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the mixin tools and some of their uses
K-beater ●For making cakes, biscuits, pastry, icing, fillings, éclairs and mashed
potato.
flexible beater ●Ideal for scraping mixes from the sides and base of the bowl during mixing.
whisk ●For eggs, cream, batters, fatless sponges, meringues, cheesecakes,
mousses, soufflés. Don’t use the whisk for heavy mixtures (eg creaming
fat and sugar) - you could damage it.
dough hook ●For yeast mixtures.
to use your mixer
1Turn the head-lift lever anti-clockwise and raise the mixer head till it locks.
Ensure the bowl seating pad is correctly fitted with the symbol
uppermost.
to insert a tool 2Push up till it stops then turn.
3Fit the bowl onto the base - press down and turn clockwise .
4Lift the mixer head slightly then turn the head-lift lever anti-clockwise and lower
the mixer head till it locks, otherwise the mixer won’t work.
5Select a speed.
6To start the mixer press the green button. To stop the mixer press the
red button.
●If you raise the mixer head while the machine’s running, the machine stops.
7Unplug after use.
to remove a tool Turn and remove.
hints ●Switch off and scrape the bowl with the spatula frequently.
●Eggs at room temperature are best for whisking.
●Before whisking egg whites, make sure there’s no grease or egg yolk
on the whisk or bowl.
●Use cold ingredients for pastry unless your recipe says otherwise.
points for bread makin
important ●Never exceed the maximum capacities below - you’ll overload the
machine.
●If you hear the machine labouring, switch off, remove half the dough
and do each half separately.
●The ingredients mix best if you put the liquid in first.
maximum capacities
MAJOR
shortcrust pastry ●Flour weight: 910g - 2lb
stiff yeast dou h ●Flour weight: 1.5kg - 3lb 5oz
●Total weight: 2.4kg - 5lb 5oz
soft yeast dou h ●Flour weight: 2.6kg - 5lb 12oz
●Total weight: 5kg - 11lb
fruit cake mix ●Total weight: 4.55kg - 10lb
e whites ●16
speed switch
K-beater ●creamin fat and su ar start on min, gradually increasing to 5.
●beatin e s into creamed mixtures 4- max.
●foldin in flour, fruit etc min - 1.
●all in one cakes start on min speed, gradually increase to max.
●rubbin fat into flour min - 2.
flexible beater ●scrapin mixes from the side of the bowl start on min, gradually
increasing to 3.
whisk ●Gradually increase to max.
dough hook ●Start on min, gradually increasing to 1.
the mixer