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The roasting oven can used for ‘grilling’ at the top and ‘shallow
frying’ on the oven oor.
The roasting oven is zoned in heat, meaning it is slightly
hotter towards the top than the centre and the oven grid
shelf set on the oven oor is slightly less hot than the centre.
The beauty of the roasting oven is that any fat splashes
are burnt o when the oven is at full heat, just brush out
occasionally to get rid of carbon deposits.
The roasting oven is excellent for bread and pastries. Quiches
in ceramic or pies in Pyrex dishes need not be baked blind
as when they are placed on the oor grid on the base of the
oven, the pastry cooks from underneath and the lling will
set and brown from the all-round heat. As you are aware
metal an tins conduct heat quicker than ceramic so may
need less cooking time.
The specially designed roasting tins and bakeware slide
directly onto the runners, so almost every available square
centimetre of space can be used. Food can be protected by
the use of the cold plain shelf or shielded by means of the
large roasting tin, which means that you can cook food that
requires dierent temperatures at the same time. If food is
browning too quickly and you do not want to move it to
another oven just slide the cold plain shelf over the food to
reduce the top heat.
For recipe ideas, see separate recipe book.
The Baking Oven
The baking oven is indirectly heated by two elements, one
in the base of the oven and the other in the roof. These
elements heat the air and the cast iron within to provide
cooking results consistent with classic AGA heat-storage
cookers, with the exibility of being able to turn it to Slumber
or O when not required.
This oven is set at a moderate heat, so is ideal for cakes,
biscuits; also anything that requires medium heat cooking
such as sh pie, lasagne, soués, crumble and roulades. Meat
and poultry can be cooked here indeed most things that can
be cooked in the roasting oven can be cooked in the baking
oven but for a longer time.
For the best results when cooking cakes do allow an hour
heat up time. Cook cakes together on one shelf if two shelves
are used interchange the food to achieve even coloration, as
you would with any oven which is zoned in heat.
As with the roasting oven the specially designed roasting tins
and bakeware slide directly onto the runners, so almost every
available square centimetre of space can be used. Food can
be protected by the use of the cold plain shelf or shielded by
means of the large roasting tin, which means that you can
cook food that requires dierent temperatures at the same
time.
If food is browning too quickly and you do not want to move
it to another oven just slide the cold plain shelf over the food
to reduce the top heat.
Baking Oven at Slumber
When the baking oven is set at Slumber it can be used to
cook rich fruit cakes or slow cook roasts, casseroles and
curries.
With the exception of meringues and rich fruit cakes, food
that is to be slow cooked should be brought up to heat
before placing in an oven at Slumber. The light will ash
orange when heating up to
Slumber, then go solid orange when up to temperature.
For recipe ideas, see separate recipe book.
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