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Immersion blender

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, immersion blender means: A handheld powered blender whose blade end is placed directly into a container of food.

In Turkish: el blenderi, daldırma blender

How it is used

Also called a stick blender; common for blending soup in its cooking vessel.

Example sentences

  1. The cook blended the soup with an immersion blender.

    The blade works inside the existing soup container.

  2. An immersion blender mixed the dressing in a tall jug.

    The handheld design works in a suitable separate vessel too.

Common collocations

  • use an immersion blender
  • stick blender attachment
  • emulsionA smooth mixture of two liquids that do not normally mix, such as oil and water or vinegar, held together by whisking and often by egg yolk or mustard.
  • prepShort for preparation: the work of getting food ready before cooking or service, such as washing, peeling, cutting, portioning and making sauces. Also used as a verb.

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