10 recipes by the Thermomix queen Tenina Holder (2024)

FAQs

What is the best thing to cook in a Thermomix? ›

The Thermomix is basically the world's most powerful blender that also cooks and stirs. You can use it to knead dough or mix batter.

For professional kitchens, Thermomix has become the tool of choice for blending, purées, hot and cold sauces, ice-cream mixes, crème pât, and much more. Thermomix purées are so fine that you can reduce or eliminate passing/sieving.

Time and again, Thermomix® wins 'Favourite Sous Chef' hands down among an impressive (and growing) brigade of top chefs worldwide.

Reasons to avoid a Thermomix

Safety issues: The Thermomix TM6 allows you to perform high-speed blending on liquids over 60°C. Our kitchen experts believe a safety cut-out feature is needed when blending at high temperatures and this is the reason we haven't been able to recommend the Thermomix in our tests.

The Thermomix doesn't come cheap, and we're not just talking about the cost of the appliance itself. The additional accessories and attachments can really add up, so be prepared to sell a kidney (just kidding, please don't do that).

ingredients in just a few seconds. Thermomix can be used to chop onions, nuts, herbs, meat, carrots, potatoes and much, much more.

If you don't already own a high-powered blender, a stand mixer, a slow cooker, a rice cooker, a sous vide and a steamer, the Thermomix makes an adequate stand in for all of these—if you have the budget to shell out two grand.

The Thermomix can cook, boil, simmer and stew; chop and mince meat, nuts, herbs and vegetables; blend; make yoghurt; mill rice, nuts and grains into flour; grind coffee, sugar and nuts; knead dough; whisk; grate; puree and crush.

Yes, it is, though it's probably very uncommon. I have a professional kitchen and I use one. I haven't visited elBulli (and now can't as it has closed) but a number of their kitchen recipes used a Thermomix. I haven't actually seen one in their kitchen, but I'd be willing to bet that they used one for years.

Do you save money with Thermomix? ›

Plus, the savings go way beyond the supermarket checkout - it's less food waste, less plastic, less hidden nasties and even, in some cases, less energy consumption. The more you use Thermomix® , the more you save, so your investment pays for itself.