Pastry-Bread-Ice Cream

Taking decisions on paper is always more difficult than it seems. The building of any kitchen is always a challenge to say the least. This time the challenge was more about the function of space and finding the right balance between all the kitchens elements. I spent a long five months designing the kitchen and with a few turns and curves, finally I was obliged to make some compromises. This did impact our design but overall the space functions very well and many thanks to Armando Pujatti the proprietor of Marrone Pordenone.

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The pastry and bread section was challenged by the fact that we have plenty of kitchen machines and limited counter space – that’s hard to believe but true. Luckily we have plenty of heavy-duty drawers that are capable of handling very heavy loads – it’s there we hide away most of our equipment when it is not in use.

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The pastry and bread area (due to limited space) incorporates the vacuum machine, isolated within a single panel of stainless steel. Below are three drawers, the top drawer is for vacuum bags and two others are used for utensils for baking.

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Beside the vacuum is the pastry area, a long slab of black granite polished so you can easily open the dough. Here we have a shucko sliding plugs (4) that are very useful. The lighting by Marrone is LED and is touch control, easy to use and works perfectly.

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Next a small sink for a quick cleaning of a utensil or the Vitaprep container. The stainless steel counter is separated by the sink and helps maintain a dedicated space for the Pacojet and the Thermomix. The thermomix is a tool that I started to use this summer (AGL suggested) to temper chocolate and it works perfectly.

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The last counter section is cold section with a temperature controlled top that goes to zero so you can make chocolate, ice cream, or simply set caramel.

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The last element is the Carpigianni machine, a perfect ice cream machine for spinning whatever your heart desires.

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