Carrot and Parsnip Soup (A Soup Maker Recipe) (2024)

FAQs

Can you put anything in a soup maker? ›

In the soup maker, you can cook vegetables, meat, steamed fish or chicken fillets, sauces, cereals, soy and nut milk, mashed potatoes or any other vegetables, hot chocolate, custard, fruit drinks and compotes, co*cktails, pancake dough and even ice cream.

Do soup makers chop veg? Generally speaking, no. You need to chop them yourself into small enough pieces to cook to your taste.

Note: Make sure that any stock is cold before adding it to the soup maker. Check that the lid is securely positioned before use. Do not add any frozen ingredients or uncooked meats or fish to the soup maker. All ingredients must be thawed and at room temperature and all meats or fish much be precooked before use.

Raw meat should NOT be added to the soup maker. It's ok to add cooked meat like shredded left over roast chicken or boneless chicken cooked especially for the soup, or things like cooked ham or leftover gammon etc to the soup maker but the soup makers shortish cooking times are not conducive to cooking raw meat.

Chop your ingredients into small pieces, especially tough veggies such as potatoes, carrots, squash and turnip. This allows the vegetables to fully cook in the short soup maker cycle. Ensure the lid is placed fully on and secure. Make sure all meat that goes into the soup maker is pre-cooked.

I recommend peeling parsnips before adding them to recipes like this parsnip soup. If you don't peel them, you'll likely be adding a bitter taste to the soup. Why is my parsnip soup bitter? If you leave the peels on the parsnip, it can cause your soup to taste bitter.

Young, small parsnips don't really need peeling – just scrub clean and serve whole. Older parsnips should be peeled very thinly with a peeler or sharp knife, then chopped into evenly sized chunks. If the central core is very fibrous, this should be cut away.

Add flour or cornflour

Put a tablespoon of either into a small bowl and stir in 2-3 tbsp of the soup until you have a smooth mixture. Stir this back into the soup and bring it to a simmer. Cook for a few minutes to allow the starch granules to burst to thicken, and to cook out any flour flavour.

Though not a kitchen essential, soup makers can save a great deal of time, stress and washing-up. Traditional soup recipes call for various stages of preparation, from chopping, to simmering for long periods of time and blitzing, which is time-consuming and creates mess.

Indeed, soup makers are tailored for precision and convenience, often consuming less electricity due to their lower wattage and speedy cooking times. By combining both the cooking and blending processes in one insulated gadget, they retain heat more effectively and reduce the overall energy output.

Do you put cold or boiling water in a soup maker? ›

In order to have piping hot soup in a short amount of time, it's essential to be prepared. Your stock or water must be boiling when added to the soup maker - otherwise you are adding on unnecessary time to the process. If you find that the bottom of your soup maker is burning, then you are not adding enough liquid.

Can I use uncooked meat in soup recipes made in my Soup Maker? You should first cook meat separately before transferring into your Soup Maker with additional ingredients from your recipe, as the Soup Maker is only designed to gently heat the soup.

Add Flour Or Cornstarch

You can thicken soup by adding flour, cornstarch, or another starchy substitute.

Most models come with the option to make smooth or chunky soups. The soup maker will cook the ingredients first, then either blend until smooth or leave for a chunkier finish .

In order to have piping hot soup in a short amount of time, it's essential to be prepared. Your stock or water must be boiling when added to the soup maker - otherwise you are adding on unnecessary time to the process. If you find that the bottom of your soup maker is burning, then you are not adding enough liquid.

Fill the soup maker with the prepared vegetables. Make sure that the vegetables are well mixed together as this will make blending easier. Drop in the stock cubes. Ideally you'll crumble these over the vegetables rather than dropping the cubes in whole.

A soup maker is essentially a blender with a heating element in its base. There are two main types: those that look like a traditional blender; and those that have a blade suspended from their lid. Both types perform well but the former offers more versatility, as you can use it as a blender too.