A blender is a home kitchen equipment that helps in cooking and saves housewife time. The devices of modern models are equipped with a number of additional functions and nozzles that allow you to use them when creating first courses, sauces, desserts and cocktails. Let's “plunge” together into the world of blenders and recipes of dishes in which they participate.
What are they
Types of blenders:
- submersible;
- with a small bowl or glass;
- stationary with a bowl;
- stationary with a glass.
They vary in size, power and amount of electricity consumed. It should also be noted that stationary models have more nozzles and functions, however, they are deprived of a mobile paw for immersion in other containers, except for its insertion bowl. Submersible machines are much more affordable, but have a limited set of functions.
Which blender to choose when buying? It depends on what you can cook with a blender. After all, each model has its own individual functions.
Home Blender Features
The set of the submersible model often includes a whisk, a tall measuring cup (it is also suitable for grinding products) and a bowl with a lid and insert knives for cutting. That is, it is suitable for:
- mashed cream soups and other mashed potatoes dishes;
- mixing;
- quick grinding of a small amount of products with a paw;
- whipping;
- making cocktails;
- chopping in a bowl (meat and other products in portions of a limited amount).
In stationary models, the possibilities are also limited. Devices with a glass are designed to create cocktails, as they have two knives in the glass, set at a low level. Therefore, you can’t grind anything voluminous in them. Only pieces of fruit and berries, subject to the addition of a liquid component. Here you can manage to prepare the basis for the sauce. But for mashed vegetables, you also need to add liquid. Otherwise, only the lower layers will be crushed, and the upper pieces will remain intact.
As such additional fluid, depending on the recipe, you can take 50-70 ml:
- water;
- citrus juice;
- milk or dairy product.
Stationary blenders with a bowl can afford:
- knead the dough liquid and dense medium density;
- beat foods in large quantities (as far as the size of the bowl allows).
Cooking Tips
In order for a blender to serve fruitfully in your kitchen for a long time, be sure to follow simple rules and take care of your equipment:
- Do not overload the blender bowl;
- do not turn on the high grinding speed immediately when working, start from the first and gradually move to a faster one;
- Before work, always check that the parts and parts of the device are fastened correctly;
- After work, be sure to rinse and clean all parts;
- No need to submerge blender places that are close to an electric wire.
The work of a hand blender in cooking
Cooking with a hand blender significantly speeds up the work in the kitchen. For example, if before, to cook puree soup, you had to stand for a long time and wipe the boiled foods through an iron sieve, but now everything is changing. A few seconds of operation of the submersible paw, and all products are evenly chopped.
What can be prepared using a blender:
- cream soups and cream soups;
- smoothies and smoothies;
- homemade ice cream and sorbets;
- batter for biscuits and pancakes.
Recipe for tender mashed soup
Puree vegetable soup can be prepared on chicken or meat broth - to increase the nutritional value of a dish, or diet - on water. The list of ingredients does not indicate the exact amount of products, including liquids. After all, the first course has the right to be thick or liquid. Which soup to cook depends on individual preferences.
For baby food, it is recommended at the end of cooking to add a little pre-boiled milk or cream to the soup. Such a tender soup will be a delicious source of calcium for a growing organism of a preschooler or teenager.
What products are needed:
- ripe red tomato;
- red bell pepper;
- a bunch of fresh herbs;
- root celery;
- potatoes;
- water or broth;
- salt, spices.
Puree soup with a blender:
- For the best taste of tomato soup, it is better to peel. Do this by peeling a tomato with a knife or using boiling water. Cut the tomato in the form of a cross and dip in boiled (but not boiling water) for 3-4 minutes. Transfer to ice water for cooling. Remove the skin with your hands starting from the incision. It is not needed for soup, and chop the tomato finely.
- Peel and rinse other vegetables for the recipe. Cut into small pieces. Pay particular attention to greens. Any spicy greens from the garden will do. But it must be carefully sorted and washed, immersed in a container with cold water. And then rinse each leaf under running water. Arrange on a prepared paper towel to dry.
- Pour water or broth into the pan, load all vegetables except greens. Cook until soft.
- Season with salt and selected spices and seasonings.
- Cut greens and add to soup. Remove from the stove and grind with a submersible blender. Put on the stove again and quickly bring to a boil. The soup is ready!
Instead of potatoes, you can take any washed cereals. There are two options for making cereal soup puree:
- cook and grind cereals with other products;
- boil the cereals separately, rinse and put in the center of the plate of the finished soup as a side dish.
Home-made chips from pita bread or potatoes in the oven are also suitable for garnishing. And you can always grind the spicy mixture for them in a blender.
Homemade cocktail
What can I cook with a dairy blender? A milkshake is prepared more than simply. All ingredients are mixed and crushed, optionally whipped.
Which products we take:
- milk or cream of any fat content;
- creamy ice cream or ice cream;
- nuts.
Cooking:
- So, it’s better to grind nuts for the recipe in a coffee grinder, since the blender can only cope with soft cashews or peanuts. But it’s not worth the risk.
- Pour a third of the prepared volume of milk into a glass of a stationary blender, put ice cream and ground nuts. Whip everything.
- Add milk to the desired volume of the drink and beat again for a second. A hazelnut milkshake using a blender is cooked!
Make a drink with a scoop of ice cream and ground nuts for a nice and mouth-watering serving.
Many cocktail recipes using a blender include fresh or quick-frozen fruits and berries. The basis may be milk, a dairy product (kefir, fermented baked milk, yogurt) or juice. Additionally, you can add to the cocktail if desired:
- fresh or dried mint, basil or sorrel;
- ground nuts (using a coffee grinder);
- sesame seeds;
- poppy;
- spices - coriander, white pepper (for an amateur).
Sugar (or its substitute), honey, fructose will go well as a sweet in a cocktail.
Quick smoothie
As the main ingredient for smoothies, you can take any fruit you like and fruit or berry juice. A blender of any model and power will cope with the preparation of a vitamin smoothie.
Products:
- mango;
- mandarin;
- natural flower honey;
- fresh mint for decoration.
Smoothies with a blender:
- Rinse and peel the fruit. Mint can be washed a little in water.
- Cut the mango into pieces and immerse in a blender bowl.
- Squeeze the juice from the mandarin and pour to the mango.
- Add honey and turn on the blender at first speed for 4-5 seconds. Then add speed to the second or third. Beat dessert until smooth and smooth.
- Put the dessert in a glass and garnish with mint.
Pancakes and Blender
Thin pancakes, pancakes or thick pancakes with the help of a blender are tender and soft due to the fact that the dough is not only mixed, but also whipped.
Take for the recipe:
- two eggs;
- a glass of milk;
- baking powder bag;
- a glass of wheat flour;
- sunflower oil;
- sugar, salt.
Let's start cooking:
- Break eggs into any cup and pour half of the milk specified in the recipe. Introduce a submersible blender and mash the mixture.
- Add sugar and salt to taste, half the flour and the whole baking powder.
- Continue puree and pour in the remaining milk. Add flour portionwise.
- Beat until smooth and at the end combine with 50 ml of sunflower oil.
- Stop whipping. The dough is ready. It remains to bake pancakes and wash the dome of the submersible blender.
Now you know what you can cook with a blender! Be sure to use our tips and write down recipes!