Cuisinart Soup Maker Plus SSB3U review

We started by sautéing onions on low for a Scotch broth, with the heating plate helping to release the aroma and taste of the onions. The best thing about soup makers is how hands-free soup making can become. cuisinart pots and pans set Instead of having to boil vegetables in a pan, then get out the blender or the food processor, it can all be done at once in one small sized kitchen gadget. But the reason it came up trumps is not aesthetic.

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. This burly blender is a pain to clean, as its blades aren’t removable. Navigating my fingers around the sharp metal to pick out pieces of lentil was a challenge. If you make a lot of soup, investing in a good soup machine will save you time and effort. Read our review of this Cuisinart model to see how it performed in our tests.

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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 Soup Maker. 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. While its basic design has evolved from that of a standard blender, the Cuisinart SSB1U Soup Maker promises to tackle much more than just blitzing food and ice. A booklet of recipes is also included for inspiration. Cuisinart’s automatic soup makers take the hard work out of creating healthy homemade soups from scratch. These ingenious kitchen companions sauté, cook, simmer and blend your favorite soup ingredients into tempting hot soups in a matter of minutes.

To learn more about what you can do with these kitchen workhorses, click here (if you live in the US) or here (if you live in the UK). One is a more basic device, which simply requires you to add the chopped ingredients and press go. An additional smoothie blender will do the same thing, but without adding heat. Often, there’ll be ‘smooth’ or ‘chunky’ settings, which, naturally, provide a creamy or bitty soup.

Need to dice carrots, onions, and celery for minestrone? 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.

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. But if you are outside of the UK, then you won’t find the same choice in soup makers. You get what you pay for, the Morphy Richards Soup Maker is really cheap compared to the cuisinart pots and pans set. The Cuisinart Soup Maker had a much better blender and a capacity to bulk cook soup. Its easy to clean and we love also using it for if we just want a quick batch of soup to go with dinner.

First a curry paste, with the machine having no trouble grinding up ingredients for a smooth result using ‘level 3 blend’ (there are 1–4 speeds available). Soups take minutes, whether you’re going for chunky or smooth, and you can blend smoothies too. Will I be giving up my traditional method of cooking soups? I still enjoy a good pot of bubbling soup simmering on the stove. However, I will use this Blend and Cook Soupmaker for quick soups and lunches and recipes that require a really nice pureed texture. From broths to bouillon, this is soup making simplified.

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