“It takes no more than a minute or two to puree the whole pot to the exact consistency you want, whether it's pureeing just some of the food to make a creamy base for the soup, while leaving the rest chunky, or making it all silky-smooth. This limits the margin to make a mess from transferring the liquid from your cookware to a blender or food processor. The top reason why many people buy an immersion blender is for pureeing hot soups right in the pot. What do immersion blenders do that a regular blender cannot? You basically insert the blade end into food and push a button on the handle to start the motor, and it chops, purees and mixes the food,” she said. “The very sharp blade is usually spinning inside a little metal dome with openings for food to enter and be cut by the blades and then spin out of the dome.
Immersion blenders are handheld, wand-shaped machines that have a motor at one end and a blade at the other, McManus explained. She helped us break down everything you need to know about the tool. Almost anything you could do with a countertop blender you can do with an immersion blender, including pureeing soups, mixing sauces and even making baby food.Īccording to Lisa McManus, executive editor of America’s Test Kitchen Reviews, there are a whole host of reasons that an immersion blender should be in your kitchen gadget drawer. This is where an immersion blender comes in handy.Īlso known as a stick blender, this small kitchen tool is like having the power of a traditional blender without the carafe. Most of the time you end up ladling small amounts of hot liquid into the carafe of a blender to blitz it up - and still end up finding chunks. Getting soups and sauces as smooth as possible can be a kitchen nightmare.
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