Pizza dough like in your favorite pizzeria, bread dough like from your favorite baker. The "Halo Pro" from the Scottish label Ooni brings professional spiral kneading technology to your kitchen. You won't find the planetary mixer usually found in household mixers of this size here. Instead, the rotating kneading bowl, which can hold up to 5 kg of dough, is joined by a counter-rotating spiral dough hook, which is also made of stainless steel and is therefore extremely stable. Now comes the real highlight: a stainless steel rod is also used, which acts as a dough breaker to intensify the kneading process.

Kneaded twice is indeed better - at least if we start from the gluten structure in the dough. Why is a strong gluten structure crucial? Well, gluten provides elasticity. The stronger the structure, the better a dough can be stretched, folded or pulled into shape without tearing. (Remember the "window test".) A strong gluten structure traps the fermentation gases that are produced - this is how the airy, crispy crust of a really good pizza is created. A strong gluten structure gives a dough stability. In other words: the topping cannot sink into a thoroughly kneaded dough, neither the olive nor the mushroom, neither the onion nor the slice of ham. A strong gluten structure also contributes to a good taste, aroma and mouthfeel.

Pay attention to this when you start up the Ooni "Halo Pro". Experts talk about the pumpkin structure that the dough breaker draws in the dough. From a bird's eye view, it really does look as if the ball of dough is shaped like a small pumpkin.

This dough mixer is a multi-talent. In addition to the spiral dough hook and dough breaker, a mixing blade and a whisk are included. This means you can prepare anything your baking heart desires, from sponge cake to buttercream, and are equipped for all occasions. A cover made of transparent plastic with a cut-out is included for the large dough bowl, which you can clean in the dishwasher, so that you can easily add your measured ingredients during operation. The aluminum rotary knob on the top of the robust die-cast aluminum housing makes it easy to operate the machine: both the kneading time and kneading speed (in 58 steps) can be adjusted using this knob.