The built in nonstick heater plate provides the perfect surface to sauté ingredients, simmer or boil soups, and with a touch of a button blend it all to a perfect consistency. Crush ice and blend everything from smoothies to frozen cocktails. Cuisinart’s automatic soup makers take the hard work out of creating healthy homemade soups from scratch. These ingenious cuisinart griddler elite kitchen companions sauté, cook, simmer and blend your favorite soup ingredients into tempting hot soups in a matter of minutes. Whether you like your soup smooth or chunky, Cuisinart’s cook-and-blend soup makers will create warming soups in just the right consistency to suit your preferences. The Cuisinart SBC-1000FR is a versatile bender that can cook.
But the Soup Maker is a shining example of a smart combination appliance. It’s easy to use and exceptionally versatile, too. And I’m not talking simply making soups, smoothies and shakes.
What is my verdict after making soup in a blender? Within about a 40 minute time frame , I had an incredibly flavorful and unbelievably silky smooth Spiced Carrot Soup that would be luscious enough cuisinart pots and pans set to serve to company. It was garnished with crispy Prosciutto, a dollop of Greek Yogurt and some snipped cilantro. Remove the blender jar from the motor base by lifting straight up and away.
The blender makes smoothies in no time at all, too. More sophisticated models come with additional functions, some of which are useful, though they tend to drive up the prices. Some have a sauté function, to brown off onions and garlic, for example, for added depth of flavour or colour. Others even have a self-clean mode, though I found you often still need to rinse or scrub in the sink. A keep-warm function maintains the soup’s temperature for a limited time after cooking, up to an hour, in most cases.
In addition to its stainless steel blades and four speeds, the 900-watt appliance features an embedded three-setting hot plate that lets you cook ingredients. Need to dice carrots, onions, and celery for minestrone? Leave ’em in, add some oil, and turn the knob to low.