Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Eating and Drinking => Kitchen Natter => Topic started by: RJR_38 on December 27, 2014, 18:47
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When I left my job a couple of weeks ago I got lots of john Lewis vouchers from very generous parents and after lots of deliberation and being 'forced' to do it by my husband I spent them on a kitchen aid mixer as I have always wanted one. I managed to get a good deal on a price match weekend and a free ice cream maker attachment which I have sent off for. So far I have only made a brioche loaf and some royal icing in it but I am looking forward to using it properly now Chrisrmas is out the way!
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Yaaaayyy, congratulations! I love my Kenwood Chef, and I know Joyfull loves her KitchenAid.
Get a mincer attachment with sausage stuffer if they do them for it and you can make your own sausages! ;) ;)
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Well done you, have fun. I chose a Kenwood chef that came with a liquidiser goblet,processor & send away for an extra bowl & I just love it.
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I spent a lot of time looking at the difference between kenwood chef and kitchen aid but it came down to the fact the ken wood didn't do an Ice cream attachmemt :nowink:
I have been thinking about a mincer attachmenr but trying to decide how much I would actually use it....
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I spent a lot of time looking at the difference between kenwood chef and kitchen aid but it came down to the fact the ken wood didn't do an Ice cream attachmemt :nowink:
I have been thinking about a mincer attachmenr but trying to decide how much I would actually use it....
Oh I thought they did, not that I wanted them as I've got an icecream maker not that I've used it :(
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They do!
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/15910/Kenwood-Chef-Ice-Cream-Attachment
But, you don't need it now! lol
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Congratulations! I bought a Chef to come out here and it's great as I make all my own bread, cakes etc, and strangely it does great pastry which I had trouble with because of the flour here. Enjoy your KitchenAid
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What color did you get? They have quite a selection to choose from!
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They do!
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/15910/Kenwood-Chef-Ice-Cream-Attachment
But, you don't need it now! lol
Oh not the model I was looking at the Kmix whic is silly!
Lotuseed I got a blue one - I didn't have a full selection of colours because only certain colours were being orice matched. I even bought it a transparent cover with matching trim 😄
I've just got to decide what to make in it next....
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My hubby wanted me to have the kitchen aid but I'd been brought up with a kenwood. I was under the impression that you had to have a separate machine for the liquidiser for the kitchen aid & for me that was what I wanted included. I got a really good deal late last year from Lakeland,plus it was reduced. Just had a look at that link & might be tempted by the mincer, I've got an old one for the old kenwood I had but it doesn't fit.
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I spent a lot of time looking at the difference between kenwood chef and kitchen aid but it came down to the fact the ken wood didn't do an Ice cream attachmemt :nowink:
I have been thinking about a mincer attachmenr but trying to decide how much I would actually use it....
I don't have a really good food mixer/processor - mine is about twenty five years old, and still going strong, but I did invest in a seperate mincing machine. I'm sure you'd find a mincer attachment useful. I don't eat meat, but my hubby does, and I was worried about what he was actually eating in today's sausages, burgers, mince, etc., I now make all his sausages and burgers, plus I buy joints of beef or whatever, when it's on offer, mince it myself, and then store it in portions in the freezer, ready to use. It doesn't take long, and he says that home-made tastes much better, and I can cut down on the amount of fat in the sausages and burgers and his much loved cottage pies.
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I do make our own burgers with mince from the butchers and sausages come from the butchers so we try and get good quality in that sense...
Is there a certain cut you have to get for mincing (as I know you need a certain amount of fat in burgers and sausages etc although I use lean steak mince now). Also I have heard that the sausage stuffer bit is very hard to use? How do you find it?
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Be aware that when you use cereal as a filler-binder for the burger to use the non-yeast variety as yeast-based cereals can leave an unwanted taste. I got into this with rabbit sausages and many websites urges against using yeast-based cereal for this reason.
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I've never used any sort of filler for my home made burgers - although they are denser that at we prefer the fact they are more meaty. It is probably different for sausages though I guess
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I have the food grinder attachment for my kitchen aid. I think it's designed for making your own minced/ground meat. And I could be mistaken but I believe there's a separate piece that attached to this part in order to make sausages. I don't eat meat and haven't used the grinder yet.
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Be aware that when you use cereal as a filler-binder for the burger to use the non-yeast variety as yeast-based cereals can leave an unwanted taste. I got into this with rabbit sausages and many websites urges against using yeast-based cereal for this reason.
I've been pondering on mincing rabbit and chicken. Do you mince chicken too? Do they mince well or do they 'tear' instead, being quite soft meats?
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I love my kitchen aid mixer and blender. I have the mincer, shredder and pasta attachments (I buy the attachments from America off ebay.com rather than ebay.co.uk as they are generally cheaper even taking into account the postage). With the grinder you get two sizes of plates for course or fine ground.
I also have a smaller bowl to use with it for smaller portions.
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Useful tip, thanks! My ice-cream maker attachment arrived yesterday and it looks great. It won't get used for a while though as I have just started weight watchers again :(
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try making frozen yoghurt or sorbets then :)
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I spent a lot of time looking at the difference between kenwood chef and kitchen aid but it came down to the fact the ken wood didn't do an Ice cream attachmemt
According the Heston you can make ice cream with any mixer ... all you need is some Liquid Nitrogen :lol:
I looked at various brands of mixers before Christmas. I really struggled to see what the benefit was of Kenwood vs. Kitchen Aid (assuming that "style/colour" was not a primary consideration). I'd love to know if there is one 'coz Kitchen Aid is not a cheap purchase ...
Instead I bought a cheap & cheerful model (Andrew James, 7L £100) to see how much we use it / how we use it, as a prelude to then splashing out on the right tool for the job (or sticking with this one if it only gets used once a year!)
The one I have says that when mixing heavy mixes not to run it continuously for more than 4 minutes, and then to let it rest/cool for 10 minutes. Perhaps Kenwood / Kitchen Aid have more robust motors and can stand running flat out for longer / indefinitely?
My Mother had an ancient (c. 1950) Kenwood. She was still using it in 2010 ... but she always "rested" that too, after any vigorous mixing. Maybe that's partly why it lasted so long
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Ooh I didn't think about frozen yoghurt!
I think kitchen aids can keep going for longer Kristen as they come with a proper recipe book when you register them (huge hard back thing) and lots of them include the machine running for over 5 minutes
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the machine running for over 5 minutes
Thanks, thought that must be (at least part of) the case.
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The kitchen aid is made by Hobart and is just a smaller version of their larger catering versions. I like the fact that they are very heavy duty (being cast bodied) and feel a lot more sturdy to me than plastic machines.
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Well I have been a but naughty after browsing ebay last week.... Some woman was selling all her kitchen aid attachments practically unused and in a box because she decided she didn't like hers and got a magimix for Christmas instead :ohmy:
I was restrained and only bought the fruit/veg strainer (perfect for making tomato sauce in the summer or Apple sauce etc) and the meat grinder as this is needed for the strainer - for a bargain price! I stopped myself buying the shredder and grater because there is nothing wrong with the food processor I have that does that job. When thst breaks I will probably just replace it with those attachments but until then....
So now to research the best/cheapest cuts to make mince!