Tips on Using a Food Processor for Baking
We all know that when it comes to baking, using a stand mixer will help ensure light and airy cakes, well-developed doughs and velvety smooth icing-not to mention save you lots of time and hard work.
But while you may not immediately associate food processors with baking, these kitchen multi-taskers can definitely rise to the challenge of tackling a range of home-baking tasks. Our versatile range of powerful food processors come with a large number of features and attachments that can be used to chop, mix, whisk and knead your ingredients, as well as a variable speed setting to ensure you have complete control and flexibility as you work. So whether you’re a whizz when it comes to folding and stiff peaks, or just starting out, we’ll show you just how useful a food processor can be when you’re baking.
What baking tasks can a food processor help with?
Food processors are usually primarily used to chop, slice, grate and mix large quantities of ingredients. All these functions are of course useful when you’re baking, for instance when you need cubed butter for your pastry mix. But they can do so much more besides. Here's just some of the ways using a food processor for baking will save you time and effort, and help deliver delicious results.
Kneading pastry for sweet and savoury pies
If you’re looking to use your food processor to help you knead dense pastry dough you need to ensure it has both a powerful enough motor and a generous bowl capacity to take on the task.
The MultiPro Excel’s 1300W motor and 4 litre bowl means it’s more than up to the job. Use the knife blade attachment to knead the ingredients; the variable speed settings will help ensure you don’t over knead the dough. If you’re not sure what speed to use, the auto speed function will select the right setting for what you’re doing.
The MultiPro Excel’s 1300W motor and 4 litre bowl means it’s more than up to the job. Use the knife blade attachment to knead the ingredients; the variable speed settings will help ensure you don’t over knead the dough. If you’re not sure what speed to use, the auto speed function will select the right setting for what you’re doing.
Cake or batter mixtures
The knife blade can mix cake batters quickly and evenly. For some recipes you can use the dual metal whisk to cream butter and sugar together until they are light and fluffy.
Pähkinöiden pilkkominen
Monitoimikone pilkkoo helposti suuriakin pähkinämääriä. Kiinnitä vain veitsenteräosa ja lisää pähkinät pääkulhoon. Käyttämällä vaihtelevia nopeusasetuksia voit hallita, miten sileän koostumuksen haluat. Pienempiä määriä voi pilkkoa myös monitoimimyllyllä.
Pähkinävoin valmistaminen
Pähkinävoit, kuten mantelivoi, sopivat loistavasti leivontaan, ja antavat itse tehdyille kekseille ja muffineille lisää makua. Valmista oma pähkinävoi helposti monitoimikoneella. Ja mikä parasta: voit sekoittaa makuja ja luoda oman täydellisen sekoituksesi (muista myös siemenet).
Lisää vain haluamasi pähkinät kulhoon ja sekoita ne veitsenterällä karkeaksi tahnaksi. Lisää öljyä saadaksesi aikaan haluamasi koostumuksen.
Lisää vain haluamasi pähkinät kulhoon ja sekoita ne veitsenterällä karkeaksi tahnaksi. Lisää öljyä saadaksesi aikaan haluamasi koostumuksen.
Kermavaahdon vatkaaminen
Käytä monitoimikonetta kermavaahdon vatkaamiseen sotkematta työtasoa. MultiPron ainutlaatuinen metallinen kaksoisvispilä on kiinnitetty kulhon keskellä olevaan karaan ja toimii kannen ollessa paikallaan. Kun vispilä on kiinnitetty paikalleen, kaada kerma kulhoon, laita kansi takaisin paikalleen ja vatkaa. Jotta vaahtoon pääsisi enemmän ilmaa, irrota syöttöputken työnnin samalla vatkaamisen aikana – se myös nopeuttaa kermavaahdon valmistumista.
Blending fruits
Blend small amounts of fresh fruits like soft berries to make a quick puree to add to cream and buttercream for your baking creations.
Freeze-dried fruit also packs a real extra flavour punch to buttercream. Use your multi-mill attachment to grind into a fine powder, creating the perfect consistency to then blend into a buttercream that’s super smooth and easy to pipe onto cakes and cupcakes.
Freeze-dried fruit also packs a real extra flavour punch to buttercream. Use your multi-mill attachment to grind into a fine powder, creating the perfect consistency to then blend into a buttercream that’s super smooth and easy to pipe onto cakes and cupcakes.
Need a last minute cake for some impromptu guests or a forgotten birthday? This is where a food processor can really save the day. Most cakes made with food processors are made using the ‘all in one’ method, where all the ingredients are put into the bowl at the same time and whizzed together using the knife blade until evenly mixed into a cake batter. For best results make sure all the ingredients are at room temperature, as the butter needs to be really soft to keep the blades clear.
Was sind die Unterschiede zwischen einer Kompakt-Küchenmaschine und einem Standmixer?
Kompakt-Küchenmaschinen sind nicht nur in der Lage, die Zubereitung von Lebensmitteln in Sekundenschnelle zu erledigen, sondern können auch eine Vielzahl von Backaufgaben schnell und effizient erledigen, vom Zerkleinern, Mahlen und Mischen bis hin zum Schlagen, Rühren und Kneten. Sie sind ideal, wenn du gerne gelegentlich backst, aber nicht das Budget oder den Platz hast, um auch einen separaten Standmixer zu haben.
If you’re a keen home baker, stand mixers are designed especially for you. Their key strengths are kneading, mixing and whisking and their generous bowl capacity means you can bake in large quantities. Various additional attachments are available for our stand mixers which you can use for slicing or grinding, but primarily a stand mixer is designed to help you mix, whisk and knead with ease.
Explore the Kenwood range
Packed full of intuitive features, our range of food processors come in various capacities and with a wide selection of high quality, robust attachments to help make pretty much any food prep task quicker and easier, so you have the time to enjoy creating your next dish or bake.
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