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Bread maker Brand 3801

 

SPECIFICATIONS

POWER: 450 W.

LOAF: 500/750/1000 g.

FUNCTIONS: 15 programs + 4 of their algorithms, choice of loaf size, crust color, delayed cooking.

CONTROL: push-button, digital display with indication of the selected parameters and the stage of the program, timer 15 hours, memory when turned off 7 min.

WARRANTY: 2 years.

LOAF

Brick 187x140 mm in size. There are three types of loaf weights (small - 500 g, medium - 750 g, large - 1000 g) and three crust options. The bucket is quite heavy, the inner coating is non-stick.

 

PROGRAMS

The main bread baking programs include four-phase dough kneading, where the agitator steps are followed by pauses. During the pauses, the flour gluten is released, which ensures the yeast work and, as a result, the formation of a fluffy and porous crumb. In short programs like "Express" and in sweet bread baking mode, the dough is prepared in three stages, also with stops. Next, the dough is left alone to rise three times with one or two kneading. The final stage of the program is baking, which lasts an average of 50-60 minutes. If at the end of cooking the appliance is not turned off, it automatically switches to the heating mode to keep the bread hot for an hour.

White bread... The basic algorithm for bread completely on high-ground wheat flour or with the addition of flour containing coarse particles. The cycle time depends on the size of the loaf and the selected crust color and ranges from 3 hours 15 minutes. up to 3 hours 40 minutes Allows you to cook bread according to a wide variety of recipes, with additives.

Express white bread... Shortened cycle. You can get a loaf of bread in just 2.5 hours. But the crumb of the bread will be denser, not as fluffy as in the main program. To ensure the rise of the dough, avoid the use of whole grain, rye flour, flour that does not contain gluten protein (buckwheat, corn, flax, etc.), the use of bran, garlic and onion additives, poppy seeds, seeds, etc. It is better to choose flour with a high protein content (more than 12 g / 100 g, see the label on the package). To stimulate the rise of the dough, you can use baking additives (for example, panifarin 1-3 tsp), homemade additives (mashed potatoes 1-3 tbsp, semolina 1-3 tsp).

Rye bread... This program is suitable for preparing bread with regular peeled or whole grain flour, recipes with a high content of coarse particles (bran) and various additives. The basis of the recipe is always premium, first grade wheat flour or general purpose wheat flour. The program includes a stage of preheating the products before mixing, which simplifies the release of gluten, that is, the subsequent rise of the dough. Cycle duration from 3 hours 55 minutes. up to 4 h. 20 min.

Rye bread express... A faster mode, which lasts from 2 hours 40 minutes. For a better rise in the dough, the recipe should focus on wheat flour with a high protein content, increasing its proportion in comparison with rye (gluten is released in it worse), minimize additives (bran, seeds, spices). Include proving additives in the recipe.

French bread... The recipe was created for breads with light, porous crumb and a thin crispy crust. The secret of the program lies in the longer maturation of the dough and, as a consequence, the lengthening of the cycle. The program lasts from 4 hours to 4 hours 25 minutes.

 

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Sweet bread. A mode for preparing butter bread such as kulich or panettone, with a lot of spices, fruit additives. Due to the high fat content (from milk, butter, yogurt, etc.) and sugar, the dough rises very well. Therefore, the cycle time is almost the same as the first recipe - from 3 hours 12 minutes. up to 3 hours24 min., But at the same time the stage of kneading and preliminary standing of the kolobok is shortened.

Gluten Free Bread... Gluten is a protein that is allergic to. The bread maker allows you to cook bread that does not contain this substance, based on rice, corn, buckwheat and other types of flour or ready-made mixtures. In this program, there are two settings for the weight of the loaf - 750 and 1000 g, medium crust by default. The program is very different from the rest. In it, the products are warmed up, then kneaded for a long time, the dough is left for proofing for an hour and immediately baked, without hesitation. The program lasts 2 hours 35 minutes. or 2 hours 45 minutes.

Express 750... Super short program for baking a 750 g loaf for emergencies. The bread will be ready in less than an hour! As with the shortened cycles described above, it is important to use high protein ingredients and make gluten easier to release (in particular, take food at room temperature).

Express 1000... A similar program, only for a large loaf, duration 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Cake... Mode for butter biscuits, including those with various additives - raisins, candied fruits. The recipe can be found in the cookbook. But for a lush consistency, it is better to beat the eggs with sugar, and then butter with a mixer.

Yeast dough... The oven itself and very thoroughly kneads the dough and helps it rise. Yeast can be used both dry and live. Any recipes for a bezoparny dough are suitable, for example, for pizza. Kneading takes place in two stages with a pause. At the same time, the air temperature in the oven rises to a comfortable one - the dough rises well.

Noodle dough... And not only, unleavened dough for pies, dumplings, pasties. The dough is very painstakingly kneaded, which takes only 14 minutes.

Yogurt. A mode for obtaining a homemade healthy product that can be given to both children and adults. Before turning on, you need to mix warm milk with sourdough (live yogurt). During the cooking process, the temperature rises slightly in the bread maker; under these conditions, yoghurt matures in 6 hours.

Jam... Jam is prepared by heating the components and kneading the mass.

Bakery products. The program is for baking only. It can be used to brown bread or to bake charlotte pastries (filled). The baking time is selectable from 10 to 30 minutes.

Manual setting... The function gives the hostess a unique opportunity to compose and store up to four of her own algorithms in the oven memory.

 

Bread

The bread maker function is fully implemented. There are all the necessary modes, including two types of shortcuts - for fast and ultra-fast cooking.

Experienced housewives should pay attention to the possibility of self-programming. They can compose algorithms themselves and use them as needed. This is very convenient, as it makes it possible to flexibly approach the settings, control the process depending on the complexity of the recipe and the availability of components. For example, a hostess can build for herself a program for baking spelled bread (spelled), increase the standing time of bread with the addition of live sourdough, etc.

We started testing the device by making whole grain bread. As a rule, it requires more attention, since it is not always possible to get a tall, lush loaf. We took the ready-made recipe from the instructions and complicated it a little by adding bran (wheat and rye), part of the rye flour was replaced with whole wheat flour. Rye Bread Program.

 

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The result in the photo is a 500 g loaf. As you can see, the bread rose great, and the crumb turned out to be porous, with golden splashes. And what a wonderful aroma!

Our second experience is bread with a filling. Choosing a basic recipe for white bread. For taste, add a handful of whole grain rye flour and bran to it (subtract from the full dosage of flour). Cooking in the 1st program. The filling will be cheese, take a slice weighing 50 g, break it into pieces. For a Mediterranean flavor, add fresh and dry leaves of basil, marjoram and cumin.

We have got a very beautiful bread, the crumb is delicate, porous, the crust is crispy, and most importantly - what a flavor!

Now you need to evaluate the programming process. Let's try to make Borodino bread. The rye dough of this bread is made with malt brew. The dough does not like multi-stage kneading and kneading during standing. And the time for the rise prefers rather long. It is better to bake it in extreme heat and then be sure to keep it warm for the required crumb consistency. Taking all this into account, we are drawing up a program. This is done simply: we enter the programmed mode and enter the necessary settings step by step, skip the unnecessary ones. Here's what happens.

Recipe

Welding:

Malt or dry kvass 2 tbsp l.

Coriander kernels 1 tsp

Rye flour (preferably wallpaper) 50 g

Boiling water 170 ml

Dough:

Water 80 ml

Vegetable oil 1 tbsp. l.

Apple cider vinegar 1 tbsp l.

Salt 0.5 tsp

Sugar Art. l.

Honey or molasses 1 tbsp l.

Rye flour (preferably wallpaper) 200 g

Wheat flour (preferably 2nd grade) 100 g

Coriander kernels 0.5 tsp

Dry yeast 1 tsp

 

Program Recipe

1. Preheat 60 min. Prepare the tea leaves. Put all the ingredients in a bucket, pour boiling water over and leave to brew for 50 minutes.

Add other components

2. Preliminary kneading 5 min. Mixing components

3. Pause 20 minutes. Pause for the beginning of the interaction of components, especially flour and water

4. The second batch is 30 min. Thorough one-time kneading

5. Raising the dough 120 min., 25 ° С

Standing dough at a comfortable temperature for 3 hours

6. Dough rising 60 min., 30 ° С

7. Baking 55 min., 150 ° С It is better to bake Borodinsky at an elevated temperature (average 135 ° С)

8. Keeping warm for 30 min. Leave warm to ripen

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that during programming it is possible to set up to 3 stages of raising the dough lasting up to 2 hours, change the air heating temperature (up to 50 ° С) and baking temperature (up to 160 ° С), baking time up to 90 minutes, adjust the duration of the final keep warm phase. The result is an authentic bread with a porous structure, a thick crispy crust and a strong aroma of malt and coriander.

 

Yogurt

The presence of the function of making yoghurt allows you not to buy a special unit and prepare your own yoghurt at any time of the year. And what is very important for many mothers is to fearlessly give it to children, since it does not contain any harmful additives.

Making yoghurt with this appliance is as easy as shelling pears. We take milk (fresh, you need to boil and cool), a jar of live yogurt, mix it with jelly. The higher the fat content of the milk, the tastier the yoghurt. Pour the mixture into cups and put in a bucket. Yogurt is ready in 6 hours. It turns out thick and tender. We add different goodies, and you can have breakfast.

 

 

Libra

This is an unusual solution to tie the scale to the bread maker. They are always at hand, you can accurately follow the bread recipe.

The scales are located in the platform in front of the cabinet. When laying down the components, it is simply thrown forward, the required amount is measured and installed back.

The balance has a tare function. With its help, you can subtract the weight of the container or the components already laid out (for example, when laying two types of flour).

LIBRA: integrated, weighing up to 2 kg, tare function.

FOOD: 1 item.

MATERIAL: glass.

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CONTROL

The control panel is slightly inclined. It contains the names of all the programs in the model. Settings are made with buttons. It should be noted that some of the housewives do not like sensors, they will appreciate the buttons that respond so nicely to pressing. The display serves to reflect all the parameters of the device operation: program number, loaf weight, crust color, as well as the program stage. Time parameters are highlighted on it in large numbers. This is either the time remaining until the end of cooking or the timer.

The timer, more precisely the delayed start timer, helps to postpone the start of cooking at the desired time up to 15 hours. To do this, enter the indicators after how many hours and minutes the bread should be ready. The machine itself will determine the moment of the start of the program and will turn on without your participation.

An important function is "Memory on shutdown". If the device is de-energized (accidentally disconnected from the socket or due to a power failure), it will remember the program settings for another 7 minutes.

 

FEATURES OF OPERATION

Putting food in the oven starts with liquids, like most of the brethren. The bucket in the oven is fixed by turning, therefore it is not difficult to take it out (especially with the puffy heat of the bread) - turn and pull it out.

The design of the balance is simple but convenient. To fold them back, the panel rises slightly. The scales themselves can also be removed from this panel.

 

 

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DESIGN

The depth of the model is 35 cm, but when using scales it is already 52.5 cm. That is, you cannot put the model on a console or a window sill, you need a full-fledged tabletop. But the width of the oven is only 27 cm.

The outlet for the power cord is located on the rear right. The length of the cord is 95 cm.

The body is made of dense white plastic. The upper panels of the door and control panels are covered with stainless steel. The contours of the oven are rounded. As well as a window for monitoring the cooking process.

To make the oven easy to carry, there are finger recesses on the bottom of the body. Smaller recesses help open the door.

DIMENSIONS (WxDxH): 270x350x295 mm.

CORD LENGTH: 95 cm.

WEIGHT: 5.2 kg.

 

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IMPRESSION

On the whole, the device leaves a very pleasant impression - it is quiet, bakes excellently, the sound signal is audible, clear and “responsive” control. I am very pleased with the opportunity to create your own programs, there are so many opportunities, experiments and discoveries! The quality of the furnace materials is solid. And most importantly - the pleasure of creativity, which the device gives to everyone who is ready to join the ranks of home bakers.

And bakers are now demanding, they are no longer satisfied with a simple set of modes. Additional features required. And there are two of them at once. This is the preparation of yoghurt and the scales, which are always at hand.

Text: Olga KUZMINA. A source: Buy magazine Household appliances


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