I wanted it to fulfill certain tasks such as making dough, pastry and smoothies but the culinary creativity has grown in search of learning about subtle differences the appliances can make and testing them out.
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The Bread Hook
I am an aspiring home baker and struggled before with differing dough’s for different styles of bread. The bread making dough hook amazing for making a variety of dough’s from scratch Due to the large variety of flours and grains the creation of the dough is the key to success. The dough hook gets stuck right in and breaks down the gluten chains lead to the bread rising perfectly. It is extremely easy as I can pretty much leave the machine to make the dough leave it rise, whack it into the bread machine, set a timer for the morning and wake up to the smell of a fresh loaf. It can also deal with larger amounts of dough so I am not restricted to a 2Ib loaf tin but can experiment with baguettes, foccacias and bigger 4Ib loaves. The Cuisinart Food Processor dough hook also makes the perfect pizza dough a favorite at our house at Weekends, it creates a thin stretchy Italian like pizza base that continues to impress.
Product Features
1,000-watt stand mixer housed in durable die-cast metal
Brushed Chrome
12 speeds; 7-quart stainless-steel bowl; slow-start and gentle-fold functions
15-minute countdown timer; 3 power outlets; auto shutoff; tilt-back head
Chef’s whisk, flat mixing paddle, dough hook, and splashguard included
Measures 15-1/2 by 11 by 14-1/2 inches; 3-year warranty; 5-year motor warranty
Wattage is a measure of power consumed by the mixer, not put out as torque (ability to slog through heavy doughs). A poorly designed motor will use lots of watts, but will not deliver it to you in increased power. This mixer happens to have 1000 watts of power – sounds like a lot. This mixer is well designed. It has a mixing timer, a pulse button, both of which are useful. It also has a FIVE year motor warranty, and a three year product warranty overall.
Fruit Press and Ice Cream Attachments
Nan Fran's Home and Kitchen Product Reviews: Cuisinart SM-70 7-Quart Stand Mixers Fruit Press
Cuisinart SM-70 7-Quart Stand Mixers Fruit Press
I tailored the order to suit my families favorite cooking styles. The fruit press is amazing I spent an afternoon cleaning and pulping fresh apples and pears to make juice which tasted amazing and after pasteurization lasted weeks and weeks in the fridge. The range of extra attachments is amazing the juicer is a favourite of the kids, fresh smoothies and juice in minutes, this makes my life easier in the mornings as the fruit can be prepared the night before so I can send them off to school full of vitamins and minerals and ready to start the day. Then after school comes and the ice cream maker makes its way to the table multiple flavours, fruits and chocolates have been used, I even crafted a dairy free vegan ice cream for a friends birthday.
Functionality of the Appliances
To many some of the attachments may seem useless but for the die hard cooks each one really functions very differently. For the texture of certain cakes and desserts they really show their use although coming from a two attachment mixer the Ialth of attachments seems daunting but pushes creativity within the kitchen. The machines of other leading brands I have previously used have sounded like an aeroplane taking off. I was pleasantly surprised to not be shaken out of the room or wake the whole house up. The multi speed outlet function impressed as Ill and makes a notable difference in the end results of temperature sensitive foods like meringue and particular cakes.
