Almost every home kitchen has a stationary or manual mixer. The culinary "assistant" greatly simplifies and speeds up the process of cooking oil, cream, protein formulations, and also helps to improve the quality of whipped products. What should I do if the device breaks down at the most inopportune moment, when I urgently need to beat the ingredients or knead the dough? The only way out is to use mixer analogs. Thanks to several replacement options, you can choose the most suitable device.
Mixer analogs - how can I replace a mixer?
A simple way is to manually beat. To bring to the appropriate state the various ingredients you can use:
- The usual whisk.
Whisk for whipping
- Large dining fork.
- Glass jar with a lid.
How to use a whisk and a fork is clear to everyone. The only drawback of such devices is the tedious process of whipping and applying considerable physical force. The mixer operates in the mode of 1500-2000 rpm and, of course, it is simply impossible to achieve such indicators manually, but you will have to accelerate your hand movements as much as possible. In order to bring the oil or airy protein cream to the desired consistency, you often have to ask family members for help to work alternately with a whisk or a fork.
The jar option may seem simpler, but in this case too, you have to work intensively with your hands. The glass container should be 1/4 full of ingredients (e.g. cream). The jar must be sealed with a lid, after which it should be shaken vigorously and quickly. The duration of this procedure is from 3 to 5 minutes (the main thing is to achieve the desired result).
Similar technique
Replace the mixer may well be a hand blender, which is equipped with a whisk nozzle. Thanks to the speed of whipping, the quality of the final product is guaranteed. The cost of such a culinary device is affordable, so it should be present in every kitchen.
Hand blender with whisk attachment
The real find for any housewife is the stationary Kitchenaid culinary machine. The technique operates in planetary mode. The package includes several nozzles: for whipping creams and a hook for dough. The only drawback of the device is the high price. Using such a technique is a pleasure. After the program is installed, the machine independently mixes and whips the ingredients, so the hostess can do other work.
Kitchenaid Planetary Mixer
Lifefacies for enterprising housewives
A power tool can serve as a hand mixer. A drill and screwdriver, including those powered by a battery, will do. In the hole of the chuck where the drill is attached, a kitchen accessory is inserted and clamped - a whisk from the mixer. Whisk Drill
In the absence of such an accessory, you can use table forks that are securely attached to the drill.
Two-forked drill
To obtain a high-quality product, the speed of whipping is regulated by the force of a button press.
When using an electric drill or screwdriver, you must remember the safety precautions and check the fixed element for reliability.
What if there is no mixer? Proven Ways to Whip Different Products
To whip the protein cream correctly, it is advisable to use a mixer with a biscuit dough or meringue (meringue). But if this is not possible, then you have to perform this procedure manually.
Beating proteins is necessary:
- Using skimmed whisk and utensils. The slightest presence of fat on their surface can cause a failed product. For degreasing, you can use a slice of lemon, which wipes the walls of the dishes and accessories.
- In the complete absence of yolks. In no case should you allow the mixing of proteins with the yolks.
- Only fresh and chilled. It is best to use proteins from the refrigerator, you need to get them before cooking. The low temperature of the product can be ensured by pre-cooling the bowl and whisk.
- With the addition of sugar. The main rule of success is the timely introduction of this ingredient into the whipped composition. If sugar is poured too early, the protein texture will become liquid, and further whipping will be pointless. Sugar should be added in small portions to the already formed strong foam and with constant whipping. Thus, a uniform distribution of sugar grains occurs and the airiness of the protein mass is not disturbed.
- With the addition of a pinch of salt or citric acid. Using these ingredients, the whipping procedure is accelerated, protein foam is fixed.
To whip the cream manually, you must also follow a certain technology:
- It is necessary to take only a fatty product - from 35% and above (maximum fat content 48%). The higher the indicator, the denser the consistency.
- Before cooking, the dairy product, accessory and dishes must be pre-cooled.
- After receiving a persistent foam, sifted icing sugar without lumps is gradually added (sugar is not used).
- As a fixer, gelatin, marshmallow, milk powder and other products that give cream a high density for a long period are used. A fixative is necessarily used if jewelry is made from cream.
Beat and knead the ingredients at home without a mixer. Various devices, cutlery well cope with the task.
Hand whipping cream
But, despite this, the culinary technique creates ease of use. Therefore, a broken device must be repaired or acquired as soon as possible.
