Panasonic SD-2501WXC Automatic Breadmaker with Nut & Raisin Dispenser & Gluten Free Program
Product Details
- Product Dimensions: 0.1 x 0.1 x 0.1 cm ; 7 Kg
- Boxed-product Weight: 8 Kg
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- Item model number: SD-2501WXC
- ASIN: B004RTJWMW
- Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 6 April 2011
By : Panasonic
List Price :
Price : £110.98
You Save : £28.97 (21%)
Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Change Your Daily Diet with the Panasonic Bread Bakery
Imagine waking up in the morning or arriving home on a weekend afternoon to the aroma of fresh bread baking in your kitchen.
Having healthy, additive-free and tasty homemade bread is no longer a luxury demanding messy, hard work or professional techniques. You can now enjoy it at home using your own healthy ingredients. And, better still, the Panasonic Bread Bakery does it all while you are asleep.
Change your daily diet, with the Panasonic Bread Bakery.
Why the Bread Bakery does it better
Panasonic’s bread bakery programmes maintain the stability of the baking process regardless of the surrounding temperature. The yeast that helps bread to rise is a living organism extremely sensitive to heat. Because of this, the temperature at which the dough is kneaded, and any temperature fluctuations while the dough is rising, will affect the quality of the finished bread. If the temperature of the dough is too low, the yeast activity will slow down and, if too high, the yeast will overwork (if too hot, the yeast will die). Controlling the temperature of the dough is the key to producing delicious bread.
The comprehensive bake programmes mean you can try rye, whole wheat, or even brioche. And you can vary the loaf size to medium, large or extra large. The choice is endless… it’s up to you!
All programmes come with timer facility aside from gluten free, for which a timer would not work. Normally, the yeast is covered by the flour and water is added on top but, because gluten-free flour is lighter and finer, it cannot act as a barrier to stop the water activating the yeast before mixing begins. Instead, the water is added first and the baking process begins straight away.
If you have special dietary needs, the Panasonic Breadmaker makes life much easier by giving you complete control over every ingredient in your bread. For example, you can bake gluten-free or high-fibre loaves. In addition, you can manage your family's diet by controlling the amount of salt and sugar that goes into every loaf--a huge advantage over shop-bought bread.
Jam ; Compote Mode
Raisin Nut Dispense
Bread Bakery Functions
In 1987, Panasonic developed the first bread-making machine and it is the technological know-how obtained from two decades of experience that go into these top-quality models. Bread Bakery is equipped with a variety of useful functions to suit the different needs of all home bakers, from the beginner to the experienced. The unique advanced baking programmes enable you to bake a variety of excellent breads are controlled by a microprocessor. In it are countless number of programmes that vary per mode according to the ambient temperature, controlling time and temperature of each process very delicately. This takes the difficult job of temperature control out of your hands.
Everyone has a favourite kind of bread. Some like it thick and crusty, others soft and delicate. Well, with the crust control feature on our breadmakers, you can keep everyone happy, by selecting how thick you'd like the crust to be before you even start baking. There are three different sizes to choose from when you're baking a loaf. So whether you just want something to dip in your soup or a full loaf for the whole family, you'll never have to bake too much or too little.
As well as a super rapid option for when you're baking in a hurry, our breadmakers also incorporate a delay timer, so you can make sure your favourite loaf is baked to perfection when you wake up in the morning--or just in time for dinner.
Panasonic breadmakers rise above the competition. With over ten different bread and dough modes and a time-saving super rapid option, our breadmakers are an ideal addition to any kitchen.
With its new modern styling finished in white with cool-touch housing, this breadmaker is an ideal addition to your home. An angled, easy to use control panel offers simplicity of design ensuring ease of operation. The SD-2501W gives you the convenience of having fresh bread at anytime from fresh basic ingredients and can cater for particular dietary requirements (gluten free, low salt, high fibre). Unique to Panasonic, the non-stick surface of the bread pan and kneading blade are coated with diamond particles which are twice as tough and scratchproof as conventional ones. panabread
Panasonic SD-2501WXC Automatic Breadmaker with Nut & Raisin Dispenser & Gluten Free Program
Technical Details
- 11 Bread;Dough Modes
- Raisin Nut Dispenser
- Jam and Compote Mode
- 3 Different Loaf Sizes
- 100% Gluten Free Bread Mode
Costumer Reviews
You might think that once you had a box on your kitchen counter which can stir ingredients around and then get hot for a while, the results would be largely dependent upon the quality of the ingredients and the ratios they are added in, and that any old machine would do. How wrong you would be (and was I)!
We owned a bread maker a few years ago (can't remember the make now) and while it was a bit of a fun novelty and it certainly made the house smell good, the results were nothing to get excited about really, and despite endless tweaking of measurements to try and improve the slightly dense dry bricks that we kept getting out of it, we ended up just thinking that this was what machine-made bread was like and that you couldn't really beat a good fresh bought loaf. Then after only a few months the bucket lost its non-stickiness and after digging 3 or 4 loaves out in pieces with a wooden spoon, we gave up and threw it away.
However, after seeing Panasonic machines mentioned in a variety of places (Which? magazine and The Gadget Show for a start), I did some further research, and after reading the reviews of the previous models (256/257), I decided to give a machine another go and bought this new model.
It arrived a day after ordering, thanks Amazon, and as this was rather faster than expected, I was sat looking at my new machine with no yeast or flour in the house. So, after a quick trip to the shops, I bunged in the ingredients for a simple white loaf and switched it on. A little over 5 hours since the machine arrived, I am now tucking in to the results as I write this review.
I am simply stunned at the size and quality and uniform texture and above all TASTE of the loaf I have produced on the first go with this machine. It is just superb. I used Allinson strong flour and yeast and it is quite probably the best straightforward simple white bread that I have ever eaten. I am in serious danger of eating the whole loaf. Who would have thought that just flour, yeast, butter, sugar, salt and water could taste this good? The crust is thin and crispy without being chewy, and the inside is beautifully light and fluffy and moist (without being at all sticky), and uniform. It has risen beautifully, with a lovely rounded top.
I was a bit mystified as to how big loaves would be, because in everything I could find to read prior to buying, it only said it can produce "M, L and XL" sizes. Not much use. So to help other prospective buyers, these sizes use this much flour:
M: 400g
L: 500g
XL: 600g
The machine is very easy to set up and use. You put the yeast in first, other dry ingredients on top, and the liquid last. This protects the yeast from the liquid should you be setting it up to go overnight (which I certainly will be tonight!). The ingredient dispenser on this model seems very simple but functional. The display is clear and easy to understand. The flex is short-ish at about 90cm so you need to be fairly near a socket. Be warned though, this is a big beast, you will need a fair amount of worktop space for it, and under wall cupboards is no good as it is very tall too.
After putting it all in and then fastening the pan in the machine with a simple twist, you choose the recipe, the size, the colour of crust (light/medium/dark) and press start. That's it. 4 hours later, a perfect loaf comes out. Then you have to spend an agonising 20 minutes or so waiting for it to cool enough to allow you to slice it without tearing it to pieces. The bread slid out of the pan very easily, but as frequently happens with many different makes, the paddle was stuck in the loaf. I used a wooden chopstick inserted in the hole where the spindle goes to prise it out without scratching it. The paddle is very slim so it comes out easily and does not leave a huge hole behind. The paddle and the pan cleaned up very well - it says you must not submerge the pan in water, presumably to protect the bearings in the bottom. Don't use anything remotely abrasive to clean it - a sponge is great.
So, if you are new to breadmakers, or you have owned others and been perhaps underwhelmed at the results, do not assume all machines are broadly the same - they clearly are not, and this one is just stunning. To go back to my opening remarks, obviously you should use quality ingredients, and they do need to be carefully measured and weighed. But the machine takes what you shove in it, and then works magic. Armed with this and the huge range of interesting flours now readily available in supermarkets, you really will make delicious bread that people just cannot stop eating. I can't wait to try some brown/wholemeal/fruit etc. recipes next.
Quite an expensive machine, and worth every penny. It really does make superb, delicious bread. That's a promise.
UPDATE: after a few days we have now made wholemeal, granary, and pesto and pine nut which made use of the ingredient dispenser. We have also made several overnight using the very simple timer, giving us fresh bread for breakfast and making the house smell wonderful when we wake up. Every loaf has been first class. This machine is superb.
The bread machine was delivered within a couple of days of ordering, really quick. It was very straight forward to get started. The manual has a good collection of recipes, enough to keep me occupied for the next few weeks. I have tried six different breads so far - white milk loaf, 100% wheat, almond and apricot loaf, foccacia (dough only), tomato ciabata and pecan and maple loaf. They all came out beautifully, tasted lovely and soft.
I have tried the timer and it works beautifully.
A few tips - measure the ingredients exactly, excess water will make the bread collapse, use strong flour only(very strong flour also works well), pour water gently when using the overnight setting as the water and the yeast should not mix until the bread making begins and use softened butter and room temp water unless specifically asked otherwise.
It is possible to make roti/chapathi/paratha and naan dough using the machine - this is very useful for me.
Definitely worth buying this model as the nut dispenser makes human intervention unnecessary.
I love it, definitely worth buying.
Panasonic SD-2501WXC Automatic Breadmaker with Nut & Raisin Dispenser & Gluten Free Program
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