Packaging and assembly:
A huge box in box, with filler, came with me. Now that is really packed safely! The structure is quite simple, unpack and put it on the countertop. The lid must be composed, but this is well described in the manual. A plastic disc with rubber ring must be put right side up, press down firmly and * click * it is firmly seated. Then you could get started actually already. But looking in the manual does not harm.
Accessories:
Universal Knife
Impact / and a mixer
Mixer / and a mixer
Kneading / grinding tool and
optimal storage for all attachments
Steaming
Spatula made entirely of silicone
Cleaning Brush
1 cookbook (300 Recipes for 1m menu options) with:
Quick Start Guide
Programs
Application of accessories
Description of the automatic programs
Basic recipes
Code for the registration of the device at the KRUPS free order of another cookbook (100 recipes for every day)
Quickstart DIN4 sheet.
What can the machine (or not)?
Crushing:
Onions and garlic, for example, for further cooking a Schmorgerichts going super. Nuts and chocolate, parmesan they can quite well. Crushed ice is pretty good.
Ground beef can make really great with the utility knife.
A slicer it can not replace but. Coleslaw example: The knife mashed down merrily to himself, while still remain above all the cabbage leaves. Here you would have every 5 seconds. Push the Spatula in the center and mix. That's my opinion, not so practical! But with a little practice, you can still achieve what there already. A vegetable pie I have succeeded and I was quite impressed. That is, leek and red pepper, he has managed well with my 5 second method.
Mix:
Aufmixen smoothies, soups and sauces is awesome! Especially the Bananensmoothie blew us away. That was almost a banana milk crema that came into existence, so fine pores. However, I had used the wrong knife, which I now but always do so. A few pieces of banana remain.
(Automatic program) dough:
P knead dough 2 and then 40 min. At 30 ° C let go
This feature is already virtually, I must admit. Let the dough the same go in the bowl has what. From 500 g of flour, however, you do something hard and it seems sometimes a safety notice (SECU) on the screen and they prescribed a small forced break. There is much more to clean than conventional kneading machines, since a diameter propeller works and yet pretty much settles dough under the tower and in the plug-on part.
P3 sponge makes them without hesitation, like any good food processor. What I particularly like the fact that it really is very quiet in the lower numbers of revolution!
There is much more to clean than conventional mixers, many dough residue on paddle (and below!). But the agitation / beater and you need exactly the same. Why you can find out in the next section.
Serving:
Up to 7 protein can beat the Prep. That's not the egg whites, I have otherwise fabricated. That was ok and also the over-head test passed. This one shines but scary and has fine pores and yet firm, perfect!
Cream though he distributed on the walls and between cream and butter is just a second fine line. It is worth until 500 ml cream to use the Prep and then practice, practice, practice ....
Emulsifying (Automatic Program, dessert):
Stir over low heat ... you know at Lemon Curd and Co. This is my absolute highlight of the machine! I have a passion fruit curd made to kneel there, and without that I was really there! Here saves you time and hassle (it really always succeed!) And this time washing up, because you can save with the water itself.
Even chocolate / vanilla pudding and without strength is simplest! Strictly push into the pot and Pressing. And even bags pudding he does so well that it somehow tastes like a dessert cream. Really nice program!
Simultaneous cooking and stirring (automatic program, cooking):
Braised P1, P2 stews, braised dishes Risotto P3 are also lightweight and easy cooked and stirred by itself. Some miss the roasted flavors. I have no longer so important. I have found that the meat (yes, even Hack) is gently heated much juicier. But that's a matter of taste. Chili, stew and colleagues can definitely in the Prep "put", stir in front of him in peace and devote the other things. That's a big plus!
Note: If ground beef is cooked, mix well and distribute necessarily very, otherwise you end up with a gigantic giant meatball in the pot. (My Jabba-the-Hutt experience you can read on the bigger notes.)
Steam cooking with automatic program
It is 0.7 l in the tank, puts his food in the supplied steam basket. These are employed in the container in turn and closes the lid. Here you can choose even if a lot of steam (max.) Or less (min.) To steam in the boiler. For more sensitive ingredients can range even less. Then you press the steam program and you're done. I have tested and salmon dumplings with it and there was no complaint. The salmon is even, well, become perfect! The silicone part at the steam basket-handle is gold, you can immediately after the end of the basket Gar-extract, without burning.
Automatic Program, sauces:
Roux! I make béchamel mostly really just for my lasagna and my toasted chicory. The cheese béchamel for "Drüber" was something of creamy! I can write a decent roux, certainly. But that was just creamy! Wonderful, and while my Prep stirring the creamiest Béchamel ever, I prepare the rest in front of the respective baking.
The Hollandaise * is me unfortunately succeeded every time. She was quite fluently, but as I am still in the learning phase, I give her another chance, because I believe I do not use the correct Rüharm.
Addendum: * Again, the included cookbook was not entirely accurate. The cookbook, which you request, includes a better recipe with less liquid and here one should also use the paddle, not the beater bar. Today try and become perfect!
Manual:
12 speeds (incl. 2 interval)
Temperature 30-130 ° C (in 5 ° C increments)
Time in 5 sec. To 120 minutes
Capacity - 4.5 liters (usable capacity: 2.5 liters), for 4 to 6 servings
Security
There is an on / off button and a power cord, and indeed one that is finally long enough! If you forget the KRUPS Prep and Cook off, then it goes into standby.
She has a security cover which must engage, allow the engine to start. So mess is avoided and you can not reach inside with a rotating knife. On the machine, such as the cover are arrows to find the right position. With a little practice it works quite well. Öfnnet to the lid during operation, it stops immediately. After resealing the program by pressing the Start / Stop button to continue.
The knife is by itself its place, that there be on the drive and it slips into place. I think that's not only safe, because I can just let it reinplumpsen but also mistaken practical!
The machine can work also do not because they have a safety shutdown (as already mentioned) has. SECU is displayed when the engine needs a break.
Cleaning:
The cover consists of 3 parts, among which are dirt and water deposits. It is recommended that the lid to disassemble at every cleaning, but added quite easy going. In the description that is indeed explained by spatula, but now I do it with your fingers. How long goes along with this, the material must be seen.
Even the rubber seal on the lid can be easily removed, what you also should do from time to time. It really put many remnants from the small crevices. And afterwards it dries ugly.
The motor drive can be removed with the locking ring with a simple turn. Then everything can except the drive and the ring in the dishwasher. Even if you should remove the drive regularly rinsed by hand, because there are remains settle.
The impact / and a mixer has small gaps in which settles a lot of dough.
In cookbook that you can request with the registration code will be given a tip:
For easier cleaning, you can perform a pre-cleaning after using your machine. Empty the container and place the percussion / a mixer in the tank to fill out a 0.7 l water and add a few drops of detergent added. Close the lid to the steam closure and make the program as follows: Stage 7/90 ° C / 1 minute.
Press START. If the machine to keep warm on (beep), stop the machine and set the cleaning manually with tap water continued.
That can do the worst ever, sometimes it even reaches out.
Conclusion:
Unfortunately did not work out awful lot at the beginning of what I had tried. The recipes from the included recipe book are apparently not all correct.
The cookbook, which you can request the code seems to me reworked because here other information Chili and Hollandaise be made, for example, which I had first set in the sand. Overall, I like it much better than the supplied cookbook.
The supplied can be individually folded down on recipe cards at will a menu combining. Sounds super convenient. To me it is a bit too confusing and if you want to place the book, the transitions depend so by.
Since the machine has quite a lot of power, sometimes between winning and losing on a court just a few seconds (eg, cream, vegetable chop ...)
The cleaning sometimes deters me to throw the Prep. I would rather take one of my smaller devices. In the Prep sits down a lot from in small cracks and for example under the drive. The lid should disassemble every time. Even the paddle for batters with its interstices a "Teigfänger", which you do not get out with tap.
On the other hand makes the complex to clean mixer head, just as he is, Excellently end work in beaten egg whites.
The pot I feel as hard if I want to pick up debris from the pan with a spatula and then with one hand must hold the whole weight.
If you already have kitchen equipment, such as KitchenAid, you have to be very superior if you want to spend so much money for a multi-function food processor.
Who still does not have a machine that cooks and stir, will be thrilled! Because you can do in the time different.
The sauces and desserts automatic program has conjured me the tastiest sauces and creams that I really do not want to give him.
He has emulsified me so awesome that it had almost the consistency of mayonnaise, a vinaigrette.
For the regular price, I say it in all honesty, I would not buy me. But since I can buy my test machine (cheaper), they must remain!
I do believe that they will grow up with me even more exercise right to the heart!
