Cuisinart Soup Maker Plus Review

Get our best recipes, grocery finds, and clever kitchen tips delivered to your inbox. The Soup Maker and Blender is as sleek an appliance as I’ve seen. With its glistening charcoal finish and easy-to-read bright red LED displays, it’s like something out of the dashboard of a Bentley. The $200 and Blender looks to streamline the entire soup process.

Increase the heat to medium, add the carrots and cook for 3 to 5 minutes. Add the curry powder, salt and pepper and cook, using the stir function occasionally, until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Increase the heat to high, add the stock and bring the soup to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer, using the stir function occasionally, until the vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes. Using a towel, hold the lid down and blend on the highest setting until the soup is silky in texture, 1 to 2 minutes.

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The blender will tackle anything you throw its way, including ice for cocktails, roasted vegetables for a soup or frozen fruit for a delicious smoothie. First, mum read through the instructions and recipe booklet. The instructions are “fairly well written” but do not make it clear that the jug has to be lifted, not unscrewed, off the base. She points out that as many jug blenders require a twist and lift action to remove the jug, it might be worth making this clearer so there are no unfortunate accidents with hot liquid. One of the biggest benefits of soup is its high comfort factor. Nothing, that is, except a bowl of warm homemade soup.

The blender worked well with creamy soups, too. To remove blender jar lid, lift the edge of lid upwards. When food gets stuck to the cooking plate, it’s very difficult to clean. “You have to be around to go through the steps of the dish you are making (stirring, blending etc.). You can’t put the ingredients in and forget about it. Even for a blended soup, you can cook it in a pan and use a stick blender” to make it smooth.

Whether you’re a fan of bisque or borscht, French onion or oxtail, chowder or cock-a-leekie, there’s no denying the soothing feeling of a warm bowl of soup. ReplykaveyeatsDecember 13th, 2015Daniel, if you read the review, you’ll see we don’t recommend this appliance. For her second trial, she made prawns in tomato sauce, a pasta sauce recipe also from the recipe booklet. When Cuisinart offered me one to review, I asked my mum, Mamta, to put it through its paces, as she regularly makes soups at home.

In addition, you can blend or pulse cold liquids such as smoothies. – A wider and much more accurate array of speeds and temperatures which allow you to make yoghourt, bread, meringue… which can’t be done with previous models. You won’t be able to start your machine if it isn’t properly closed and you won’t be able to open it when working.

You can use it to chop ice or nuts, make iced drinks and smoothies, cook soups, make sauces and desserts and more. And the fact that its multifunctional and cuisinart griddler elite easy 2 use. Got this as a gift 4 my mother, and she loves it. I highly recommend this 4 anyone looking 4 high quality, but without the high price tag.

Add your ingredients and then replace the lid and measuring cup, ensuring the pouring spout on the jar is covered by the protrusion on the lid. N.B The maximum capacity when blending cold ingredients is 1.75L. Plug the unit into an appropriate mains socket.