Kneading is a crucial stage in breadmaking. Not only does it ensure all the ingredients are evenly distributed throughout the dough, but it stretches and develops the gluten strands. It’s the gluten that gives the bread structure and enables it to rise.

After kneading, your dough should feel smooth and elastic. It then needs to be left to prove. During proving, tiny air bubbles form in the dough as the yeast ferments, causing it to expand and rise, and resulting in a lighter loaf.

The success of both these stages will determine how good your end result is. Not only does using the dough kneading and dough proving presets on your Titanium Chef Patissier XL allow you to knead and prove your dough faster (and with minimal mess), it also means there’s no guesswork required regarding how long to knead for, or how long to prove it for. Just choose the preset you want to use and follow the instructions on the display screen. Your mixer will take care of the rest, leaving you hands-free to get on with something else.

Try something different and make this savoury feta, herb and sun-dried tomato pinwheel bread. 
 
Here’s what you’ll need to make one pinwheel bread, which will serve up to 6 people. It will take around 55 minutes to make, plus proving time. 

Ingredients
100g feta, crumbled 
30g parmesan, grated 
15g fresh flat leaf parsley 
15g chives
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 
1 tsp ground black pepper 
500g strong white bread flour
7g fast action dried yeast
1 tsp caster sugar 
2 tsp salt 
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 
320g water
70g sundried tomatoes, chopped
1 egg, beaten 

Tools
Titanium Chef Patissier XL
Dough hook 
Round baking tin, 23cm
K-beater 
7L EasyWarm bowl
5L mixing bowl 
 
Get ahead by measuring out your ingredients and setting up your baking area. Remember your mixer allows you to weigh out your ingredients either individually, or incrementally as you go.

Grease the baking tin and line with parchment paper. Lift your mixer’s head and fit the heat shield and the K-beater. Attach the 5L Mixer bowl.

Add the feta, parmesan, herbs, oil and pepper to the bowl. Starting on speed 1 and gradually increasing to speed 3, mix for about 30 seconds until all the ingredients are combined. Remove the K-beater and the bowl. Cover the bowl and put in the fridge to chill.

Attach the EasyWarm bowl and dough tool to the machine. Add the flour, yeast, caster sugar, salt, oil and water to the bowl.

Select the dough kneading preset. Once completed, your dough should be smooth and elastic.

Next, fit the splashguard and select the dough proving preset.