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Preparation time
5min
Total time
30min
Portion
4 portion(s)
Level
easy

Ingredients

  • 100 g Parmesan cheese, cut into pieces (3 cm)
  • 1 brown onion (approx. 200 g), cut into quarters
  • 80 g butter, cut into pieces
  • 500 g liquid beef stock or 1 tbsp beef stock paste, with 500 g water
  • 250 g white quinoa, rinsed and drained
  • 180 g fresh mushrooms of choice, cut into slices
  • 1 pinch salt, to taste
  • 1 pinch ground black pepper, to taste
  • 3 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves only
  • 250 g pouring (whipping) cream
  • 2 sprigs fresh basil, leaves only, roughly torn

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Recipe's preparation

  1. Place Parmesan into mixing bowl and grate 10 sec/speed 9. Transfer into a bowl and set aside. Thoroughly clean and dry mixing bowl.

  2. Place onion into mixing bowl and chop 3 sec/speed 5. Scrape down sides. 

  3. Add butter and sauté 3 min/Varoma/speed 1.

  4. Add  water, stock paste and quinoa and cook 15 min/Varoma/counter-clockwise operation/speed 1.

  5. Add mushrooms, pepper and thyme and cook 2 min/100°C/counter-clockwise operation/speed 2.

  6. Add cream and reserved Parmesan into mixing bowl and mix 7 sec/counter-clockwise operation/speed 2

  7. To serve, season to taste, then transfer to a large serving dish or bowl, or onto individual plates, and sprinkle with torn basil leaves.

Tip

It would be hard to overestimate the importance of quinoa in Ecuador. In ancient times this seed was considered sacred, holy and able to provide the ancient Incan warriors with super-human strength. To honour this, every year a festival marking the first harvest was held with a solid gold tool used to harvest the first crop. The invading Spanish Conquistadors, seeing the seed’s importance to the ancient Incans, then proclaimed its cultivation forbidden and punishable by death! Today however, quinoa has reclaimed its role as a main component of the Ecuadorian diet and the agricultural industry. A super food known the world over, this gluten free seed continues to grow in popularity and appear in many modern cuisines. This decadent and creamy “quinotto” replaces rice with quinoa.

 

Recipe by Maria (Mayfe) Fernanda Loayza Hidalgo, President of Thermomix Ecuador, Peru and Panama.


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  • 22. April 2020 - 12:47
    5.0

    Lovely, will make again thanks

  • 8. February 2018 - 10:40
    5.0

    My kids love this recipe! Has anyone tried freezing it?

  • 25. August 2015 - 11:11

    Hi Madaboutdarkpurple,

    It is 500 g liquid beef stock OR 1 tbsp beef stock paste with 500 g water.

    Hope this helps,

    Kind regards,

    Thermomix Head Office

  • 21. August 2015 - 19:24

    Just checking its 500g Stock and 500g Water?

    It is taking well over the 15 mins?

    I've had to put on for another 15?

     

  • 2. January 2015 - 23:40
    5.0

    For me this recipe was an apocalypse! Fantastic! I used evaporated milk instead of cream and the result was lighter but VERY tasty. This is one of the few recipes I make very often and enjoy it even when the food is cold. It is added value of this recipe, because for example a risotto can't be eatten the next day, but the quinotto is just as perfect as the first day tmrc_emoticons.;) Try it!

  • 28. October 2014 - 21:45

    This was to die for!!!!

  • 9. October 2014 - 17:18

    Of course it's going to be tasty with cheese and cream. Very rich, thanks for quick recipe!

  • 31. March 2014 - 17:27
    5.0

    This is one of my favourtie recipes.. I absolutely love it.

  • 25. March 2014 - 17:39

    I made this and it was yummy! You could use less Parmesan if you wanted to though. 

     

  • 24. March 2014 - 21:29
    4.0

    Fantastic recipe.  Added chicken which was divine!

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