoes with canned tomatoes (one of the few canned ingredients that I do use) and have added a few more things to the recipe.<\/p>\n
This is the basis of it here:<\/p>\n
1 large brown onion, peeled and cut into eighths
\n1 green apple, cored and cut into eighths (I don’t bother peeling)
\n2 x 410g cans crushed tomatoes in juice
\n50g red wine vinegar
\n150g rapadura or around 130g brown sugar
\n1 tsp dry mustard powder
\n1\/2 tsp curry powder
\n2 tsp salt
\n2 tsp paprika
\n3 tsp dried bell peppers (available from bulk food stores), substitute with 1\/4 red capsicum chopped with the onion and apple
\n1\/4 tsp mixed herbs<\/p>\n
Place onion and apple (and capsicum if substituting) into Thermomix bowl and chop for 7 seconds on speed 5. Add all other ingredients and mix for 10 seconds on speed 4.<\/p>\n
Cook for 40 minutes on Varoma temperature, speed 2.<\/p>\n
Blend for 1 minute, slowly turning dial to 9 making sure MC is in place.<\/p>\n
Pour into hot sterilised jars and seal. Turn upside down for 10 minutes to complete sealing process.<\/p>\n
Use wherever a recipe calls for a can of tomato soup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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