Philips has developed the Home Cooker in collaboration with Jamie Oliver and he is the stricken housewives facilitate everyday cooking by independent food stir, so that they can no longer burn when searing or cooking. In addition, a cutting tower is included in order to cut the food in grater or slices can.
Overall, the set of the bottom comprises upwards:
Basic with display, here you can adjust the temperature from 40 ° C to 250 ° C and determine whether or not to be stirred or not. Moreover, one can also use a timer which automatically switches to a warming function.
A heat protection ring
A stainless steel pot with the stirrer
A pasta basket
A Dampfgarkorb with steamer
And a glass lid
Attached is obtained even a cookbook with some recipe ideas.
The whole thing was stable packaged. Down the Home Cooker is in black, it's there but also in white. I do not like white home appliance, especially when they come into contact with carrots or the like;) So I'm quite happy with the black cook helper! But as I am an advocate of bright colors, a wider choice of colors would be very desirable in the future. :)
Returns to the Set commercially 399.99 or 389.00 currently on amazon. If you look at all considered accurate to me is the question: What for? A plate, probably induction, with timer and angles. For this purpose an agitator. A pot that does not look high. And all kinds of plastic inserts. The whole is rounded off with a glass lid. Oh, stop! The wobbly tower with cutting inserts there still on top! An induction plate with timer and angles there are at discounters or anywhere else for 40 60th A huge pot with glass lid, suitable for induction like, already from 20 40 Do not know what a stirring costs, but I bet not, the world. Plastic stuff Well, negligible. A quality grater already for 50th What exactly now justifies the cost of nearly 400!
I tested various dishes: pumpkin risotto, dumplings, rosemary potatoes and a pumpkin soup.
For the pumpkin risotto I've tested the cutting tower. The pumpkin and parsnips peeled and cut into cutting Tower-compatible pieces. Where olive oil in the Home Cooker pot and heated to 170 ° C. Then we started the stirring function and the pumpkin slices added to the cutting tower ... and fall into the pot: Beautiful, uniform Kürbisraspel! BUT: the cutting tower is in my opinion very loudly. And he is shaking heavily once you let go of him. Stable looks in my opinion made by different. What annoyed me the most: there remain parts of the pumpkin above the cutting plate hanging. With a little up and down to move the supplied "tamping" Although some remains could be eliminated, however, by no means all.
The preparation of dumplings, however, has completely convinced me !!! Using the supplied Garkorbes the dumplings are wonderful risen and have tasted delicious! Properly airy and fluffy !!! And I've also tested how quickly brings the Home Cooker water to a boil. Actually, I'm always in the kettle, the need for this less than 5 minutes (timed with the stop watch;)). Now I wanted to see how fast the Home Cooker is compared for this purpose. So heated 1.5 l of water at 250 ° C and the Timer informs that it requires about 10 minutes ... Interim Result: 1: 0 for the kettle.
Now for the rosemary potatoes: My personal biggest disappointment !!! When I saw the delicious crispy rosemary potatoes in accompanying cookbook on page 40/41, the water is running together in my mouth and I wanted to test immediately. Here I have kept exactly to the recipe. said and done. Potatoes peeled, cut into small pieces, harvested in the garden rosemary. The pot to 250 ° C heated up, 4 tablespoons olive oil added, potatoes and rosemary added and asked the timer to 70 minutes. Since I am by nature an impatient and suspicious man I stood every few minutes in front of the pot and eyeing the rosemary potatoes. After 30 minutes they started to fall apart at the edges. Stop, what's that ?! In the cookbook see but not a bit of decay !!! Ok, time to try a piece of potato ... Hm, more than soft. But no Fitzelchen tanned! Look like necked boiled potatoes, nothing with crispy! Or ... Stop! But, there's something Crispy! The base of the pan looks really tasty crispy out !!! Baked beautiful, Juche! And what should I do with the remaining 40 minutes Cooking proposed by the TV chef me ?! Process the potatoes to mash? Or can even permanently einbacken in the pot base ?! I decide against it and eat necked, very decent tasting of rosemary, salt potato-looking, not a bit crispy potatoes. As a bonus there is a pale aftertaste. Without wanting to boast myself, I cook well and bake fantastic. I stuck exactly to the recipe. Am I too stupid to prepare crispy rosemary potatoes in Home Cooker ?! Or ... No, you will not want me for a fool ...? Internet research brought to light that not only am I incapable of even other people succeed not crispy new potatoes in the alleged miracle device. More of a comparable mash ... I would be unlikely to have a live demonstration of Philips, or even like Jamie delighted in showing me how the Home Cooker truly conjures crispy rosemary potatoes!
Finally, the pumpkin soup was my turn. For this first Peel both pumpkins and cut into cubes. The Home Cooker to 250 ° C heat, heat olive oil in it and add diced pumpkin. All 15 minutes fry Hm Somehow, only the lowest layer pumpkin fried, the top layers do not reach the ground Better circulation here would be highly desired. Then I removed the little poor sauteed pumpkin out of the pot and did to the second charge Pumpkin same. Again, the same result: little fried Then I gave the whole cube in the pot, reduce the temperature to 130 ° C, was added to the broth and then simmered pumpkin covered everything an hour lid closed. At the end of the paddle away and mashed the remaining pieces. Seasoned with a little salt and chilli flakes and ready! Conclusion: Tasty soup. But the soup is just as tasty with a perfectly ordinary pot. The volume of HomeCookers was almost too small for this, because I always cook soup stock and then in portions turned cold. It would be desirable, a second agitator which may contain a second Rührebene, so that not only the food is stirred directly on the ground, but also above.
My Opinion on the Home Cooker: Good idea, not yet fully developed. Price-performance ratio not vote for me.
