Philips Avance Collection Stabmixer - Manual (Page 8)

using the appliance
Hand blender
The hand blender is intended for:
- blending fluids, e.g. dairy products, sauces, fruit juices, soups, mixed drinks and shakes.
- mixing soft ingredients, e.g. pancake batter or mayonnaise.
- pureeing cooked ingredients, e.g. for making baby food.
1 Put the ingredients in the beaker.
See the table for the recommended quantities and processing times.
Blending quantities and processing times
Ingredients Blending quantity Time Speed
Fruits & vegetables 100-200g 30sec. Turbo
Baby food, soups & sauces 100-400ml 60sec. 15-20
Batters 100-500ml 60sec. 15-20
Shakes & mixed drinks 100-1000ml 60sec. 15-20
2 Attach the blender bar to the motor unit (‘click’) (Fig. 2).
3 Put the plug in the wall socket.
4 Immerse the blade guard completely in the ingredients.
5 Press the on/off button or the turbo button to switch on the appliance (Fig. 3).
- When you use the on/off button, you can adjust the speed with the speed ring. The higher the
speed, the shorter the processing time required.
- The speed ring has settings from 1 (low speed) to 20 (high speed).
- When you use the turbo button, the appliance operates at maximum speed. In this case, you
cannot adjust the speed with the speed ring.
6 Move the appliance slowly up and down and in circles to blend the ingredients (Fig. 4).
mini chopper (HR1653 only) and medium chopper (HR1655 only)
The choppers are intended for chopping ingredients such as nuts, meat, onions, hard cheese, boiled
eggs, garlic, herbs, dry bread etc.
The medium chopper is supplied with a blade unit with straight blades and an ice-crushing blade
unit with serrated blades. For all ingredients mentioned in the table below you have to use the blade
unit with straight blades. Use the ice-crushing blade unit with serrated blades for crushing ice cubes
only.
Be very careful when you handle the blade units, the blades are very sharp. Be particularly careful
when you remove the blade unit from the chopper bowl, when you empty the chopper bowl and
during cleaning.
Caution: Do not process more than 1 batch without interruption. Let the appliance cool down
for 5 minutes before you continue processing.
Note: Cut large ingredients into pieces of approximately 2cm before you process them.
1 Put the blade unit in the chopper bowl (Fig. 5).
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