Can I make breakfast, lunch and dinner for the whole family in a blender

Fortunately, the times when mashed potatoes were crushed with a mallet, baby food was rubbed through a sieve, and to make icing sugar, the refined sugar was crushed, ground, wrapped in cloth beforehand, and with the arrival of the blender in our life, were gone. Before buying kitchen appliances, many are wondering whether it is possible to prepare in a blender what other kitchen appliances offered by today's manufacturers cannot. Let us examine this question in more detail.

What is good device?

Indeed, a blender is a unique device that can replace several units in the kitchen that help cook various dishes of varying complexity to housewives.

Today he is able to:

• beat eggs and squirrels;
• make minced meat and potato casseroles, cream soup for baby food;
• grind hard foods, grits, coffee grains;
• mix hot and cold;
• cut into cubes, straws;
• knead;
• chop vegetables, for example, horseradish, carrots, tomatoes for sauces, seasonings and snacks.

AT stationary blender You can make milkshakes by adding fruit, ice cream, ice, syrups. Depending on the type of device, the functionality of the tasks performed varies, therefore, before purchasing an aggregate, it is necessary to decide for what purpose device is purchased.

A bit of history

The invention of the blender is rooted in the pre-war time, then few people thought about creating a real household assistant in the private kitchen, all thoughts were on the scale of large-scale production. It was then that in the 1920s, a prototype of a modern blender was invented for gassing malt beverages. Despite the fact that the unit was conceived with a narrow purpose, its creator assumed the possibility of using the device in the culinary world. Ten years later, at one of the technical exhibitions Miracle Blender in an improved form was presented to the general public.After another 20 years, sales of products reached millions.

Today, the blender has reached the pinnacle of popularity due to its technical capabilities and mobility.

Blender Types

Manufacturers offer the average people to choose from two types of devices that differ in appearance and functionality:

• submersible (manual) type;
• stationary.

Manual type is a handle with a nozzle-knife at the end. Some models are completed with a measuring cup, a bowl for chopping, a whisk for beating and various other nozzles that increase the cost of the device, which will help prepare mashed potatoes, cream soup, beat the dough and proteins for sweet baking, cut into cubes vegetables for first courses, chop the horseradish root , make minced meat.

The main advantage that distinguishes this type from stationary and other kitchen appliances with similar capabilities is its mobility.

And indeed, even in a small kitchen with a small number of cabinets for storing dishes you can find a place for it. This blender can beat, chop, chop, mix, grind.

The functionality of the submersible model

Based on the number of additional nozzles with which the models are completed, their functionality changes in a smaller or larger direction:

• the main nozzle is a chopper leg;
• beaker;
• corolla;
• chopper bowl;
• nozzle for mashed potatoes;
• nozzle hook for the test;
• for cutting cubes;
• for mixing.

A submersible blender can replace not only a mixer, but also a food processor.

Indeed, the nozzles offered by manufacturers are so diverse that they can be used to cook almost any dish.

Corolla

The most popular nozzle in a hand blender - the whisk, which turns it into a mixer, is designed for mixing liquid ingredients. They can beat the eggs and make an omelette for breakfast or a fragrant sponge cake cream. Many are ready to whisk whites of squirrels, bringing them to the state of solid peaks, but the mixer will still cope with this task somewhat better and faster.

Chopper leg

The main attachment to the device is a handle with a double-bladed knife made of stainless steel, it is capable of chopping fruits, carrots, onions, making mashed potatoes,mousse, make a smoothie. The knife is hidden under the hood, often plastic, warning against splashing of the liquid mass. Such an element will be able to grind the horseradish root without difficulty, and scroll the meat into the stuffing.

If attached to the working part of the device container with knives, it turns out an indispensable handy for the preparation of vegetable dressing for borscht. With this nozzle you can chop fresh carrots and onions, horseradish, eggs, nuts, greens. Such a nozzle will not be difficult to turn boiled meat into a paste meat, and from sugar to make powdered sugar for sprinkling confectionery. Coffee lovers in the absence of coffee grinders can use a blender. If there is a bowl with a knife inside, the device can grind coffee to a uniform powder, and the smaller the particles are, the more aromatic will be the smell of the former grains. Need to make a homemade snack? Not a problem - the blender will grind and mix horseradish root with other ingredients, which will allow you to make a great horseradish or ketchup for the winter from a tomato.

For mashed potatoes

Since mashed potatoes prepared with the main nozzle are not as tasty as we would like, and most often resemble a sticky mass, manufacturers offer a specially designed nozzle that looks like a fine mesh with a number of knives. With its help mashed potatoes turn out air and uniform.

Nozzle hook

Very popular with housewives does not use, firstly, it will take about 15 minutes for the dough, and all this time it’s not very convenient to hold the device in hand, secondly, it is not very convenient, many people used to knead the dough with their hands, thus controlling the right consistency .

Nozzles for cutting cubes

Not included with all models. Many hostesses admire the blender equipped with it, because it allows to reduce the time when cooking vegetable salads and soups.

For mixing

Combines the functions of a knife and a whisk. She can cook omelettes, make batter for pancakes and pancakes, and she can also make minced meat well.

It turns out that the immersion blender, equipped with various nozzles, is able to perform many different functions that facilitate the life of the hostess in the kitchen.

With it, you can cook breakfast, you only need to beat the eggs until a homogeneous consistency, and you get a good omelet. The love of boiled coffee is not a reason to buy a coffee grinder, a blender is able to grind grains to a powder.

Due to the presence of the appliance, cooking of the first and second courses will take much less time. He will chop the onion in seconds without giving a chance to shed tears, boiled meat from which it is possible to make pate stuffing, cut fresh vegetables for borsch and salad, cook mashed potatoes and cream soup. Fans of various sauces and seasonings can easily make mayonnaise from eggs and mustard, horseradish horseradish and homemade ketchup. Fans of sweet pastry without difficulty will be able to prepare icing sugar for the dessert, cream for the cake from beaten eggs and sugar, as well as meringue, just enough to beat the proteins well (for more information about the functionality, seewhat can blender do).

Stationary blender and its features

This type of blender somewhat cheaper your opponent due to the lack of such a variety of tasks (about which device to choose - which is better: immersion blender or stationary).

The stationary version consists of a stand under a special bowl with a knife at the bottom and a motor. Due to the actual absence of nozzles, its functionality is much smaller.

Plus it is the ability to make virtually any of the ingredients homogeneous mixtureresembling mashed potatoes. Best of all, he will cope with liquid ingredients, the device will be able to mix, churn, grind. With it, you can cook a delicious cream soup by mixing boiled vegetables, meat and broth, mashed potatoes and vegetables for baby food. Using a stationary blender, beat the proteins and eggs well until a stable foam is obtained. Unfortunately, it is unlikely to get mincemeat, as it will resemble the paste in consistency. But to make a delicious spicy snack of horseradish to the holiday table - this is its direct purpose. If desired, you can make an airy confectionery dressing for donuts in the form of powdered sugar.

Cooking Application

Fans of sweet pastries often wonder about the possibilities of a blender in the manufacture of sweet dishes. Of course, he is capable of much. Icing sugar, an indispensable ingredient in cooking, is not difficult to do. And if the plans are long-term storage of sweet powder, it is worth adding 10: 1 corn flour to it, it will not allow the powdered sugar to become damp and turn into a lump. In the production, by the way, do the same: when packing the product in powdered sugar, add the above-mentioned flour in the right proportions.

Often, coffee is used in the preparation of cakes, pies, tiramisu and other sweet desserts. And, of course, it is best to apply ground coffee instead of freeze-dried coffee for this purpose.

Buying a coffee grinder can by itself disappear if there is a blender in the house, because it is able to grind coffee as well as a highly specialized device.

But the main trump card of a blender is the ability to beat eggs or proteins alone to a state of foam. in minutes. I want to cook meringue, not a problem, proteins with sugar will turn into a fluffy thick mass without applying additional effort.

Conclusion

From all of the above, we can conclude that a blender is a truly unique household appliance capable of replace several others. And the truth is, with such a kitchen, the hostess will not be difficult to chop eggs or onions for the cake,wind the minced meat and cook delicious burgers, beat the whites and bake a delicious sponge cake, add ground coffee and powdered sugar in it, make a spicy snack to the table with horseradish. In families where there is a small child, such a device is simply necessary. They can in a matter of seconds turn an ordinary soup into a cream soup for a baby.