Dusty kenwood Chef

marrbett

Please help! My dh gave me a lovely kenwood chef a few years ago, something I've always wanted. I'm ashamed to admit it's hardly been used, and sits on my worktop gathering dust. What do you all use yours for?
We've got a breadmaker which I use everyday for bread and once a week for pizza dough, me thinks that would be the best use of the kenwood, so what else can I use it for? It's got a liquidizer as well.( I blitz my soup with a wand thingy)
I really want it to become a much loved, much used item but worry that it will have to go........:eek:

Patchwork_Quilt

There's nothing like a food processor for chopping up veg if there are lots of people coming round.

I make carrot cake in mine, too. Sometimes, I have a using up day where I chop the veggies first and then rinse it out and do the baking stuff.

marrbett

Patchwork_Quilt wrote: »

There's nothing like a food processor for chopping up veg if there are lots of people coming round.

I make carrot cake in mine, too. Sometimes, I have a using up day where I chop the veggies first and then rinse it out and do the baking stuff.

Mine doesn't have a food processor attachment, just the big mixing bowl with balloon whisk and k beater. I must confess to owning a food processor too..... which hardly gets used

lindadykes

I prefer to make bread dough in my kenwood to a bread maker, actually gave my BM to my DD. Also love it for making pastry, use the K beater to crumb the fat and flour together, then add water by hand. Sometimes make butter in it if double cream is cheap or whoopsied.

shellnapier

im a baker, i use it to makes cookies, fariy cakes, sponges, cakes, all things

marrbett

lindadykes wrote: »

I prefer to make bread dough in my kenwood to a bread maker, actually gave my BM to my DD.

Better than in a panasonic breadmaker!!!! I don't believe it...really??? In the breadmaker you just bung in all the ingredients, leave it for just under 2 hours and voila... a delicious loaf of bread. Well, I will try making the dough in the kenwood, but surely it takes longer?
Can't see me making pastry or cream often enough to stop the dust settlin on it again. Hmmmmmm
Thanks anyway

marrbett

shellnapier wrote: »

im a baker, i use it to makes cookies, fariy cakes, sponges, cakes, all things

yes, perhaps I need to bake more.... but not eat all of it !!!:beer:

rosekitten

cakes.pastry,pancakes mashing spuds
and definatly bread and we also have a
panasonic bread maker too which I am going
to list on ebay as the Kenwood makes much
nicer dough,whipping cream.making iceing for
cake decorating

marrbett

I'm going to have a go at making dough for bread rolls, and also try making some butter. Never thought about mashing spuds in it, are they less lumpy than with a masher?

beemuzed

I use the mixer for cakes of all varieties, whipping cream and eggwhites, dough for bread, pizza and rolls, pastry and the liquidiser for soups, chopping nuts, making batter for yorkshires /pancakes, pates and dips, etc. Did you have a recipe book with your Kenwood - that would give you loads of ideas. You could probably download it if not. I love my Kenwood -it's my second, and I've had it since 1985! The first lasted 12 years but I made even more bread in those days and burnt the motor out!

rachbc

K beater for cookies and cakes, mashing spuds
whisk for egg whites, cream, making butter
dough hook for dough = I do prefer dough in kendowood but sue bm for convienence
liquidiser for breadcrumbs, soup, curry pastes
mincer attachemnts for mincing meat and making sausages
grinder attachemnt for grinding spices and coffee