Operating Instructions COOK & MIX PLUS Art.-No.
Carefully read all provided instructions before you start running the appliance and pay attention to the warnings mentioned in these instructions. Table of Contents Knowing Your New COOK & MIX PLUS.................................................................. 29 Important Safeguards............................................................................................. 30 Hot Surfaces – Risk of Burns...............................................................................
Dear Customer! Congratulations! You have purchased an exceptional appliance coming with a multitude of surprising features. Heating function, blender and mixer combined in a powerful unit. Prepare your favourite soups or hot and cold drinks effortless and quickly, try out new recipes and enjoy the easiness and simplification coming with your new COOK & MIX PLUS.
Important Safeguards Carefully read all instructions before operating this appliance and save for further reference. Do not attempt to use this appliance for any other than the intended use, described in these instructions. Any other use, especially misuse, can cause severe injuries or damage by electric shock, heat or fire. Any operation, repair and technical maintenance of the appliance or any part of it other than described in these instructions may only be performed at an authorised service centre.
• Always keep the entire appliance dry and clean and where young children cannot reach it. Do not place any hard and/or heavy objects on the appliance or any part of it. Take care that no one will pull the appliance by the power cord. • Always handle the stainless steel blades with care, especially while removing the blades, cleaning or emptying the jar.
any liquids on the motor base or power cord to avoid risk of fire and electric shock. When liquids are spilled in the motor base, immediately switch off, unplug and wait for the appliance to cool down. Thereafter, clean the appliance thoroughly. (See: ›Care and Cleaning‹) • DO NOT place the motor base in an automatic dishwasher. • Always turn off the appliance before replacing accessories, disassemling and cleaningl.
Do not hold your hands, arms, face and clothes over the lid when the glass jar is still hot. • Glass jar, jar base, lid and measuring cup may become very hot during operation. Only touch these parts by the handles. The heating elements are mounted at the bottom of the glass jar in the jar base. Do not touch the bottom of the jar base, shortly after using the heater function. Technical Specifications Model: Art.-No.
Powerful Functions of Your New COOK & MIX PLUS The COOK & MIX PLUS is designed for mixing, cooking and heating foods and is heated by an integrated electric heating element. WARNING: Do not heat the glass jar of the appliance using any other source of heat (e.g. range, microwave oven)! Glass jar, lid, measuring cup and jar base will get very hot when using the heater function. To avoid scalds, only touch the appliance at the handles and operating elements during operation.
Assembling the glass jar 1. Clean all parts of the glass jar. Handle the blades with care to avoid injuries. 2. Put the square side of the blade base into the cup base first, then press the blade base into the jar base. 3. Fix the seal ring into the blade base. Note: Damp the seal ring first and then assemble the glass jar. The glass jar will be more tight to the jar base after doing this. 4. Assemble the glass jar into the jar base. 5.
Lid & Measuring Cup To remove the lid from the glass jar, grip the jar handle while use the thumb to press the edge of the lid and push it counter-clockwise firmly (fig. 4) and lift upwards (fig. 5). After adding the required food to the blender jar, replace lid on jar before heating and blending.
Operation Control Panels ON/OFF Power Button • Plug the appliance into the outlet, the on/off power button will flash. Press once and the light will become static; the appliance is now in ›stand-by‹ mode. • If the on/off button is pressed whilst in ›stand-by‹ mode, the appliance will return back to idle mode with the on/off button flashing. Any settings entered will be cancelled. • The only way to turn the flashing on/off button off is to unplug the appliance from the outlet.
• It is recommended that you use the stir function while frying or sautéing onions, garlic or other base ingredients at the start of your recipe. • It is not ideal to use the stir button to blend the soup but it can be used if you require chunky soup. • Note: For safety, do not use stir button longer than ten seconds on heat mode. Use stir function intermittently.
6. Add the remaining ingredients (vegetables, stock and seasoning etc) and set on a high heat and bring to the boil. • Note: When making soup, only fill the contents of the glass jar to 1400 ml mark. 7. Once boiled reduce heat to simmer, set timer (+ and – buttons) and leave to cook. 8. After boiling on High (›KOCHEN‹) for several minutes, switch to Simmer (›SIEDEN‹) and leave to cook. 9. When cooking program has finished the appliance will beep 6 times.
• To bring the ingredients to the boil as quickly as possible, it is recommended to use the Heater button High (›KOCHEN‹) first. During heating up use the mix function in intervals. As soon as your foods are boiling, switch to a lower temperature setting Low (›GAREN‹), or Simmer (›SIEDEN‹) button. • If soup recipes calls for cheese or cream to be added, do this after the cooking time has passed. Do not allow boiling again.
Cleaning the blades 1. Simply add ca. 0.5 Litre of dish-water to the glass jar. 2. Set the timer for 2 minutes and press the Simmer (›SIEDEN‹) button. 3. When the dish-water is hot, turn the heater off (press Simmer button again), and switch the speed selector to speed selection 1 for ca. 1 minute. 4. Pour out the dish-water and repeat this procedure with pure tap water. This will release food that maybe on the underside of the blades.
Storage WARNING: Always unplug the appliance, let the appliance cool down sufficiently, and clean the appliance and all its parts before storing. (See: ›Care and Cleaning‹). Do not leave the appliance unattended while connected to the power supply. Ensure to store the appliance where it is clean, dry and safe from frost, direct sunlight and inadmissible strain (mechanical or electric shock, heat, moisture) and where it is out of reach of young children.
Recipes Potato Cream Soup (For 2 to 3 persons) Ingredients: • 400 g potatoes • ⅛ celeriac • 200 g carrots • 1 leek • ½ litre vegetable stock • 2 tablespoons sour cream • salt and pepper • fresh marjoram Procedure: 1. Potatoes, celeriac and carrots skin and dice. Wash the leek and cut it in rough rings. 2. Put the vegetables into the glass jar and mix round (›PULSE‹). 3. Afterwards douse it with vegetable stock. Switch to medium heat (›GAREN‹) and bring to boil. Then wait until done (appr. 20 min.). 4.
Mushroom Cream Soup (For 2 to 3 persons) Ingredients: • 250 g mushrooms • 1.5 tablespoons butter • 1 teaspoon flour • ½ lemon • 400 ml stock (bouillon or chicken bouillon) • 50 ml cream • 1 egg • salt and pepper • parsley Procedure: 1. The cleaned mushrooms drip with lemon juice. Put these into the glass jar and mix (›PULSE‹). Add butter and switch to minimum (›SIEDEN‹) and braise it lightly appr. 10 min. Flour the mushrooms and let it to lightly sautée. 3.
Carrot Cream Soup (For 3 to 4 persons) Ingredients: • 30 to 40g olive oil or butter • 10 g minced garlic • 100 g minced onion • 150 g potatoes (chopped into cubes) • 300 g chopped carrots • 120 ml milk or cream • 600 ml water or broth Flavourings: salt, pepper, spices, herbs to taste (e.g. nutmeg, basil, or others) Procedure: 1. Put olive oil or butter, then garlic and onion into the glass jar and mix throughly (ca. 1 min.). 2. Add water or broth then add carrots, potatoes, and spices.
Pesto dip Ingredients: • 1 cup fresh basil leaves • 1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped • 40 ml lemon juice • 60 g pine nuts • ½ cup olive oil • ½ cup cottage cheese • 60 g fresh Parmesan cheese, grated Procedure: Place all ingredients into the blender jar and using the mix function blend until smooth. Transfer mixture to a serving bowl. Chill until ready to use. Serve with toasted turkish bread.
Spicy peach sauce Ingredients: • 410 g canned sliced peaches • 125 ml white wine • 2 cloves peeled garlic, chopped • 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger • 1 small red chilli, chopped • 1 tablespoon lemon juice • 2 tablespoons sweet sherry • 2 tablespoons honey • 2 teaspoons light soy sauce Ingredients: Place all ingredients into the blender jar. Using the mix function blend until smooth. Serve with poultry or pork.
Margarita Ingredients: • 60 ml tequila • 60 ml cointreau • 80 ml lime juice • 12 ice cubes Procedure: Place tequila, contreau, lime juice and ice cubes into the blender jar. Use the pulse function, blend until well combined and ice is crushed. Serve in salt rimmed glasses.
Fruit cocktail Ingredients: • 250 ml pineapple juice • 1 banana, peeled and chopped • 1 orange, skin and pith removed then quartered • 250 ml soda water • 2 tablespoons passionfruit pulp Procedure: Place all ingredients in the blender jar except soda and passionfruit. Blend until well combined. Stir in passionfruit pulp and soda water and serve immediately in cocktail glasses.
Chocolate malted smoothie with caramel sauce Ingredients: • 500 ml milk, chilled • 3 tablespoons malted milk powder • 4 scoops vanilla ice cream • 4 scoops chocolate ice cream • 4 tablespoons caramel sauce • Chocolate curls for garnish (optional) Procedure: Place milk, malted milk powder and vanilla ice cream in the blender jar. Blend until well combined. Divide between 2 glasses and add chocolate ice cream. Top with caramel sauce and garnish with chocolate curls.
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