If you are a fan of confectionery and elaborate recipes, you surely need to juice up your blender, as it will make your life easier and save you time in the kitchen. In addition, all your desserts, meringues, biscuits and weathered cakes will be

If you want to learn how to use each of the attachments of your blender, don’t worry; we explain what each one is for and how to use it step by step.

shovel attachment

This shovel is essential in your kitchen, especially if you like to prepare desserts and cakes; it will make your life easier!

According to experts, this accessory is essential since it is ideal for mixing and stirring dry ingredients with wet ones, as in the case of cakes, pancakes, brownies and other desserts.

Chef Yamilette González, coordinator of chefs at kiwilimón, explains that the shovel “is used for preparations that do not require too much air to be integrated into the interior”, so it is useful when preparing “shortcrust pastry such as brisée and sucrée, pancakes or preparations very thick, creamy with butter, cream cheese, lard where it is used to create bitumens”.

balloon attachment

The balloon accessory is essential in preparing sweet and savoury dishes. It will serve you to cook the perfect stuffed chilli and a lemon meringue pie or pavlova for special occasions. In addition to being much more practical than the balloon whisk, this accessory will also be useful when whipping egg whites for the perfect weathering.

According to chef Yamilette, the balloon “is generally used to add a large amount of air to preparations, such as in the preparation of a meringue, or for the creation of a genoise or sponge cake that must have a large content of air so that it can absorb a syrup or a mixture of three milks. It is also used to make butter, by churning whipping cream until it curdles so that the whey can be separated from the fat, or simply churning cream into a whipped cream spread on a cake.”

kneading attachment

If you are entering the world of bread, do not hesitate to use this attachment, which is usually shaped like a hook.

This attachment will be handy for working dough for box bread, brioche, focaccia or pizza dough. If you add chocolate chips, nuts, seeds or fruits or your bread, the kneading extension is your best option since everything will be well distributed.

The kiwilimón chef points out that “this accessory is the one that needs the most strength to be able to integrate the ingredients and achieve the various points that the doughs require, such as the garter point, which is just when the dough generates its greatest capacity for gluten and strength. . Therefore, it is important to use it correctly and for the necessary time, since, if it is used in excess, it could overwork and break the protein bonds of the dough”.

Before you start using your blender

Before attaching the attachment, ensure the mixer is turned off to avoid accidents.
Read the manual to find more tips and advice when mixing.
Turn off the mixer before removing the attachment.
Wash the accessories and let them dry before storing them.