While it features buttons for smooth and chunky soup programmes, the Simplissimo Chef has been designed to be far more than a simple soup maker. As well as blending, with an auto programme for smoothies and ice and three manual speeds, it includes a steamer basket for poaching eggs in their shells and steaming fish or vegetables, alongside sous-vide capabilities. Key specs — Capacity: 1. If the thought of a velvety, creamy tomato soup fills your heart with joy, then look no further than the Ninja blender and soup maker.
During testing, the Ninja consistently delivered smooth soups, although it took markedly longer to soften chunkier leek and potato varieties due to the slightly weedy heating element. Read our full review of the Ninja soup maker and blender to find out more. Buy now from Argos. The Tefal Easy Soup resembles a kettle, with clearly labelled buttons on top and blades extending downwards from the lid, and its compact design means it takes up minimal worktop space. However, if ease of use and cleaning is on your wishlist, this appliance can create an endless supply of soup or compote in two clicks and without any mess.
A detachable power cord makes for simple storage, while a self-cleaning programme removes the need for scrubbing. Buy now from AO. It can also be used as a standard blender for sauces, smoothies and crushing ice, plus it comes with a recipe booklet. A glass jar and non-stick base make clean-up simple. Aimed at those who love to sip homemade soup but want to do so without spending a fortune, the Salter Go Healthy is a cheap and cheerful alternative to some of the more complex makers on this list.
The stainless steel jug has a large 1. During testing, we found that the Go Healthy did struggle to blend chunkier ingredients and therefore wasn't ideal for smooth soups. We gave extra marks for a variety of recipes.
Ease of use: A soup maker should reduce the work involved in cooking. We looked for easy-to-use machines, where we felt confident that the process minimised the fuss of preparing ingredients and cooking them.
Ease of cleaning: Although we were open to hand-washing most machines, because of their size and electric output are not dishwasher safe , we still kept an eye out for machines that made life easier when it came to washing-up. Aesthetics and size: Soup makers can be space-consuming, so we considered both height and footprint. We favoured compact soup makers for ease of storage, unless they were enhanced with additional functionality, which justified a bigger size.
Attractive design was also taken into consideration. Best food processors Best dishwashers Best blenders Best slow cookers Best toasters Best kettles Best gadgets for health lovers. This review was last updated in August If you have any questions, suggestions for future reviews or spot anything that has changed in price or availability, please get in touch at goodfoodwebsite immediate.
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Back to Health Is air-frying healthy? Dairy-free diet Popular diets Healthy meal subscriptions Best vegan protein powders. Home Review The best soup makers tried and tested. All you need to do is insert your ingredients and press start and the machine will cook and blend. A recipe booklet is included in the box to inspire you with soup flavours that will make you step you outside your comfort zone.
The sweet summer pea, broccoli, mint and ricotta soup is a particular favourite. The built-in self-clean setting is also a valuable part of this impressive piece of kit. With its compact, stainless-steel body, the digital Salter Soup Maker has expert functionality. It comes with four preset features that are located on the lid of the appliance, which make it easy to prepare smooth and chunky soups. With a 1. A recipe book comes included in the box for inspiration, so you can make soups such as spicy red Thai curry soup or simple leek and potato in just 20 minutes.
A bonus of this model is its basic blend setting, which you can use to create cold drinks and smoothies. An auto-clean feature finishes off its basic yet versatile spec, which means any ingredients trapped in the powerful blending blade can easily be dislodged and cleaned thoroughly. With its classic flask-like styling and black, red and stainless-steel finish, the Morphy Richards Perfect Soup Maker has retro charm.
Its 1,watt power and useful settings mean this all-in-one soup maker is anything but traditional, however. Its 1. To make a soup, you need to chop ingredients to 2cms, place inside and choose your soup preference — be it chunky or smooth — and the blender will cook and blend to your ideal consistency.
At johnlewis. This offering from ElectriQ features a power-packed 1,W motor along with Japanese stainless-steel blades. With a combo like that, it's unsurprising to hear it can handle anything you'd care to throw in it, pulverising everything from vegetables to nuts with ease for a consistency that's as smooth as you like it. Able to function as both a blender and soup maker using the same blade makes it convenient to use too, and it can produce hot soup from cold ingredients in a mere five minutes.
It's clever enough to automatically adjust the motor settings according to the size of the container you're using and heats up soup in less than six minutes, purely from the power of its spinning blades.
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