Welcome to Kenwood KClub

Dear KClub Member,

Welcome to the March/April issue of the Kenwood KClub.

Firstly, congratulations to our January/February 2007 KClub winners:

• Mrs Bridget Danbrook of Manukau
• Ms Cindy McDowell of Georgetown

You have each won a, Kenwood (FS460) Digital Food Steamer valued at $99.95.

In this issue of the Kenwood KClub we are giving you the chance to win one of ten personally signed Annabelle White’s Best Ever Cakes and Slices cookbooks. The draw will be held on the 01/05/07.
Click here for more information on the current prize draw.

We are pleased to again offer our accessories online discount for the month of April 2007, for any Kenwood accessories purchased online.
Click here for information on our extended KClub members discount offer.

This issue we will be featuring the new Kenwood FP720 food processor. Features include 3 litre capacity, dishwasher safe bowl, powerful 750 watt motor, safety locking mechanism and a wide range of attachments. Making it a must for every home kitchen. The FP720 will available in stores from mid April.
Click here for more information on the current feature product.

Our two feature recipes this issue have been kindly supplied to us by Annabelle White.

Annabelle White is an author of eight cookbooks; TV and radio cook who loves to take the hard work out of cooking.  “It’s all about doing less with good equipment like Kenwood and using fresh seasonal produce…….good food needs to be prepared with love and happiness not a feeling of servitude!...that’s why good equipment on the bench makes a cook’s lot a breeze!”

Annabelle tours the country teaching cooking and has a popular column in the Sunday Star Times as the food detective where supermarket items are placed under gourmet scrutiny.
To try Annabelle White’s delicious recipes click here.

I hope you enjoy this issue of KClub, and good luck in the competitions!

Kind Regards

Davina Gray
Marketing Manager - Kenwood New Zealand

KClub Discount Offer

Kenwood Online Accessories Shop KClub Discount Offer for April

We are pleased to announce that Kenwood Chef accessories are now online and to celebrate we are offering a discount exclusive to KClub members:

50% off the RRP
for the month of
April 2007

To purchase Kenwood accessories online simply go to the Kenwood website click on the "Shop" link on the main navigation and the shop window will open.

To take advantage of our KClub discount offer purchase any accessories you wish between April 1st and April 30th and then on the checkout page enter the following coupon code "KClubApril2007", on the final payment page you will see your coupon discount for 50% of your items value.

The KClub Prize Draw

March / April Prize Draw

Enter our March / April draw now for your chance to WIN one of ten personally signed Annabelle White’s Best Ever Cakes and Slices cookbooks.

Registered KClub members simply go to the KClub members login page, login and enter the competition by 5.00pm (EST) on 30/04/2007 for your chance to win. Entry is limited to KClub Members over 18 years of age only. One entry per KClub Member per monthly draw.

The winner will be announced in our next scheduled KClub newsletter which will be emailed out in in May 2007 and on our website.

Do you know someone who would like to join KClub and take advantage of this great offer?
Click Here

*Conditions apply.
Terms and conditions can be found on entry page.

Feature Product

Kenwood FP720 food processor

• Unique patented dual drive system
• Generous 3.0litre bowl capacity
• Calibrated 1.5litre liquidiser
• Powerful 750W motor
• 2 speed plus pulse
• Integrated cord storage
• Dishwasher safe parts
• Space saving design
• Detachable blades for ease of cleaning
• Full safety interlock
• Easy clean design

Feature Recipes

The late summer is a perfect time to celebrate home baking. With luscious, seasonal fresh fruit and the advantage of the Kenwood mixer on the bench - it’s just so easy to prepare this baking. The secret is to keep the Kenwood mixer ready for action and you will be delighted with how you can achieve some great results.

The first cake can be made within minutes, creaming the butter and sugar independently while other kitchen activities can be undertaken. It will take you no more than a few minutes to make and it’s is both a superb warm dessert served with natural yoghurt or cream and also great for a treat with tea or coffee.

The second recipe is for a luscious combination of almond, nectarine and pastry that is both superb as an afternoon tea treat or served warm as a dessert.

Home baking with recipes like these and your Kenwood mixer gives you the confidence to serve top treats to friends and family without all the hard work - let the Kenwood mixer deliver the joy!

Annabelle White

Fresh Summer Fruit Cake

This is an ideal dessert to bring to a barbecue. The topping varies according to the season and in the summer the variety of summer fruits available means you can make a different variation each day. Either way it is so easy, yet looks very elegant. Best eaten fresh, it is almost like a tart.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 120g butter, melted
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 11/4 cup self –raising flour
• Approximately 4 cups sliced NZ summer fruit
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Method:

1. Place the butter and sugar in your Kenwood mixer and cream well.
2. Add vanilla and eggs.
3. Blend in the flour.
4. Pour the mixture into a greased, loose-bottomed 24cm cake tin.
5. Slice the seasonal fruit, leaving the skin on stone fruits (plums, apricots, nectarines - but peel the peaches).
6. Place the fruit on top of the cake, piling it up and pressing down a little.
7. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and bake 180 degrees Celsius for 1 hour.

* This is an incredibly easy cake to make and you will be delighted with the results. For even better results – simply use the same ingredients but cream the butter and sugar, adding the eggs, vanilla and flour last.

Lady Glenorchy's Nectarine Tart

Use any fresh NZ summer fruit in this versatile tart.

Ingredients:

• 1 sweet short crust pastry 23cm lined pie shell (place in freezer to keep cold)
• 2 tbsp apricot jam, plus extra jam reserved for glaze
• 2 tbsp flaked almonds
• Fresh nectarines and apricots and/or pitted cherries

Almond frangipani:

• 120g unsalted butter, softened
• 150g (about 3/4 cup) caster sugar
• 200g (about 11/2 cups) ground almonds
• 3 eggs
• 3 tbsp brandy (optional)

Method:

1. Spread the pastry base with the apricot jam.
2. Make the filling:
   1. Cream the butter and sugar together in your Kenwood mixer
   2. add the ground almonds, eggs and brandy (optional) and blend well
3. Spoon this mix into the uncooked pastry shell
4. Top with halves of fresh nectarines and apricots or cherries scattered in the gaps
5. Bake 180 degrees Celsius for 20mins, then reduce to 150 degrees Celsius for approximately 30 minutes or until the centre is springy to touch and tart is golden in colour
6. Whilst hot, glaze with strained and heated apricot jam
7. Quickly toast the flaked almonds and sprinkle over the flan before serving

* Serve warm or cold, not hot. The almond flavour improves with a rest period and it is easier to cut.

** The pastry lined pie plate kept in the freezer even for 15 minutes reduces shrinkage when baked.