Manual & recipe book
The manual and the included recipe book can convince. The operation of the machine is self-explanatory and the recipes in the book are well described and work, here the manufacturer has done everything right. Featuring the recipe book is also visually appealing.
Cleaning
Boil times a three course meal from the included recipe book, one comes quickly to 3-5 cleaning cycles until the end, we passes while the fun of cooking, especially because the stirrer insert gladly fix something and you take the upper part of the machine depending apart need to really come to anything. We wonder how well the Prep & Cook is tolerated disassemble eternal in duration and reassemble the plastic parts will remain stable or become problems? After a month can do this is too early to assess but we keep it in mind and have become no friends from eternal clean.
Tried dishes (a small selection)
We took advantage of us four weeks left to the evaluation of these food processor and the time to try out numerous recipes so vermittelnn a good impression of the capabilities of Prep & Cook can.
Desserts: lemon cream, vanilla cream, zabaglione and more
In each case, good results have been achieved in preparing the desserts, only the sabayon could have been dizzy, taste, the three mentioned dishes but also tried out the other desserts, quite convincing. Especially when preparing desserts that are made with heating and stirring, the machine shows a good performance and actually save some work.
In the vanilla cream on was that the vanilla settled above the edge and was not stirred, characterized flavor was lost, here you would have the machine so stop down scrape the vanilla and leave again to continue working.
For desserts also fell to a total that the removal of food, just around the stirrer around each was a bit tedious. Also it bothered that one often does not get further for supplying ingredients through the opening in the printer, you do not have funnels or the like, you can just dry ingredients not admit so. We had to feed the machine often stop to give ingredients and then restart the machine, this will of course otherwise stated in the recipe book.
Stews, goulash and Co.
Various stews and goulash variations we have prepared in the last four weeks, these are all managed and have tasted, taste highlights there were not. Onions were mostly mushy, as we prefer to cut himself with a knife, vegetables were usually, though not always, the meat we lacked the proper searing, characterized lacked flavor highlights in the courts. And you want to stew then eat pasta or perhaps potatoes, you stand with an extra pot then again at the stove.
Vegetables can be good stew, but also quickly notice that the size of the insert and the bowl generally not sufficient for our needs. We cook for 3-4 people and be happy is equal for two days, this is not possible with the Prep & Cook.
The taste ok to good, but not without drawbacks. We then cook but rather generally on the stove and with full control when cutting, frying and cooking.
Dough
Batter and the like go as expected with no problems, here I am with an electric mixer but not slow, the result is similar. The dough we were not satisfied. In our family a lot of dough is prepared and eaten, we have perfected the preparation for us and have accordingly certain claims. As such, the preparation of the yeast dough with the Prep & Cook has already worked, but unfortunately lacked the yeast flavor in the dough, even this was not nearly as easy as usual, it simply lacks the ordinary kneading.
Meanwhile, we are preparing the dough again with the hand mixer and the hands so that the result is worlds better, I can give my ingredients without problems in the mixing bowl and let the bowl for weighing the same still standing on the scales, all substantially in all practical and better than with the Prep & Cook. If you remove the dough from the Prep & Cook led the first time then even a small cut on your fingers, because the stirrer insert on one side has a sharp edge and you, yes, but somehow it has to solve the yeast dough.
Dough we are preparing now complete again with the hand mixer on, time savings has the Prep & Cook is not brought into this case, in the end, no better result.
Rating
The Prep & Cook is described as the whole kitchen in one unit, which we can not agree. Who perhaps has held blender, good knife, mixer, good pressure cookers, pots generally, simmering pan for me rice and custard and a good food processor or blender, so is much more flexible, accurate and also may not work more slowly. Can really replace the Prep & Cook none of our kitchen utensils.
The prepared dishes have tasted in large part, highlights they were not, as in some cases lacked toasty aromas. Also, we have seen no major time saver when cooking. The build quality is good so far, two possible weak points we could see but. There is also the somewhat cumbersome cleaning of the machine and the disillusionment that has generally made wide after a month of use, therefore there are so far three star. If you still notice other things, the review will, of course, adjusted accordingly.
Who especially stews and the like cooking and preparation of food has not much fun, can perhaps be happy with the Prep & Cook. We cook everyday he prefers having more contact with the ingredients and control of the courts.