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Which kitchen gadget would rub butter into flour for me?

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Caz10 · 26/12/2011 20:52

And no one is to say "your hands"!
Have been drooling over mixer porn for months now and have decided 2012 will be the year of the fancy new kitchen gadget...humming and hawing between kitchen aid and kenwood chef and trying to think about which task I would most like a machine to be able to do for me... Rubbing in butter is my most hated, which gadget would do that for me, does anyone know?!

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Vajazzler · 26/12/2011 20:55

My kitchen aid does this for me Xmas Grin

frankie3 · 26/12/2011 20:56

I use a ken wood chef for this.

zingzillachinchilla · 26/12/2011 20:56

I have Kenwood Chef - love it. The food processor is great for rubbing in butter..

YougreatChristmaspudding · 26/12/2011 20:56

You need a kitchen Aid and one of these :)

MollieO · 26/12/2011 20:57

If it makes a difference, a food processor can cope with butter straight from the fridge but a Kitchen Aid can't.

HazeltheMcWitch · 26/12/2011 20:58

Well, you should certainly get a Kenwood Chef, because they are fab. And the food processor attachment on it makes great pastry - as does, any food processor I suspect.

But THIS TOO is really really good for rubbing-in butter, and about 1% of the price.

MoreBeta · 26/12/2011 20:58

I do it with my Magimix food processor with the normal steel blending blade. It works brilliantly and makes very small crumbs without warming the mix up like it would if I used my fingers.

HazeltheMcWitch · 26/12/2011 20:59

Shag. Too slow, pudding beat me too it; I got distracted by the lovely baking things that 'I might be interested in'.

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Caz10 · 26/12/2011 21:11

Oooh who threw a magimix into the...er...mix?! Thought I had it down to 2! In my head a kenwood is for savory and a KA for sweet, could I actually do as much baking stuff with a kenwood? Hmmmmmmm

Amazed by pastry gadget too, thank you!! Although dont tell dh as I have almost persuaded him that a gadget is a need rather than a want...

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MoreBeta · 26/12/2011 21:18

No, forget the Kenwood and all that Kitchenaid Artisan what not, what you need is a Magimix. It does everything except mix up bread dough as it is too stiff but you cand do that by hand or in a breadmaker. I have a 20 yr old Magimix still going strong and it has so many brilliant attachments.

I typically make a complex cake mix by just pouring the ingredients one by one into the Magimix while it is running and it makes a brilliantly smooth mix to pour staright in the tins.

Alouisee · 26/12/2011 22:32

Magimix is great for everything except whisking (and dough, apparently) Whichever gadget you go for leave it on the work surface, if it ends up in a cupboard you'll never use it.

I have a magimix and a Kitchen Aid and I wouldn't like to be without either.

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Caz10 · 26/12/2011 23:43

I need both?!

I have a good Breadmaker so that type of dough is not an issue- I think I would mainly be doing cake type mixes (would magimix do biscuit type dough?) and then blitzing things like sauces and soups...

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Caz10 · 26/12/2011 23:45

Alouisee how do you use your 2?

Morebeta do you do savory stuff with the magimix too?

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nowforthecleanup · 27/12/2011 00:12

I have a magimix and a keyword chef and use them both all the time, don't know how I'd manage without them Blush

Nineflowers · 27/12/2011 00:37

Call me old fashioned, but I use a cheese grater and butter straight out of the fridge.Works every time.

HerRoyalNotness · 27/12/2011 04:06

As just about to suggest the grater trick. I only learned that the other day and works a treat. I used frozen butter

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Caz10 · 27/12/2011 04:31

Stop suggesting cheap ways to solve my problem Grin

Although I am very impressed by the grater trick!

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googietheegg · 27/12/2011 07:20

If the butter is pretty warm (I put it in the microwave for ten seconds) you can rub it into the flour with the back of a fork.

googietheegg · 27/12/2011 07:21

Ooooops! Too cheap! I also have a kenwood chef ...

Alouisee · 27/12/2011 08:08

I use the magimix for grating, slicing, batter type mixes and pastry. The KA is mainly for bread dough, cake mixtures and whisked things. The only thing I have to do by hand is Fold.

PrettyCandlesAndTinselToo · 27/12/2011 08:52

I don't know about KA, but the Chef will do everything you require, sweet or savoury.

The nearest thing I do to rubbing butter into flour is crumble topping, which I make using the K-beater. Perfect. When I make dough or pastry I very rarely bother with all the separate steps, just bung all the ingredients in the bowl and let the dough hook do its magic.

I imagine that a KA will have simlar beaters that do similar things. But that's all it will have. My Chef also has an ice-cream-maker, a minced, a sausage-maker, and a blender. (TBH I barely use the blender and prefer a hand-held stick-blender. That may be because I have space and clutter issues. The jug blender is very good.) I also want to get a potato peeler and a masher/sieve.

And you could add other things to it, whatever your personal perversion preference: food processor, grater, coffee grinder, pasta maker, biscuit shaper, juicer, creamer

Alouisee · 27/12/2011 09:25

I fancy the sausage maker attachment Blush

debka · 27/12/2011 09:28

My 2yo does it for me. You can have her if you'd like.

spottydogpencilcase · 27/12/2011 09:33

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Caz10 · 27/12/2011 13:52

I also have a willing 4yr old helper but tbh I am not 100% happy with her hand hygiene when I am making something for consumption outside the immediate family Grin

I really do think my heart is set on a Kenwood, but I am feeling tempted by a spot of magimix action....

Think the KA may be more style than substance?!

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