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. You get what you pay for, the Morphy Richards Soup Maker is really cheap compared to the Cuisinart Soup Maker. The Cuisinart Soup Maker had a much better blender and a capacity to bulk cook soup.
Sometimes soups need to cook longer than 30 minutes, so you need to be paying attention and remember to add the additional time, or you’ll discover that your soup has stopped cooking. Being able to program it for longer than 30 minutes would be handy. Put the broth, garlic, onion, salt, pepper, potatoes and broccoli into the blender jar. We then used this curry paste in the Thai chicken & red chilli soup. You may add more ingredients by lifting the measuring cup from the lid and dropping ingredients through the lid opening.
The fascinating appliance combines a blender with a small heating plate which can saute vegetables and cook soup in 30 minutes. Yes, the jug does come apart from the heater element base but sometimes you need good strength and grip for this. The advantage for me is that there’s only one thing to wash up instead of saucepan, stick blender and jug.
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It does make good soup but no better than I can make in other ways. I especially agree with Mamta about the dangers of getting the jug off the base. I also had a problem frying the onions in the first stage. The best soup I made in it was a Slimming World Leek and Potato and it works very well for low fat recipes. Kavey Eats was sent a complimentary soup maker for review by Cuisinart. For her second trial, she made prawns in tomato sauce, a pasta sauce recipe also from the recipe booklet.
Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. So far, I don’t really have many complaints about this product. The only things I think I should point out are the size and a note about the timer. You can keep soup warm in the blender until you’re ready to serve it.