
9
SPEED SETTING RANGE MIXING TASK
LOW
1-4
FOLDING & KNEADING
Combiningorinitialmixingofingredients
Folding
Kneading–doughs(pastry,bread,scones,etc.)
MEDIUM
5-7
LIGHT MIXING
Kneading–heavydoughs
Beating–sugarandbutter,cakemixes
HIGH
8-10
CREAMING & BEATING
Whisking–lightbatters
Beating–heavybatters/icing
VERYHIGH
11-12
WHIPPING & AERATING
Whisking–eggwhites/cream
Pleasekeepinmindthatthevariousmixingtasksandrelatedspeeds,listedinthetable
below,mayvaryslightlyfromrecipetorecipe.Pleaserefertoitregularlyasyoudevelopyour
understandingofhowdifferentingredientsinteractwhenmixing.
NOTES:
Formostrecipes,itisbettertobegin
yourmixingonaslowerspeeduntilthe
ingredientsbegincombining,thenmoveto
theappropriatespeedrangefortheparticular
task.
Generally,thereisnotonesetspeedforan
entirerecipe.Youwillneedtochangethe
speedofthemixerdependingonwhatstage
oftherecipeyouareworkingon.Thisis
communicatedintherecipesection.
Whenmixinglargerquantitiesyoumay
needtoincreasethemixerspeedduetothe
amountofmixingrequiredandthelarger
loadonthemachine.
Whenbuildinguparecipethatrequires
theadditionofdryingredients,suchas
flour,slowthespeeddownwhilstthese
ingredientsarebeingaddedtoavoidasnow
stormeffect.Oncetheadditionalingredients
begincombiningthenslowlyincreasetothe
appropriatespeedfortheparticularmixing
task.
Mixing Guide