The perk to this particular appliance is its 3-in-1 USP, offering itself up as a food processor, multi-serve blender and personal blender. We loved the automatic one-touch for blending and processing as these programmes really took time out of our food prep tasks. For example, there are two very similar attachments - one for connecting the dough hook and one for just about everything else - but it’s nearly impossible to tell them apart from the illustrated guide. This food processor caught our eye because of its in-built scales. If you’re on the hunt for a food processor, the chances are the tools for measuring are absent from your kitchen too. The digital scales offer both metric and imperial units, and make the food prep process that little bit more seamless. Please be aware that we currently cannot arrange for delivery of this product to the following postcodes: AB, FK, HS, IV, KA, KW, PA, PH, ZE, LL58-LL78, IM, TR, BT, PO30-41. We said at the beginning that KitchenAid’s 1.7l food processor fit so well into our kitchen and it’s true. Its aesthetic definitely caught our attention, but it was the machines ability to chop, blitz, puree and knead, among other things, that kept this a long-term love affair.

In tests, the 4200XL consistently produced excellent results regardless of the task. It sliced onions and celery evenly in the midi bowl (with none of it landing in the main bowl), turning a 10-minute chopping tasks into 30 seconds of processing. Then we were able to take the midi bowl out, slot the whisk into the main bowl and add three egg whites. After about five minutes, the whites were light and fluffy and had increased in volume to fill the bowl. We used it to make smoothies with a mix of frozen and fresh ingredients and the results were smooth and silky every time. Bosch MultiTalent 8 MC812M853G food processor: Is it good for slicing and grating? There’s a fairly easy to understand illustrated guide with details on how to assemble the machine for each task but it can still be confusing because the parts aren’t always labelled.

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With a 2.5l capacity bowl and five chopping, slicing and dough attachments, this is another excellent food processor to consider. Very fair in price, it offers the maximum amount for a budget. Accessories/attachments: Reversible slicing disc, reversible grating disc, French fries disc, stainless steel discs, disc holder, dough tool, whisking disc, whisk, citrus press The Easy Prep Pro isn’t perfect – its buttons are big and bulky, plus you have to hit the Off control rather than just the High or Low to stop it, which isn’t terribly intuitive. There’s also no dedicated storage for the discs or large chopping blade (though the mini bowl and blade store inside), meaning they could end up becoming blunt sooner than they should.

The juicer was pretty straightforward - the conical reamer forces the juice out from any citrus fruits you use while a strainer catches any stray pips. The machine adjusts automatically to the food being processed, while a choice of small or large feed chute allows you to keep vegetables upright. This means you can control the flow of ingredients. The mini bowl fits inside the main one, and, crucially, has a seal around the edge to stop food spilling out, so when we chopped herbs, there was only one bowl to wash, not two. A separate recipe book has some ideas to get you started, but as you might expect, most of them are basics, such as pesto, mayonnaise, coleslaw, bread and pizza. The Russell Hobbs Desire Food Processor has two speeds and a pulse setting, which is very high power and can create smooth sauces easily. It also features a creaming disk, which really impressed us when we used it to make mayonnaise, although it is better used with large quantities thanks to the wide base of the bowl. Who can argue with a food processor brand that has been around since 1974? Magmix first hit UK shelves as the prosumer line from Robot Coupe, whose appliances were produced by French catering company salesman Pierre Verdun in 1960.Anything of a nature that for hygiene or associated health and safety - this includes the Outdoor Spas, Mattresses and Divan Sets