Stick Blender - contains merged threads

germish_se

Actually I have a separate electric whisk/mixer, just a Tesco value one, I
paid about a fiver for that and it suits me, had that for about 4 years now. I like to have it separate but I guess it's a matter of taste/habits

jasmine33

justpeyton4now wrote: »

Jasmine, personally I got a very basic stick blender from Argo's on clearance for under £4. It does most of the chopping, liquidizing and blending I need. I also got a basic 5 speed hand mixer for less than a fiver at Tesco or ASDA, can't remember which. I prefer the firmer beaters rather than the whisk type.

Tesco has a Phillips Stick Blender Set now for £19.54 that has the additional attachments. I've found Phillips to have pretty good products is this one has an average rating of 8/10. Plus double club card points when you order online right now.

HTH

Peyton xx

Thanks very much Peyton. I bought the Phillips from Tesco and I am very pleased with it. Saved £10 as well.


Jasmine xx

Frugalista

As the title says, I don't have a food processor and want to make some Sweet Chilli Jam. The recipe says to put the peppers & chillis in a food processor and "Whizz until very finely chopped" - you then add the vinegar, sugar, etc and cook until thick.

What I was thinking was if I chop them up into very small pieces by hand and pour on the vinegar - would I get a similar result if I whizzed it with my stick blender?? Any ideas?? TIA .

ravylesley

Not too sure on this one as stick blenders tend to turn everything into mush whereas food processors just chop then finely.I'd personally chop them as fine as I could and settle for a slightly chunkier chilli jam it will have a better taste and texture than the puree'd version

Lesleyxx

Frugalista

What about if I just "pulsed" it a couple of times - wouldn't that chop it a bit (before it turns into mush)?

blueberrypie

Frugalista wrote: »

What about if I just "pulsed" it a couple of times - wouldn't that chop it a bit (before it turns into mush)?

I think you'd end up with a couple of areas of mush and a lot of unchopped bits.

Like ravylesley, I'd chop finely by hand and just accept that the result will be a little bit chunkier than if you used a food processor.

Speckled_Egg

I want to get a new hand blender for making soup (and other nice things!).

Can anyone recommend one?

Thanks!

:A

angeltreats

I have this one from Argos. I didn't want an expensive one as I use the liquidiser on my Kenwood for most things, and this only has a weedy little 200W motor, but it's far better than I thought it would be, does a great job of blending soups (even thick ones) and getting the lumps out of custard and so on, and it cost almost nothing.

clairewp

Speckled_Egg wrote: »

I want to get a new hand blender for making soup (and other nice things!).

Can anyone recommend one?

Thanks!

:A

Hi, i got one in Asda's at the weekend, it was their own brand and was £4.77.

Lurkio

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