the mixer
the mixing tools and some of their uses
beater
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For making cakes, biscuits, pastry, icing, fillings, éclairs and mashed
potato.
flexible beater
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For creaming and mixing soft ingredients. It is not to be used with
heavy recipes such as dough or hard ingredients.
whisk
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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
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For yeast mixtures.
to use your mixer
1 Push up on the head release lever at the back of the appliance and
at the same time lift the head until it locks in the raised position.
to insert a tool 2 Line the pin on the shaft with the slot on the inside of the tool, push
up and turn clockwise to lock .
3 Fit the bowl onto the base, press down and turn clockwise to
lock .
4 Push up on the head release lever and at the same time lower the mixer
head .
5 Switch on and move the speed switch to the desired setting .
to remove a tool 6 Push up, turn anti-clockwise and pull off.
hints
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Switch off and scrape the bowl with a spatula when necessary.
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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 states otherwise.
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When creaming fat and sugar for cake mixes, always use the fat at
room temperature or soften it first.
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Your mixer has been fitted with ‘soft start’ feature to minimise
spillage. However if the machine is switched on with a heavy
mixture in the bowl such as bread dough, you may notice that the
mixer takes a few seconds to reach the selected speed.
points for bread making
important
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Never exceed the maximum capacities on page 5 - you will overload
the machine.
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To protect the life of the machine always allow a rest of 20 minutes
between loads.
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Some movement of the mixer head is normal. 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.
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At intervals stop the machine and scrape the mixture off the dough
hook.
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Different batches of flour vary considerably in the quantities of liquid
required and the stickiness of the dough can have a marked effect
on the load imposed on the machine. You are advised to keep the
machine under observation whilst the dough is being mixed; the
operation should take no longer than 5 minutes.
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