Morphy Richards 501027 Compact Sauté & Soup Maker, 1L

This Soup Maker is designed to be quick and easy to use. Simply prepare and chop your ingredients into small pieces, place them inside the soup maker and choose either the smooth or chunky setting. For best results chop your ingredients to 1 cm – 2 cm pieces to allow quicker cooking and better blending.

The easy to use control panel features an LED countdown display that shows exactly how long your soup has left to cook, while you just sit back and let your soup maker do the hard work for you.

The Smooth programme blends and gently cooks soup in just 19 minutes, while the Chunky programme cooks wholesome soup with a thicker consistency in 25 minutes. If your soup is a little too chunky for your liking, just press the Blend button until the texture of the soup is to your taste.

This stylish soup maker fits well into any style of kitchen and with an innovative top-down design that allows for a large 1-litre jug, you can make enough soup for up to three servings at once.

The Soup Maker also features an easy-clean non-stick coating making cleaning a breeze. After you've enjoyed your meal, just give the jug a quick rinse under the tap, wipe it with a soapy sponge and your soup maker is ready for next time. For best results add half a cup of water or stock to the Soup Maker before placing in any solid ingredients. Due to the starch and sugars present in some foods, these may stick to the inside base of the jug if they are placed in direct contact.

Delicious recipes are included in the instruction booklet to get you started; from a smooth roast tomato and basil to a chunky chicken and sweetcorn, as well as some inspirational ideas such as butternut squash and chilli and coconut if you're feeling adventurous.

A step-by-step guide to making tasty creations, Raspberry smoothies and Blueberry milkshakes to name a few, are also available using the smoothie function.