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making soups and sauces
Make sure the unit is switched off and unplugged from the mains supply socket
before assembly.
Your soup maker may smoke a little and give off an odour during first use. This is
normal and will soon disappear.
Beware of steam escaping from around the area of the stopper/measure during
use.
Don’t fill the jug above the 1400ml marking.
Never place your fingers inside the jug during operation or when adding
ingredients.
1. Prepare the ingredients for your recipe.
2. Assemble your soup maker on a flat, stable, level surface.
3. Plug your soup maker in to a mains supply socket. Press the on/off button to select
standby mode. The display will show
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and flash.
4.
Set the cooking time
. When the display stops flashing use the increase timer button
to set the desired cooking time in minutes. Each press of the button will increase
the time by one minute. You can hold the button down to increase the time more
rapidly. You can use the decrease timer button in the same way to decrease the time.
Note that the time can be altered at any stage during the cooking process using the
increase/decrease buttons.
5.
Frying/sautéing
. If the recipe requires you to fry or sauté ingredients (such as
onions or garlic), add a little oil to the heating plate. If using butter, add a little oil to
the butter to prevent it from burning. Press the SIMMER/SAUTÉ button and allow the
plate to heat up. Add the ingredients and cook as necessary. Press the STIR button
as required during cooking to mix the ingredients.
6. Cooking cycle
. Add all of the remaining ingredients according to the recipe and
press the HIGH button. Your soup maker will quickly bring the ingredients to a
vigorous boil. The cooking cycle can then be amended by pressing the LOW or
SIMMER/SAUTÉ button. A built-in safety feature ensures that after several minutes
on the HIGH setting, your soup maker will automatically switch to the simmer/sauté
setting and the SIMMER/SAUTÉ button will light up. Press the STIR button at any
time during cooking to mix the ingredients. Don’t press and hold the STIR button for
longer than 10 seconds.
7. After the set time has elapsed and the cooking cycle has finished your soup maker
will beep six times and enter Keep Warm mode. The status light will change to white
to show that your soup maker is in the keep warm mode. The keep warm mode lasts
for 40 minutes after which your soup maker will switch to standby mode. To exit keep
warm mode, press the on/off button.
