USING YOUR KAMBROOK REFLECTIONS CLASSIC BLENDER
You’ll find the blender excellent for: Chopping and pureeing
Grating hard and medium soft cheeses Crumbing bread
Whipping cream
Chopping shelled nuts or chocolate chips Blending frozen fruit drinks
Aerating ice drinks Preparing sauces Making soups Blending salad dressings
Making mayonnaise and salad dressings Crushing ice
Making frozen sorbets and yoghurts.
ADDING INGREDIENTS
Put ingredients to be blended into the container and put the lid on. Be sure lid fits securely before starting to blend.
Add liquid ingredients first, unless recipe specifies differently.
Cut solid ingredients into small cubes (about 25mm (1”) square) before adding to the blender.
If mixing hard and soft foods together, begin with the hard foods, blend for a few seconds and then add soft foods. Continue blending until you have an even texture.
To add ingredients during blending, remove the feeder cap on the lid and drop solid ingredients or pour liquids through the lid opening. Use a container with a pouring lip, like a measuring cup, when adding liquids, especially hot liquids.
REGULAR BLENDING
1.Always check the container/blender assembly is securely fastened before turning the blender on.
2.Move switch from OFF, to LOW or HIGH speed, depending upon recipe instructions.
3.Select LOW speed for thin, liquid ingredients.
4.Select HIGH speed for blending ingredients of heavier consistency.
5.Allow blender to run at selected until blending is finished or until you move the switch to another speed to the OFF position.
6.Turn blender off and wait until blades have stopped rotating before removing container from base.
7.Never put your hand in the container when blender is on, or connected to the electrical supply.
BLENDING HOT INGREDIENTS
1.Put no more that 200ml (1 cup) of hot ingredients into container before starting to blend.When blending starts, slowly add up an additional 300ml (11⁄4 cups) of hot ingredients through the feeder cap, if needed.
2.Always have the opened lid facing away from you.
3.Start on LOW speed and move control to HIGH, if recipe calls for high speed.
4.Do not stand over blender when adding hot ingredients or while blender is running,
PULSE CHOPPING
1.For quick burst of chopping action move control to burst of power.
2.Hold at this setting until desired blending is achieved. Release and control will return to the OFF position.
CRUSHING ICE
1.Put 3 or 4 cubes in container and cover. Holding lid with one hand, repeatedly move control to ON until ice forms into a snowy-textured consistency. Put ice in serving glasses and pour syrup or drink ingredients over the crushed ice to make slushes, summer drinks or frozen ices.
2.To make chopped ice, add 100ml (11⁄4 cup) of water and follow above steps for crushing ice.
HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS
To mix a 200ml (1 cup) of frozen concentrate, put frozen juices into container and 1⁄3 of required amount of water. Cover and blend on HIGH for 15 seconds. Move switch to OFF and add remaining water through feeder cap. Close cap and blend for 10 seconds on HIGH speed.
To whip cream, begin with a blender container that has been chilled in the refrigerator. Pour in 250ml (8 oz) of very cold thickened cream and add 1-2 tblspn sugar and 1⁄4 tspn of vanilla. Cover and blend on HIGH until cream thickens. Move switch to OFF.
To make soft breadcrumbs, tear one or two slices of bread into pieces. Cover. Open feeder cap, move switch to HIGH
and drop in pieces. Continue blending until crumbs reach desired consistency. Move switch to OFF. One slice yields 60g (1⁄2 cup) of breadcrumbs; two slices, 120g (1 cup).
To make breadcrumbs form hard bread, cut bread into cubes. Cover blender, open feeder cap and move switch to HIGH and drop in cubes. Continue blending until crumbs reach desired consistency.
To grate hard cheese, cut cheese into 12mm (1⁄2) cubes. Cover blender, open feeder cap and move switch to HIGH and drop in cubes. Blend until cheese reach desired texture. Repeat procedure, using small amounts of cubed cheese, until you have desired amount of grated cheese.
To grate medium-soft cheese, cut cheese into cubes. Put 60g (1⁄2 cup) of cheese into blender. Cover and blend on HIGH for 5-10 seconds.
To chop raw vegetables, put lid on container and open feeder cap. Move switch to HIGH and drop cut-up vegetables into container. Or cover and pen feeder cap. Start pulsing and continue while dropping vegetable through opening in centre until chopping is finished. Chop vegetables in small batches, removing them as you go.
To chop shelled nuts or chocolate chips, put 125g (1 cup) of either into container, cover and blend on HIGH for 5 seconds. If finer texture is desired, continue blending.
To prepare for baby food, place 125g (1 cup) of cooked vegetables, meat or fruit into container. Add 2-3 tbspn of water, fruit juice, milk or baby formula. Cover and blend on HIGH for 20 seconds.
