5 small appliances essential for the kitchen

Functional kitchen: everything you need

Love for cooking is expressed with creativity, but also with the search for functionality. Today more than ever, small appliances are trendy and have an aesthetic quality that is added to practicality, becoming small design objects.

Compact and modern, they take up little space and always boast an attractive look: they can have a vintage tone and reassuring pastel colors, or be shiny and colorful, to give liveliness to a total white kitchen or represent the continuity solution of an open space.

They adapt perfectly to any lifestyle and meet all needs, from the smallest of singles to those of families.

5 small appliances essential for a functional and modern kitchen

The time to devote to cooking in the kitchen must necessarily be balanced with work and family commitments: for this reason the versatility of a small appliance, more than an added value, is an essential requirement.

In the concept of contemporary kitchen, even the most common small appliances are often revisited and take on a character that we could define as "multifunctional". Let's see some of them, which have now become real furnishing accessories that, in addition, are always ready for use.

1. Planetary, the queen of small appliances: whip, mix and knead any compound, mixing all the ingredients. If necessary, it can become a meat grinder and pasta grinder, thanks to the available accessories, included or purchased separately.

2. Immersion mixer, the most practical: always ready for use on a thousand occasions, it simplifies the creation of countless recipes, from the simplest to the most elaborate, but can also be used to quickly blend an already finished dish and give it a different texture.

3. Air fryer, the trendiest: it is chosen by those who love to eat light without sacrificing taste, because it offers the opportunity to prepare savory and sweet dishes with a single device. Practical and versatile, it represents the new frontier of creative and healthy cuisine.

4. Coffee machine, so as not to give up the most popular drink, at any time of day. Always immediately available, it is beautiful to look at, positioned in a corner of the kitchen converted into a home bar.

5. Pizza oven: it cooks delicious pizzas and focaccias on refractory stone very quickly, with results that have nothing to envy to pizzeria products. Electric or gas, it is also ideal for preparing cakes and biscuits and is the modern alternative to the traditional home oven.

Bonus: two more small aids in the kitchen

In recent years, on the growing wave of the fight against waste, the trend towards the purchase of appliances to be used for the rational preservation of food has spread.

One of these is the dryer, a compact device that is inspired by an ancient method of stocking up on food, seasonal or otherwise, without resorting to the action of cold, but using the heat of the air and a small space in the pantry.

Fruits, vegetables, cereals and legumes can be subjected to dehydration treatment and stored for a long time; but, since it works by evaporating part of the water contained in food, the dryer can also be used to thicken and give consistency to a meat dish or small sweets and biscuits.

And if the kitchen is the realm of creativity, how can we give up the electric crepe maker in "version 3.0"? Not only delicious sweet or savory crêpes, but also wraps, pancakes, tortillas and, thanks to the interchangeable plate, even muffins and wafers. The novelty becomes essential functionality and allows you to realize all gastronomic desires.

Small appliances: technology makes life easier, even in the kitchen

The most important advantage of small appliances? Having the same functionality as a large device in a compact construction. In fact, small modern appliances are absolutely functional and practical not only during use, but also afterwards, thanks to their easy maintenance: for this reason, they represent a real resource, absolutely indispensable.