Kenwood Chef and Major KMC5 Serie Manuel D'instructions page 6

the mixer
the mixing tools and some of their uses
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K-beater For making cakes, biscuits, pastry, icing, fillings, éclairs and mashed
potato.
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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.
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dough hook For yeast mixtures.
to use your mixer
Turn the head-lift lever clockwise
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Ensure the bowl seating pad is correctly fitted with the
uppermost.
to insert a tool Push up till it stops
2
Fit the bowl onto the base - press down and turn clockwise
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Lift the mixer head slightly then turn the head-lift lever anti-clockwise and lower
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the mixer head till it locks.
Switch on by turning the speed switch to the desired setting.
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Switch to pulse
Switch off and unplug after use.
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to remove a tool Turn and remove.
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hints Switch off and scrape the bowl with the spatula frequently.
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Eggs at room temperature are best for whisking.
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Before whisking egg whites, make sure there's no grease or egg yolk
on the whisk or bowl.
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Use cold ingredients for pastry unless your recipe says otherwise.
points for bread making
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important Never exceed the maximum capacities below - you'll overload the
machine.
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If you hear the machine labouring, switch off, remove half the dough
and do each half separately.
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The ingredients mix best if you put the liquid in first.
Maximum capacities
Shortcrust pastry
Bread dough (stiff yeasted)
Soft yeasted dough (enriched Flour weight 1.3Kg/2lb 14oz 2.6Kg/5lb 12oz
with butter and eggs)
Fruit cake mix (creaming fat Total weight
and sugar method)
Egg whites
* Egg sizes used = medium sized (Weight 53-63g)
speed switch
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K-beater creaming fat and sugar start on min , gradually increasing to 'max' .
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beating eggs into creamed mixtures 4 - 'max'.
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folding in flour, fruit etc Min - 1
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all in one cakes start on min speed, gradually increase to max.
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rubbing fat into flour min - 2.
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whisk Gradually increase to 'max'.
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dough hook Start on 'min', gradually increasing to 1 .
important
Ensure that no bowl tool is fitted or
stored in the bowl when using other
outlets.
and raise the mixer head till it locks.
then turn.
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for short bursts.
CHEF
680g/1lb 8oz
Flour weight
Flour weight 1.36Kg/3lb
Total weight 2.18Kg/4lb 13oz 2.4Kg/5lb 5oz
Total weight 2.5Kg/5lb 8oz
2.72Kg/6lb
(9 egg mix)
Number
Weight (455g)
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symbol
M JOR
910g/2lb
1.5Kg/3lb 5oz
5Kg/11lb
4.55Kg/10lb
(15 egg mix)
12 16
(605g)