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- Page 1 HOME BAKERY Instruction Leaflet and Recipes MODEL ABM11 Visit our website at www.BuyPrima.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
INDEX Introduction 1 About Bread 2 About Bread Makers 3 Ingredients 4 Flour 5 Brown Flour or Farmhouse Flour 6 Wholemeal or Whole-Wheat Flour 7 Yeast 8 Salt 9 Butter or Fat 10 Sugar 11 Water 12 Other Ingredients 13 Environment 14 Storing your bread 15 Check the accessories 16 Get Familiar... - Page 3 START HERE INTRODUCTION Your Prima Home Bakery is the result of Prima’s many years of experience with bread making machines. Whether you have never made bread before or if you have made your own bread for years, the information in this booklet is essential if you are to obtain the best from your machine.
- Page 4 ALWAYS use two hands when moving the machine. CLEAN the outside of the bread maker with a damp cloth only. If the unit is dropped or becomes damaged in any way, do not use but call Prima Service first (number at back of book).
- Page 5 BREADPAN CARE Experience has shown that the long-term effectiveness of the non-stick coating on your Breadpan, can best be maintained if the following guidelines are adhered to: Ideally, the pan should not be washed at all, because modern concentrated detergents will, over a period of time, cause deterioration of the non-stick surface.
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Page 6: About Bread
ABOUT BREAD Bread is one of the oldest foodstuffs we know. Soon after humans first learnt to plant seeds, bread became the staple food of many cultures world wide. Since then each culture has developed it’s own method of making bread using local ingredients and processes unique to them. -
Page 7: About Bread Makers
ABOUT BREAD MAKERS With the continued success of the Prima Home Bakery it is nice to know that technology is actually helping to preserve the art of home bread making for generations to come. Like most kitchen appliances, your bread maker is a labour-saving device. - Page 8 INGREDIENTS The most important part of the bread making process is the wise selection of ingredients. You and your Prima Home Bakery will produce outstanding results with the right ingredients. Just apply this simple rule: Best ingredients - best results, poor ingredients - poor results. For example; if...
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Page 9: Wholemeal Or Whole-Wheat Flour
However, the flavour is superb (try the honey wholemeal recipe). Your Prima Home Bakery has a special process for wholemeal bread, which devotes more time to the kneading and rising processes. -
Page 10: Other Ingredients
WATER Use soft water if you can but your Prima Home Bakery will still make good bread with hard water. There is often much debate on what temperature the water should be. The answer is simple. If you put your hand in the water and it feels cool then it’s fine. -
Page 11: Storing Your Bread
Last but not least of the ingredients is the environment in which the bread is made. The Prima Home Bakery will work well in a wide range of temperatures but there could be a difference of 15% in loaf size between a very warm room and a very cold room. -
Page 12: Check The Accessories
CHECK THE ACCESSORIES At this point it might be a good idea to familiarise yourself with the bread maker and setting the controls. When you unpack your Home Bakery you should have the following items: 1 kneading blade 1 measuring cup. You can use this cup for measuring the liquid ingredients or you can use your own measuring jug as long as it’s graduated in ml. -
Page 13: The Controls
Next, insert the kneading blades. As you place them over the kneading shaft, rotate them until they lock into place. THE CONTROLS START/STOP button. Starts the programme. To stop the programme part way through you need to press and hold this button for 3 seconds. After which, the machine will reset to programme 1 (BASIC). -
Page 14: The Timer
THE TIMER The most common use for the timer is to make a loaf overnight so it will be ready in the morning. Many people also programme the timer so the loaf is ready when they get home from work. However you use the timer, it’s a lot easier to set than most video recorders. - Page 15 THE PROGRAMMES Please see below a summary of all the modes/programmes. DISPLAY AND FUNCTION 1. BASIC. This is a good, general-purpose programme for white or brown bread. Most of the recipes use this programme. 2. FRENCH. This setting is slightly longer than the BASIC programme due to the extra kneading and rising time required to give the loaf an ‘airy’...
- Page 16 Cycle Time Chart...
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Page 19: Frequently Asked Questions
HOW DID IT TURN OUT? If you followed the steps on the previous page you should have a loaf that looks and tastes great. If not then the following information should help you identify what went wrong. If you have a failed loaf at any time in the future you can guarantee that the reason is here in these next few paragraphs. - Page 20 SUNKEN LOAVES cont. 21.1 The gas bubbles produced by the yeast are escaping! Remember the protein called gluten? (sec. 4). Dough without gluten is like water without soap; you cannot make bubbles in it. All the recommended white flour brands have sufficient gluten to make good dough. Other brands may not. If you are using whole meal, brown or bread flour from other sources, you may obtain better results with the WHOLE setting as this provides the extra kneading required to release the gluten.
- Page 21 CLEANING Bread Pan & Kneading Blade The most important thing when cleaning your Home Bakery is to keep the non-stick coating of the bread pan and kneading blade in good order. Never use metal utensils to remove loaves or cakes from the bread pan, as this will damage the non-stick coating. Ideally, the pan should not be washed at all, because modern concentrated detergents will, over a period of time, cause deterioration of the non-stick surface.
- Page 22 STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO YOUR FIRST LOAF 1. Remove the breadpan from the 2. To remove the pan turn 3. Fit the kneading blade into the machine. anti-clockwise and pull upwards. bottom of the pan. 4. Add the water first, this is very 5.
- Page 23 13. When the bread has baked the 14. Still using oven gloves, tip the 15. Leave to cool on a wire tray for machine will beep and display 0:00 pan upside down and shake gently. 20 minutes before slicing. when the loaf is ready. Open the lid The loaf will slide out of the pan.
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Page 24: Basic White Bread
Home Bakery Recipes ABM11 BASIC WHITE BREAD The following recipe is for a basic white load. Even if you do not usually eat white bread we strongly recommend you make this as your first loaf because it is the easiest. -
Page 25: French Bread
FRENCH BREAD This recipe will produce bread that has the light, crusty texture characteristic of French bread. Small Loaf Water 200ml White flour 400g Salt 1 tsp Dried Milk (optional) 1 tbsp Sugar 1 tbsp Butter/magazine 1 tbsp Dried sachet yeast 1 ½... - Page 26 BROWN & WHOLE MEAL/WHOLE WHEAT RECIPES For the purposes of these recipes you can consider whole meal and whole wheat flour to be the same thing. It is of paramount importance to select the flour you use wisely. People often buy plain brown or plain wholemeal flour in the belief that it will suffice for bread making –...
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Page 27: Granary Loaf
GRANARY LOAF Granary flour is usually a blend of brown flour and wheat grain. Medium Loaf Water 240ml Granary flour 460g Salt 1 tsp Butter/Oil 1 tbsp Sugar 2 tbsp Dried sachet yeast 2 1/2tsp Select WHOLEMEAL mode (3), select crust colour, press start. Fresh Fruit 454g (Strawberries,... - Page 28 U.K. PLUG WIRING INSTRUCTIONS The wires in the mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code: BROWN - LIVE (L) BLUE - NEUTRAL (N) GREEN/YELLOW - EARTH (E) As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this appliance may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows: The BLUE wire is the NEUTRAL and must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured BLACK...
- Page 29 IMPORTANT, PLEASE RETAIN THIS WARRANTY Please ask your retailer to either stamp this warranty or simply attach your store receipt. Keep this warranty somewhere safe. DO NOT SEND TO PRIMA. This guarantee in no way affects your rights under statutory law.
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