“You can make soup right in the blender!” I wondered why you would want to do that. I mean, It is a very easy process for me to make soup in a pot on the stove. But my husband got me this Cuisinart for Christmas because he thought the concept was awesome. So I smiled and said Thanks and had him put it on the counter. A couple of weeks later I felt like I should use it.
The soup maker has been a very welcome addition to my kitchen and has inspired me to make homemade soups much more often. I’ve also used it to make marinara sauce and vegetable purees to sneak into other foods. Safety Features Your Soup Maker is equipped with the following safety features to ensure safety when blending hot liquids. As a safety measure, the blender speed may only be activated when the cooking process is complete.
Just like us they get a cold winter and love a big bowl of soup. Or alternatively you have the SoyaJoy kitchen gadget that makes soup, soy milk and a few other things and is more in the style of a soup maker. You get what you pay for, the Morphy Richards Soup Maker is really cheap compared to the CGWM-081 Clermont Pellet Grill & Smoker Cover . The Cuisinart Soup Maker had a much better blender and a capacity to bulk cook soup. My favourite ever recipe with the soup maker has to be my homemade tomato sauce. I used to go through a lot of pans and a lot of washing up to make it before.
When making soup, fill the contents of the glass jar only to the 48-oz. Watch your ingredients as they cook inside the robust glass jar, adjust the heat settings, add ingredients and stir as required to achieve perfect results. This is where my latest obsession, the Cuisinart Blend and Cook Soupmaker, solves my soup dilemmas. The fascinating appliance combines a blender with a small heating plate which can saute vegetables and cook soup in 30 minutes.
You can also use the Soup Maker Plus as a regular blender for cold ingredients such as smoothies and cocktails. The soup maker is designed to help you create delicious homemade soups from start to finish. Even the ability to lightly saute aromatics is integrated. For example, you could start by softening some onions cuisinart soup maker and garlic on the nonstick heater plate, and then add ingredients to blend. Four blending speeds and a pulse function are available to allow you to achieve the desired consistency. All the while, an integrated heater lets you choose from a high, medium, or low settings, cooking the soup directly in the blender.
The blender part of the machine can not be any more powerful than the average blender considering it’s price. I’d rather save up for something really, really nice then waste money on an item that only does a so-so job and doesn’t get used. Will I be giving up my traditional method of cooking soups? I still enjoy a good pot of bubbling soup simmering on the stove.
With four different power settings, the possibilities of producing delicious dishes are endless! We made butternut squash and chilli soup on the chunky soup setting and it was ready in 25 minutes. The Plus produced a delectable butternut squash soup which was full of flavour and moisture. Although it should be commended on its ability to deliver a great soup, we did find residue became easily trapped below the blades which made it a little harder to clean.