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I love the tranquillity of our villa, but living away from shops and malls means that I need to use the car to go anywhere. It can be time-consuming if it is only to buy bread or croissants.

So here are the 3 reasons I cannot do without my bread machine:

1. Time saver: In a busy and/or raining day, it is faster to put some flour and yeast in the machine instead of venturing to the nearest bakery. It cannot replace the fresh baguette, but it is a good backup to have.
2. Timer for night baking: For a special morning, if guests are in the house, it is quick to put ingredients in the bread machine the night before, put on the timer and wake-up next morning with the fragrance of a freshly baked brioche.
3. Fresh dough: My most regular use of the bread machine is the making of fresh yeast dough which is the base for many delicious treats. You just add the ingredients as indicated on the recipes and will have your fresh dough in 1.5 hours. As it regulates the temperature, the dough comes out perfect each time. My most popular recipe is my homemade pizza, it is so easy and successful that it has become one of the most popular meals for the children’s friends, but not only!

I recommend Kenwood because it has 15 different programs and not all bread machines have the fresh dough option.

Watch out for:

1. Every time you bake the bread you will have to scoop out the kneading blade from the bottom of the loaf, but that will happen with all bread machines.
2. Every 2 years I have to replace the pan, as the underpin holding the blade detaches from the pan. However, you can still use it and it will not leak, but you will have to fill in the ingredients with the pan already inserted into the machine, which is not always convenient.

Breads I make with my bread machine

📋Homemade panini

This recipe uses the Kenwood bread machine. If you don’t have a bread machine see: How to make brioche, or bread rolls’ dough without a bread machine. #youguardianchef #bread #italianfood

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📋Italian Cheese Bread

This Italian cheese bread is a delicacy for the Easter Monday picnic. It is eaten with salami and boiled eggs, and sometimes bacon or sausages are also added to the dough to make Italian sausage bread or bacon bread. Either way, it is good all year round!

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Bread Rolls With Spinach And Sun-dried Tomatoes

These bread rolls with spinach, sundry tomatoes, and pine nuts are perfect for those days when you want to make something special with no effort. #yourguardianchef #breadrecipes #homemade #rolls

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Homemade English Muffins

You can buy ready made English muffins, but if you make them fresh at home you will never go back to the bought ones. To ease the work, you can make the dough in the bread machine #yourguardianchef #breackfast #bread #breakfast

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📋Italian Fried Dough Crispelle

These savoury Italian fried dough balls called Crispelle is a classic appetizer we offer with the aperitif especially at Christmas and New year. Inside the fried dough there is a small piece of anchovy, crunchy outside and soft inside ending with the salty bite of the anchovy or sundried tomato, perfect to serve with a sweet Spritz or Mimosa.

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📋Homemade Cinnamon Buns

Soft and buttery inside, crunchy and gooey outside, our special Christmas Cinnamon Buns morning treat. Prepared the night before and baked in the morning #yourguardianchef #breakfast #cinnamon

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Pizzas I make with my bread machine

📋Italian pizza dough recipe

Original Italian pizza dough recipes you can use any topping #yourguardianchef #italianfood #pizza #traditional #italianrecipe

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📋 Focaccia Pizza

Focaccia Pizza is a soft thick Pizza with tomatoes, mozzarella, the basil and ham are encapsulated inside the dough. A great mix of flavour in every bite.

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📋 Fried Pizza

Fried dough pizza recipe is a traditional dish originating from the Neapolitan street food after War world 2.  This plate is simple to make and easy to present at parties as it can be warmed up just before serving.  It is a traditional recipe from Naple #yourguardianchef #pizza #italianfood #pizzarecipes #pizza

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📋Artichoke Pizza with Sun-dried Tomatoes and Scamorza Cheese

This artichokes pizza combines the earthy taste of artichokes with gooey strong cheese and the sweetness of sundried tomatoes. The artichokes are fresh, cooked beforehand then roasted over the pizza. #yourguardianchef #italianfood #pizza #traditional #italianrecipe

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📋Traditional Italian White Pizza With Pesto

White pizza is a pizza without tomato sauce, my favourite originates just around the corner in the Italian Riviera: Pizza with Stracchino and Pesto #yourguardianchef #pizzarecipes #pizza #italianrecipes

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📋Pizza with Fresh Vegetables

I created this list of pizza toppings to celebrate Mediterranean vegetables, using for each pizza a typical regional cheese to enhances each produce and its flavour. #yougurardianchef #pizza #italianrecipe

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📋Pissaladiere Nicoise

Pissaladiere is a traditional recipe from the South of France, sold in many bakeries as a starter or snack. It is a pizza base topped by Mediterranean caramelized onions, anchovies and olives. It can be served warm or at room temperature. #yourguardianchef #frenchfood #pizza

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