The blender has a plastic base with a glass container and even comes with a brush for cleaning (we’ve always hated cleaning our blender!). Last night, I made a cream of broccoli cuisinart pots and pans set soup with the soupmaker. I heated up the heat plate for 10 minutes on the medium setting, then I added some oil and half an onion and raised the heat to the high setting.
Since everything is cooked and blended in the blender, cleanup is a breeze. Great for using with frozen foods because of the heating component. If you have any questions, suggestions for future reviews or spot anything that has changed in price or availability please get in touch at
Use the measuring cup in the lid to measure liquid ingredients. Always replace after ingredients have been added. Leave ’em in, add some oil, and turn the knob to low. Basically, you can cook an entire soup in the 48-ounce capacity unit (56 ounces if you’re using it with cold items like smoothies or shakes) with minimal prep. Whether you are making chunky or smooth soups, jams, sauces for pasta, curries or tasty risottos you can complete every stage of your recipe in the cuisinart griddler elite. 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.
I stirred the onions a few times using the stir button, and then added broccoli florets and chicken stock. The soup cooked on high for about 15 minutes, and I lowered the heat to medium once it came to a boil. Once everything was cooked, I turned the heat off, added some seasoning and a little cream, and blended everything together. The soup tasted great and was one of the easiest things I’ve ever made. This appliance isn’t limited to making only soup. Similar to a food processor, you can chop nuts, crush ice, grind spices, make bread crumbs, or whip cream.
You can then proceed to blend your recipe or serve your recipe. The Scotch broth was thoroughly cooked, including the pearl barley, after about half an hour. After a quick blitz on level 2 – levels 3 and 4 are deactivated if the contents are over 60 degrees C – the soup was consistently creamy but still retained some texture and bite. The base of the glass jug had some overcooked food stuck to it, but this was easily cleaned off with a brush. Carefully remove lower corrugated insert containing the blender jar assembly.
I was curious whwther this would be a valid alternative for somebody not beeing able to shell out nearly 1K $. For me the built in scales are essential as well as the kneading function as I am mostly using the tm for making bread. All the rest comes as a more than welcome supplement – as you wrote sauces and stuff like curds are super easy woth the tm. I guess also the temperature fine tuning from 37C to 120C comes very handy (e.g. When melting chocolate for brownies). Your machine will STOP when the time has come and you’re cooking without temperature settings. If you’re doing something hot, it will stop heating so you won’t overcook your food but the blades will go on softly so that the bottom won’t be in permanent touch with direct heat.
You can keep soup warm in the blender until you’re ready to serve it. Once time expires, add lemon zest and Cheddar, and blend on speed 1, gradually raising to speed 3 for 3 minutes, or until completely smooth. After the judges deliberated for a while after tasting the soups, our team was thrilled to have tied for first place. We were all even more excited when we found out our prize was our very own Cuisinart Soup Maker & Beverage Makers! Having experienced first hand how easy and fun it was to make delicious soup from scratch with this blender, I couldn’t wait to bring mine home. We wished we’d chopped our ingredients for carrot & coriander soup more finely to reduce cooking time and create a finer result.