Soup Makers.

Schizo · 26 Jan 2015 at 06:00

Have been making soup for a few years now,favourite is broccoli and Stilton.

Have been making it with 2 saucepans,one for the broccoli and one foir the potatoes,then they both go in the blender.

Was getting bored with washing up so much stuff for a bowl of soup so i have ordered one of these...http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00D474HDW?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

Seems to do well in a youtube video here..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiOtxmV1HWM

I will give a better review once it gets here,im off work this week so will have plenty of time to make a few soups.

Anyone else got a soup maker ?

Stan_Lite · 26 Jan 2015 at 07:22

That one looks better designed than the Morphy Richards one my brother has that I used at New Year. The design was terrible as you had to fill the thing first then try to force the blender part through the ingredients before you could use it. The soup turned out pretty good though.

My main issue was the size. We made butternut squash soup (one of my favourites) but the thing wasn't big enough to use a whole squash and had to be done in 2 batches. We would have been quicker making it in a pan and hand blending it :rolleyes:

I prefer to make soup in big batches and freeze it in portions. One of these may come in handy for making small batches in a hurry but, for me, it'd be one of those things that just sat in a cupboard gathering dust so I'll stick to the old fashioned method.

Schizo · 26 Jan 2015 at 08:43

99% of the time it's just me,my daughter stays every weekend and this will be more than enough for both of us,if I have guests then it's the old method

Raymond Lin · 26 Jan 2015 at 12:48

I just use a hand blender in a saucepan.

Size wise, how big is the pan?

booyaka · 26 Jan 2015 at 14:49

Raymond Lin said:
I just use a hand blender in a saucepan.

Size wise, how big is the pan?

this - made a large pot of sweet potato and chilli soup yesterday, then just blitzed it with a hand blender left over from when the kids where young and you have to blitz their food down.

Spend £40 on a larger pot and a hand blender!

Schizo · 26 Jan 2015 at 14:59

Got a large pot and blender,fancied something different

Jolteh · 26 Jan 2015 at 15:51

I got one of the Morphy Richards ones as a gift (off my mum, who swears by them). I've used hers and it's fine in the sense that it makes reasonable soup, but using a pan and hand blender is so easy already I can't justify making any space in my kitchen for it.

It's still in the box

joey1211 · 26 Jan 2015 at 16:08

schizo said:
Have been making it with 2 saucepans,one for the broccoli and one foir the potatoes,then they both go in the blender.

Why are you using two pans if it's all going into the blender? I make potato and leek using two. One for the potatoes, whites of the leek (and some added onion for taste) which goes in to the blender. The greens of the leek are finely chopped and fried in garlic and butter and added after the blitzing

ScoTTyBEEE · 26 Jan 2015 at 19:54

hand blender
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Deus Ex · 26 Jan 2015 at 21:52

seconded, hand blenders pretty boss usually.

D.P. · 28 Jan 2015 at 19:55

Never had an issue just using a hand blender.

Schizo · 29 Jan 2015 at 07:13

Made my first soup yesterday.

Was so much better in my eyes,one item to wash up,very very easy to make,put the ingredients in,turn on and 25 mins later its done.

Made a broccoli,Stilton,potato,basil and onion soup.

Was perfect,nice and hot,had the machine set on thick and it was just that,will be using it quiet a bit now.

its also a coffee grinder,steamer,juicer ect.

Well chuffed with it and will be used a lot from now on.

Swagger187 · 31 Jan 2015 at 10:39

Bloody soup makers. The girlfriend brought one for her mother but decided to use it lol. Think she has got a bit carried away with it :/

Schizo · 31 Jan 2015 at 10:46

Swagger187 said:
Bloody soup makers. The girlfriend brought one for her mother but decided to use it lol. Think she has got a bit carried away with it :/

good girl

kinetic747 · 31 Jan 2015 at 11:05

Got a Morphy Richards saute and soup for Xmas, fantastic gadget and we use it quite often.

Schizo · 1 Feb 2015 at 10:24

Made a leak and butternut squash soup yesterday for me and my daughter,she loved helping as its so easy to do.

going to make another one today with mixed veg.

kinetic747 · 1 Feb 2015 at 12:07

schizo said:
Made a leak and butternut squash soup yesterday for me and my daughter,she loved helping as its so easy to do.

going to make another one today with mixed veg.

There are some excellent soup recipe books around but it's also good to experiment. :cool:

robfosters · 1 Feb 2015 at 13:22

Do you literally just put veg, water, herbs and seasoning in and press go?

Schizo · 1 Feb 2015 at 13:38

robfosters said:
Do you literally just put veg, water, herbs and seasoning in and press go?

Yes it's a easy as that,25 mins later it's cooked and hot and ready to poor.

Evian · 3 Feb 2015 at 06:49

Bought one of these hand blender sets, http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00MX3LIPI?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

Can't wait to try it out, Anyone got any good sites with recipes etc?

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