Kenwood Chef and Major KMC5 Serie Mode D'emploi page 6

the mixer
the mixing tools and some of their uses
K-beater For making cakes, biscuits, pastry, icing, fillings, éclairs and mashed
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potato.
whisk For eggs, cream, batters, fatless sponges, meringues, cheesecakes,
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mousses, soufflés. Don't use the whisk for heavy mixtures (eg creaming
fat and sugar) - you could damage it.
dough hook For yeast mixtures.
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to use your mixer
Turn the head-lift lever clockwise
1
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
3
Lift the mixer head slightly then turn the head-lift lever anti-clockwise and lower
4
the mixer head till it locks.
Switch on by turning the speed switch to the desired setting.
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Switch to pulse
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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
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on the whisk or bowl.
Use cold ingredients for pastry unless your recipe says otherwise.
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points for bread making
important Never exceed the maximum capacities below - you'll overload the
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machine.
If you hear the machine labouring, switch off, remove half the dough
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and do each half separately.
The ingredients mix best if you put the liquid in first.
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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
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 .
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important
Ensure that no bowl tool is fitted or
stored in the bowl when using other
outlets.
for cleaning see page 10
and raise the mixer head till it locks.
then turn.
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for short bursts.
CHEF
Flour weight 680g/1lb 8oz
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
MAJOR
910g/2lb
1.5Kg/3lb 5oz
5Kg/11lb
4.55Kg/10lb
(15 egg mix)
12 16
(605g)