CHF557.81
Silvercrest Monsieur Cuisine
1200 W
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Pros
Cons
13 reviews
Food processor
Pro
- Cooking Idea Bringer
- Self-cleaning mode
- Doughs, cakes, jams ect.
Contra
- Creating recipes yourself tedious
- Self-created recipes are often rejected
- Recipe search function could be improved
Mr. Kitchen
Fast delivery, good value for money,
I've just received it and haven't yet been able to try out many of the recipes.❤️Monsi❤️ the almost-everything expert and the MC Smart model is the only alternative to Thermomix
Monsi, as the Monsieur Cuisine Smart is known in the Community, is a real alternative to Thermomix.
Look out for the SMART designation and the large 8-inch display, because without SMART it could be the predecessor model, the Connect. This has a smaller display which is surrounded by a grey border. The Connect was not yet such a big competitor to Thermomix, Kennwood or Bosch.
It's fair to say that its lifespan is still unclear - especially for frequent users.
Bought in 10.2023 at Lidl for CHF 400 and after initial teething troubles, I can no longer imagine my kitchen without ❤️Monsi❤️.
Ideal for sauces, classic sugo, soups, dips, purees, one-pot dishes, spice pastes, doughs, flour production, tahini production, jams and compotes (without over-sugaring) etc.
Every day I cook 800g parsnips and 200g ruebli for my senior dog (first chop, cook and puree), much more efficient than cooking in a pot and then pureeing with a hand blender!
Every week I cook 1400g of frozen goat meat for my senior dog (first put 600g in the blender jug, cook for 5 minutes until the meat collapses a little, then add the rest and puree at the end). Ditto previous sentence.
Every week I use the steam programme to prepare my pulses (300g beans in the basket, 300g lentils in the large steamer and 300g chickpeas in the small steamer).
As the beans usually take longer than the lentils and chickpeas, I also steam the vegetables for the coming week (but only for a maximum of 8 minutes) at the end of the programme. Storage for 1 week is no problem at all in vacuum storage boxes (e.g. those from Zwilling). However, I freeze the meat for the dog, packaged in daily portions.
And I know from a colleague that he makes fruit and vegetable purees or juices for his toddler...so his wife does that ;-)
The ❤️Monsi❤️ makes everyday life easier and simply saves precious time.
Or to put it another way: I no longer have to rely on industrially produced food as I can make so much myself in such a short time.
Sincerely, Lisa
Pro
- programmes just as extensive as the Thermomix
- Top price-performance and price-performance winner!
- Basic equipment as with the Thermomix
- Many additional accessories available via Wundermix
- Larger display than Thermomix
- Colour display and instructions on the monsi
- Selectable between programmes and recipes (freestyle or cooking according to recipes)
- Very good results in tests
- Pretty much the same as the Thermomix
- Remove blades for cleaning
- Pre-rinsing programme and scale (only accurate to 5g)
- Many recipes can be called up directly on the display
- There is also a very large Community here
- Recipe subscription possible - zaubermix.de
- many Youtube videos - thanks to Isy and Co
- Newsletter with tips and tricks, also available on YouTube
- Food processor Wundermix is super
- processes dough (for meatballs or brownies) from beans super
- Egg cooking function, manual cooking, simmering function, souvides, dough function and much more
- 3 litre mixing bowl and slightly larger than Thermomix
- in daily use
- prepen for man
- prepen for dogs 🐕 Make dog food 🐕🦺 (please always supplement with vitamins for dogs!)
- ❤️Zeitersparnis❤️
- Dishwasher compatible - for those who have one 🤣
- Digital cooking on the appliance via login at Lidl & at MCS, as well as app (free recipes are sufficient for ideas)
- Various cookery books and Basic applications as print cookery books
- Step-by-step cooking instructions for cookery beginners
- Making baby and toddler food yourself
- ❤️keine more industrially produced food konsumieren❤️
- 8 inch display is larger than Thermomix
Contra
- Scales only accurate to 5g
- Opening the lid is not quite as convenient as with Thermomix
- fewer recipes than with Thermomix
- Pulses recipes are shown with tinned or jarred products
- there is no suitable travel bag yet - HOMELAY carrier bag for Cecotec Mambo could fit
- Lidl food processor is cheap but not versatile and convenient
- Food processor Wundermix cannot cut cubes
- Pasta-making accessories are not yet available
- Lid cleaning (has many corners and niches), but absolutely feasible
- frying is of course better in a frying pan, quantity is crucial
A real enrichment
I immediately tasted a puff pastry according to the instructions, it was wonderfully airy. Improvised a soup from the vegetable garden. And the Sunday menu: wrap with steamed turkey, guacamole and vegetables.... very fine.
Pro
- All-rounder with network connection
- Many recipes, well explained
- Step by step instructions on the screen
- YouTube videos
Contra
- The blowroom
Great kitchen helper
To cut a long story short: I love the appliance. I had the expensive counterpart for many years, but Monsieur Cuisine has nothing to hide. I find the price/performance ratio "obe-use".
The only thing that bothers me is that it needs more space. But we were happy to give it a corner in the kitchen!Pro
- Versatile
- Price/performance
Contra
- Size
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