NIX DRONES / STORIES
NIX KITCHEN · 29 OCTOBER 2026
Small loaf. Big personality.
Bombay
Honey Riot.
A soft white loaf with a sweet streak
and a spicy attitude.
250 g
STRONG WHITE FLOUR
50 g
TOTAL ADD-INS
Menu 3
BASIC RAISIN
Light
CRUST SETTING
From the NIX kitchen
A little trouble in the bread pan.
Some loaves turn up quietly, behave themselves and wait politely for the butter. This one is bringing Bombay mix.
My plan is simple: take a small white loaf, give it a mellow spoonful of honey, tuck in some raisins, then let a handful of Bombay mix cause a little trouble. Sweet, savoury and spicy, all in the same slice. There is something rather satisfying about putting a snack inside another snack.
I’m building this for my Panasonic SD-PN100, with 250 g of strong white flour. That is my flour ceiling, and it stays put. The riot can happen in the flavour department.
THE RECIPE / ONE SMALL LOAF
Everything you need.
Panasonic SD-PN100 · Menu 3: Basic Raisin · Light crust
Machine time: approximately 4 hours–4 hours 10 minutes, plus cooling. [1]
Into the pan at the start
| Water, at room temperature | 165 ml |
| Honey | 25 g |
| Unsalted butter, in small pieces | 15 g |
| Fine salt | 4 g about ¾ level tsp |
| Strong white bread flour | 250 g |
| Instant dried yeast | 1 level tsp |
At the ingredient-addition beep
| Bombay mix, lightly crushed | 30 g |
| Raisins, chopped if large | 20 g |
50 g of additions in total. This is the PN100’s stated maximum for extra ingredients. Keep the Bombay mix and raisins to the combined quantities above. [2]
Optional finishing glaze: 1 teaspoon honey + 1 teaspoon butter, brushed on after baking.
Sweet. Savoury. A bit unexpected.
Three ingredients.
One very different loaf.
Bombay mix
The savoury mischief. Its seasoning should give the loaf warmth, with little nutty flecks through the crumb.
Raisins
Small pockets of fruit sweetness that make sense of the spice. Just enough to punctuate a slice.
Honey
The mellow sweet note that ties it together. There is no extra sugar in this recipe.
The Bombay mix will soften inside the loaf. I’m aiming for a soft white-bread base with savoury flecks, raisin sweetness and a little nutty texture. Its seasoning may give the crumb a faint golden tint. For proper packet-style crunch, I’ll add a small scattering to the finished slice.
The method
Make the riot.
Prepare the extras.
Weigh out the Bombay mix and raisins. Break up large pieces of Bombay mix outside the bread pan, keeping hard pieces smaller than about 5 mm. Leave out any very hard peas that will not break readily. Aim for small pieces and coarse crumbs. Chop large raisins into roughly 5 mm pieces. Keep both ingredients dry and set aside.
Load the pan, NIX style.
Fit the kneading blade. Add the water and honey first, followed by the butter and salt. Cover with all 250 g of strong white flour, then add the yeast on top, keeping it dry until mixing begins. Liquids first is my preferred loading order; Panasonic’s published method puts the yeast in first. [1]
Set the machine.
Select Menu 3 — Basic Raisin, choose a light crust and press Start. Let its built-in resting stage run normally; the quiet beginning is part of the programme. Expect about 4 hours to 4 hours 10 minutes in the machine.
Add the personality.
At the ingredient-addition beep, add the prepared 30 g Bombay mix and 20 g raisins. Close the lid and press Start to resume. Follow the machine’s signal as your cue, then let the programme continue.
Check the dough if needed.
Once the additions have mixed in and the machine is still kneading, a quick look should show a soft, cohesive dough. If it looks distinctly stiff or ragged, add 1 teaspoon / 5 ml water and allow it to mix in before judging again. Flour and Bombay mix vary. Keep the flour at 250 g; the full amount is already in the pan.
Cool before cutting.
When baking finishes, use oven gloves to remove the hot pan and turn the loaf onto a wire rack. Let it cool fully before slicing; allow roughly an hour or more. Check that the kneading blade is out before cutting.
The finishing touch
Honey on top. Mischief on toast.
For a little shine, gently melt 1 teaspoon honey and 1 teaspoon butter together. Brush a thin layer over the warm loaf after turning it out, then leave it to cool.
My serving plan? A thick slice with butter, or toast with mature Cheddar and a scattering of fresh Bombay mix. The extra Bombay mix goes on the served slice, after baking.
Honey, cheese and a spicy crunch sounds like a perfectly respectable reason to put the kettle on.
RECIPE REFERENCES
[1] Panasonic SD-PN100 operating instructions and recipes — Basic Raisin programme, standard proportions and preparation guidance.
[2] Panasonic Experience Fresh: small white loaf guidance — 50 g maximum of additional ingredients for the SD-PN100 (French-language page).
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