A blender is a versatile kitchen appliance. It can be used to whip up a cocktail or mousse, make a cream soup, soufflé, pâté or other delicious dishes. Use a bowl blender or an immersion blender - both are great for mashed, grind, and whisk.
Tomato puree soup
Try making a simple first course - puree soup. Using a blender, it can be made completely homogeneous. Choose the most ripe tomatoes - unripe ones will not give a rich color. If the soup seems too pale for you, add a tablespoon of tomato paste to it.
You will need:
- 700 g of ripe tomatoes;
- 450 ml of chicken broth;
- 450 ml of milk;
- 1 potato;
- 1 small onion;
- a bunch of green basil;
- 1 teaspoon of sugar;
- 0, 5 tbsp. tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- 0, 5 tbsp. tablespoons of butter;
- 150 ml of heavy cream;
- salt, freshly ground black pepper.
Wash the tomatoes, dry and chop finely without removing the skin. In a deep frying pan, combine vegetable oil and butter, melt. Finely chop the potatoes and onions, put in the pan, add the tomatoes. Simmer everything until the vegetables are soft.
Pour the chicken broth and milk into the mixture. Add sugar, finely chopped basil greens, salt and freshly ground pepper. Stir and simmer for 15 minutes. Chill soup, pour into blender bowl and puree. Then heat the mixture in a saucepan. Serve the soup in cups, sprinkle each serving with pepper and a tablespoon of cream.
Vegetable sockets
This beautiful dish will be an excellent side dish for meat or fish. It can be made from any root vegetable such as sweet potatoes, yams, rutabagas, or turnips.
You will need:
- 450 g of carrots;
- 450 g of potatoes;
- 30 g butter;
- 2 egg yolks;
- a pinch of nutmeg;
- a pinch of sugar;
- salt;
- freshly ground black pepper.
Peel the vegetables, chop them and boil them individually in salted water until soft. Purée the vegetables with an immersion blender, then place in the skillet and let the excess liquid evaporate. In each part - carrot and potato - add sugar, nutmeg, pepper, 1 yolk and half butter. Place the carrot and mashed potatoes in a pastry bag and place them in two-color rosettes on a greased baking sheet. Bake the products in an oven preheated to 200 ° C for about 20 minutes.
Banana cocktail with ice cream
A delicious and healthy dessert - a cocktail with bananas and ice cream. It is more convenient to beat it in a blender with a bowl. Use very sweet overripe bananas. If desired, the sweetness of the drink can be enhanced by adding a little liquid honey or syrup.
You will need:
- 2 large, ripe bananas;
- 2 glasses of milk;
- 100 g of ice cream;
- 1 teaspoon of coconut flakes.
Break the peeled bananas into pieces and place in a blender bowl. Puree fruit, pour in milk, add ice cream. Whisk the mixture into a homogeneous mass, pour it into chilled glasses. Sprinkle each serving with coconut and serve.
