Hand blenders

Iwantahouse_2 · 4 November 2006 at 12:08PM

I bought a handblender seemed like a good idea at the time.
any good ideas with what i could do with it?

Gryfon · 4 November 2006 at 12:11PM

I use mine for soups mostly. But then I bought one that has various attachments so you can make breadcrumbs, pastes etc and it's brilliant!

Oh and making sauces none lumpy as well could be useful

thriftlady_2 · 4 November 2006 at 12:12PM

I use mine constantly for soup. So much easier than pouring batches of hot liquid into a food processor and easy to wash too.

it's good for smoothies too.

CLARABEL · 4 November 2006 at 6:11PM

can be good for de-lumping sauces too

main use here is soup though...lol

:j

nearlyrich · 4 November 2006 at 6:18PM

Soup here too, I tend to buy the cheap ones from Tesco (just under a fiver) so it doesn't matter if it goes a funny shape if the soup is too hot LOL

tescodisco · 4 November 2006 at 6:40PM

they're great for making your own houmous, much cheaper than bought stuff.
it seems tough going at first, as chickpeas are quite solid, but make sure you add some olive oil or other liquid to loosen it up and it has always worked for me.
Let me know if you need a recipe.

tescodisco · 4 November 2006 at 6:47PM

i also use mine to make curry pastes, there is a great madhur jaffrey recipe where you process onions, garlic, ginger and spices to a mush and then fry till brown, makes your curry taste really savory.

some chicken either breasts or whatever
4 md Onions -- peeled
1 ½ Inch Cube Of Ginger --
Peeled & chopped
6 Cloves Garlic -- peeled
7 tb Vegetable Oil
1 tb Ground Coriander
1 tb Ground Cumin
½ ts Ground Turmeric
½ ts Cayenne Pepper add more if you want it to be spicier
4 tb Plain Yogurt
2 ½ c Water
small tin tomatoes, or a coulple of fresh ones
2 ts Salt
½ ts Garam Masala -- (essential)
1 tb Fresh Coriander -- to garnish (optional)

This is one of the nicest currys I've ever eaten and doesnt require very elaborate ingredients, once you've got the spices in (from a indian grocer of course!)

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PurpleDuck · 4 November 2006 at 6:58PM

I use mine to make caster sugar as its cheaper to buy ordinary sugar and give it a blast with the hand blender for the ammount of caster sugar I use.

Gryfon · 4 November 2006 at 7:12PM

Oh and I have an older version of this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Braun-MR6550-Multiquick-Professional-Blender/dp/B000FLPNL0/sr=1-3/qid=1162663717/ref=sr_1_3/202-3825701-3983069?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen

But I've had it since we got married 6 years ago and still use all the bits! In the summer the children like slushies made with it, great for breadcrumbs, for whisking, making pastes (and baby food), blitzing tomatoes for bolognaise sauces, making burger stuff for shaping etc!

If this one broke even though it seems expensive I'd be right out there to get another because it's soooooooooooooooooooooooooo useful! And you can wash all the bits seperately

Sorry got all ott there but I love mine

thetope · 4 November 2006 at 7:23PM

i love mine, use it for soups mostly, but also fruit smoothies and tomato sauces (i hate tomatoes so i have to blitz tinned tomatoes before i can eat them in a sauce!)

like tescodisco above i also use it for curry sauces and sometimes pureeing potatoes for ultimate comfort food

i think my hand blender is my favourite kitchen appliance!

culpepper · 4 November 2006 at 8:43PM

I used to have one when the kids were bubs. I used it to make all their baby food. Whenever we had a meal ,I'd put a little bit in a bowl and just blend it down.

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