Hi a huge welcome to Steve's kitchen. Today I'm going to show you one of the
most essential appliances I think in the kitchen and why this is so versatile, it
is of course the Joby Gorillapod and the g7x camera.
I'm only kidding, of course I'm talking about immersion stick blenders. This is
quite useful having this here because I can actually show you this one has a
variable speed on it and it has the click release for easy clean these are a
really great tool. I'm using the Breville stick blender this is not a sponsored
video by the way, I bought this myself and there are lots of great ones out
there, they are all fantastic, so really you know, use whatever you like but this
is five fantastic things you can do with an immersion blender and not a
gorillapod. We're going to start off by making a delicious homemade mayonnaise.
Now I'll put all the ingredients below so you don't have to write them down.
This is a very simple recipe it's just emulsifying the oil of your choice, you
could use vegetable oil like I'm doing here, you could even use an olive oil. We
need to get flavor into the oil with salt and pepper,
a little bit of lime works really well, I like to add a little bit of mustard in
there as well and mayonnaise is just an emulsified oil. We're using an egg to
emulsify this oil, now it really does need a stick blender to bring the speed
up to emulsify the egg into mayonnaise but trust me once you've made this at
home you will never go back to store-bought.
Another super easy recipe, I've got a can of chickpeas or garbanzo beans. We're
just going to take a couple of tablespoons of the liquid out of these.
I'll drain them off and we're popping them into the container because we're
going to be making fresh hummus. Whether you use dried or canned chickpeas to
make this delicious Hummus it is ever so simple. We're going to drizzle a
little olive oil ,a small amount of tahini, we want to season this with salt
and pepper and that's pretty much it, unless like me you like a little bit of
garlic in there as well. Blitz this up until it's lovely and
smooth, if you want a little bit of texture in there then of course you can
stop a little earlier. I like to serve my hummus with a little bit of cayenne
pepper on top and a drizzle of olive oil and a wonderful dish of my crisp
homemade tortilla chips, which of course we made on an earlier episode of Steve's
kitchen. You can check that out on the channel. You just can't beat a delicious
mango smoothie. I'm taking some diced mangoes, we're going to add in some
coconut milk or almond milk and a little pinch of salt, just to lift the flavors
Blitz that up with your immersion blender until it's thick and smooth, serve it in
a glass.
Possibly if you like a few blueberries on top and a little bit of mint and
there you have a simple delicious mango smoothie. Now I don't know anybody that
doesn't love a delicious buttermilk pancake. Starting with our egg, adding in
some all-purpose flour, some delicious rich buttermilk, a little bit of salt, a
little bit of sugar, some baking powder and some baking soda, just to give us a
nice fluffy pancake. Then of course we'll add a little butter into the batter and
then blitz this up until we get a delicious smooth pancake batter. You'll
want to cook these in a skillet or frying pan, a tiny amount of butter just
for flavor, cook them till they're golden brown
and if you're anything like me, serve these with some delicious Canadian maple
syrup and a little bit of butter and then just kick back and enjoy. For the
last recipe we're going to kick it up a notch.
I've got some seasoned vegetables which I've diced up and dicing up some
beautiful ripe tomatoes, we'll fry those vegetables with a little olive oil,
season it well, add in some herbs, put our tomatoes, a few carrots in there as well
for richness of flavor.
You need to add into there at least three cups of vegetable stock and you
simmer this until all of the vegetables are soft and tender. When you take that
off the stove, let it cool down a little bit and then blitz it up until there are
no lumps.
Lastly adding a really good-quality rich cream, a final blitz
and you will end up with one of the most delicious cream of tomato soups you've
ever had. This could be served in a restaurant anywhere in the world, a
little bit of olive oil, a little bit of sour cream or cream on top, absolutely
perfect. There you have it the immersion blender or stick blender, what a really
useful tool. Now while we were filming those recipes I thought of a one or two
other ideas we haven't included in here, so if you want to shoot me across some
comments and let me know if you've got some great things that you use your
stick blender, immersion blender for I'd love to make a second episode and I
promise you we won't feature the Gorillapod in it next time or maybe we
will, by the way not sponsored just a little bit of fun and we do use these occasionally
to get some crazy shots. I hope you've had a bit of fun watching these
recipes today, I certainly have and we will see you very shortly for another
episode of Steve's kitchen, see you then.