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  • MRSMCAWBER
    MRSMCAWBER Posts: 5,442 Forumite
    Hi Misskool

    I did roast chicken n roasties again today -my 2nd chicken and I think it tastes much better done in the remoska :j ..but last week my roasties were a bit soft too..so this time I did my chicken -and I drained some of the fat/juices off into a ramekin whilst its cooking..
    Then I take the chicken out to rest wrapped in foil whilst I do the potatoes (makes it easier to carve too and you can always pop the meat back in wraped in foil for the last couple of mins to make sure its hot)..
    Anyway -I steam the potatoes, then sprinkle over some flour and seasoning... leave a little of the chicken fat in the remoska -make sure its hot, then roll the potatoes in it and stick the lid on-I turn them over after about 30 mins and leave until crispy -they were gorgeous too :T -if you like crispy skin(my hubby does) then when you are carving the chicken -i just drop the skin back into the hot remoska when the potatoes are nearly done and it crisps it up

    Im sooo happy -now I have cracked crispy roasties and yorkshire puds:D
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  • retiredlady
    retiredlady Posts: 2,187 Forumite
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    misskool wrote: »
    Just made the first roast chicken but it was a bit too soft at the bottom, is there any way of making the skin extra crispy? The potatoes were infused with the juices but it was just soft and not roasted, am I doing anything wrong? Or should I buy a rack?

    Got a batch cook of a beef casserole in there going at the moment, along with the Panasonic :D

    I normally turn my chicken upside down a little over halfway through the cooking, and I also drain most of the juices off at this stage. This helps with the crispiness. Start with the chicken upside down then right side up to finish. Hope that helps!

    Marion
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  • Triggles
    Triggles Posts: 2,281 Forumite
    I start the chicken upside down and spritz a little oil on it. Then after about 30-45 minutes, I flip the chicken over, spritz the top with oil, then add peeled whole carrots around it. I don't use the rack for the chicken. Then I add cut up potatoes, spritzing a little bit of oil over the top of them and finish cooking the chicken. Chicken skin is crispy, potatoes are browned and crispy. Works great!
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  • paula7924
    paula7924 Posts: 236 Forumite
    misskool wrote: »
    Just made the first roast chicken but it was a bit too soft at the bottom, is there any way of making the skin extra crispy? The potatoes were infused with the juices but it was just soft and not roasted, am I doing anything wrong? Or should I buy a rack?

    Got a batch cook of a beef casserole in there going at the moment, along with the Panasonic :D

    I use the rack and it does improve things, and i also score the skin on the bottom so the juices drain away - the chicken is still really moist though (much more than in the oven)
    My name is Paula and I am a low carber :kiss: 1/6/08-83kg : 1/5/10-57kg :kiss: (Atkins/IPD) 24/1/13 - 69kg! Yikes!:cry::cry:
  • linni
    linni Posts: 1,480 Forumite
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    Just in case you didn't know.

    Silicone baking mat 38 x 30cm at Lidl £2.991 today...

    Silicone pastry mat 60 x 40 cm £4.99...

    & lots more.. Great for the Remoska.
  • westcountrymaid_2
    westcountrymaid_2 Posts: 275 Forumite
    westcountrymaid wrote: »
    I've 'borrowed' a standard Remoska for a week from my aunt to see if I'd like to get one, the trouble is she's taking it back tomorrow :(. Really don't want to see it go. I've cooked lamb cutlets on a bed of roasted veg and sliced potatoes, Roast chicken breast joint and roast potatoes with veg and tonight I've cooked salmon cutlets, cabbage and leeks in foil parcel with sliced potatoes and creme fraiche.

    I did bacon, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes and a 'fried egg' this morning. Best egg I've cooked in years (I'm not good at frying eggs the traditional way OH says I can't fry an egg after 30 years married). Although the breakfast took longer it was nice to put it all in and carry on doing other things until it was ready.

    Would love to have my own Remoska but can't afford it at the moment, will have to put it on my 'wish list'.

    Just had a birthday and was given a bit of money to buy something, so got just over half the money for my Remoska. Working on OH now think he's almost ready to say just get it lol. I think he's missing it too, its not like him to take an interest in kitchen gadgets (he knows I'm an advertisers delight) but he had to admit the Remoska was very good and he had some lovely meals in our borrowed one last week. Now I shall just have to think of some really boring meals to cook in our 'expensive to run' normal oven;)
  • hilary1
    hilary1 Posts: 1,443 Forumite
    Alicatt wrote: »
    My question is though, my oven is gas so is it still cheaper to use a Remoska than heat a gas oven?

    I realise the Baby Remoska would be big enough for one baked potato, but if the Standard one is still cheaper than using my gas oven I would like to use it as much as possible in place of the oven.

    Ali
    x

    our gas bill was £42 this time last year for the qtr and £28 this one. Whether its because Ive hardly used my gas cooker since having the Grand Remoska I'm not sure but the cooker has hardly been on since I bought it and I cant think of anything else thats been different.

    So I reckon that it must save a fair bit on gas too.

    kitchens not as warm though:rolleyes:

    xx

    x
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  • lturneris40
    lturneris40 Posts: 9 Forumite
    linni wrote: »
    Just in case you didn't know.

    Silicone baking mat 38 x 30cm at Lidl £2.991 today...

    Silicone pastry mat 60 x 40 cm £4.99...

    & lots more.. Great for the Remoska.

    I was in my local Lidl's today and all the non XMAS silicon bake ware (not mats) is reduced from £2.99 to 29p!!

    The butterfly shaped one is just over half the size of the Grand Remoska tin so can be used for baking 2 things at once.

    I also got the loaf 'tin', a round dish which is slightly smaller that the Grand tin, and a six muffin tray - well chuffed:T
  • Tightwadways
    Tightwadways Posts: 325 Forumite
    Can anyone else confirm price at 29p??? I went to Lidl and got non xmas muffin silicone pan but it was £2.99 so I'm wondering if this was a misprice at 29p?:confused:
    lturneris40 wrote: »
    I was in my local Lidl's today and all the non XMAS silicon bake ware (not mats) is reduced from £2.99 to 29p!!

    The butterfly shaped one is just over half the size of the Grand Remoska tin so can be used for baking 2 things at once.

    I also got the loaf 'tin', a round dish which is slightly smaller that the Grand tin, and a six muffin tray - well chuffed:T
  • jennyan
    jennyan Posts: 2 Newbie
    Thank you sunnyday for welcome. I used my remoska for the first time to do pork chops which I cooked in a can of condensed cream of mushroom soup, a diced onion, chunks of carrot and whole cloves of garlic. As it was just for the two of us I put everything into a pyrex dish that fitted into the pan and it was delicious, although it did seem to take longer to cook than it does when I've done it in my normal oven. I wanted to do roast potatoes with it so I put some par-boiled potatoes on a shallow sponge tin and sprlnkled a little olive oil, salt and pepper and sat the tin on top of the pyrex dish, it just about fitted and the potatoes were lovely and crispy when done. I'm glad I decided to get the grand as you can always decant down into smaller cooking containers if you want to do smaller amounts but you have the capacity to cook a larger quantity if you need to. I would like to do a victoria sponge but would it mean having to bake one layer at a time?
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