Remoska cookers (merged)

shopndrop

littleun wrote: »

would I be able to make an apple pie and then cook it in the remoska

I can't see any reason why not. I would use my normal pie dish that I use in the oven but would put it on the rack so that it is nearer to the heat. I have done chicken en croute in mine a couple of times and it has been fine. I just put it on a small tray that I use in the oven and put it on the rack - no problems. Have found that it cooks slightly quicker than in the fan oven though.

Gabriella_2

Am loving my Remoska more and more.....................yesterday bought a big bag of mixed peppers for £1 and roasted them in the Remoska..........they were beautiful - did not shrink like they do in my fan oven and had more flavour too. Then I made a lovely veggie chillie - chopped an onion, green pepper, added a packet of chilli mix and Quorn mince and cooked it for about 45 minutes in the Remoska and it was gorgeous. Saw a lovely recipe on Daily Cooks the other day..............a piece of salmon spread with a pea/celery puree inside a sheet of filo pastry which I am going to cook in my Remoska - will let you know how it turns out !!

I use a circle of greaseproof paper under my shallow dish (an 8" sandwich cake tin costing 79p from Morrisons)!! Both do the job and are much cheaper than the alternatives !!

Sunnyday

champys wrote: »

I have just found out something else about my Remoska. The cupboard with my crockery is on an outside wall, and as it has gotten so much colder I just remembered how cold the plates get....... of course no question of heating them in the oven now. Yesterday I thought I'd try putting the plates under my Remoska while it was cooking our dinner (I have a standard, so it can stand on top of the plates) and I was really happy with the result! They don't get really hot of course, but at least it takes the cold off them without having to use any other heat source.

OO what a good idea!
It`s baltic in our kitchen and i hate the plates being cold but there is no way i`d put the oven on.
I`d been running hot water over them but that means boiling the kettle so i shall try using the remmy.

Thanks!
SD

shopndrop

I had tried that with my grand but found they didn't get very warm. How long do you find you need to have them under the Moska for? I only put 2 plates under mine but found that the bottom plate was cold, even after swopping them over - it only takes a couple of minutes for the top one which was lukewarm to go cold again.

ariba10

Try putting them on top of the Grand.

ksh123

trying-very-trying wrote: »

Freecycle, you could try asking for one on "freecycle", it worked for me:j, and someone else on here (sorry can't remember offhand who it was) got one for £2 from a charity shop. You could also try looking out for one at a car boot sale or thrift shop.

I am so veeeeery pleased with mine, and even hubby hasn't moaned about "more clutter", but I think that's because I installed it while he was at work so he didn't see it until he had tasted it's produce.

Was it a remoska or a BM you got from Freecycle and have seen in a charity shop?
If its the former I will put a wanted ad on Freecycle. I didn't think anyone would give them away on Freecycle them because they are so expensive.
But then I am always amamzed by what people can afford to give away :rolleyes:

Are they good for bread?

ksh123

I am getting more and more tempted by this thread but am so terrified of the outlay - unless I am lucky enough to find one on Freecycle.....

I have a gas oven but its on its last legs and doesn't cook evenly anymore. Re energy consumption does the remoska work out as cost effective when compared to a gas oven?

shopndrop

ariba10 wrote: »

Try putting them on top of the Grand.

Do you mean actually inside it or balance them on the lid?

morganlefay

Vancat, sorry about sending you to Bicester - but you've got to admit it's a treat when you finally find it ! Good luck with the enforced 'holiday', nice to think of someone getting something back from insurance, and llts of time to play with Remoska. I had a v bad MSE day at the Lakeland Bicester shop myself, oops. By the way it's not in Bicester Village but in the revamped garden centre towards Oxford if anyone else is thinking of slipping off the wagon and lives hereabouts.
last nght I got some elderly filo pastry out of freezer and took 4 sheets out, painted with melted butter on both sides, put a salmon fillet (cheap from Mr T as on sell by date) on top, then a pile of chopped leeks, seasoning, wrapped it all up as little parcels and baked for about 20 mins in deep pan. It was really good - VERY crispy, all flavour sealed in, OH really polite about it.

I have decided that tho it seems too expensive it is worth getting the cookbook as it gives you ideas about how to adapt your own favourites (tho she uses caraway seeds in everything, which I HATE)

havenot yet tried my lakeland silicone steaming basket In Moska, but it is the right size to put a dish in, and has little handles to lift it out easily. Will let you know when I've tried.

I have also decided that if you like inventing things and adapting recipes and containers etc the Moska is your thing (it is mine) but if you just like following a recipe, have v young children (burnt fingers) or need to put something on to cook and go and do something else it possibly isnt as you do have to keep an eye on it, and the exact cooking time isn't always the same, or even easy to work out. But I LOVE it and now get grumpy if I can't use it for a recipe !
I am a sad creature - a trip to lakeland always cheers me up such a lot ! LOL.

trying-very-trying

ksh123 wrote: »

Was it a remoska or a BM you got from Freecycle and have seen in a charity shop?
If its the former I will put a wanted ad on Freecycle. I didn't think anyone would give them away on Freecycle them because they are so expensive.
But then I am always amamzed by what people can afford to give away :rolleyes:

Are they good for bread?

I was talking about remoakas! The woman who gifted me mine, said that it had been in her garage for a couple of years, she had only used it once. It came with a recipe book as well. I have used it every day since I got it.
I haven't actually baked in it yet, though I do plan to. A bread tin wouldn't fit in my standard remoska, but I think it fits in the grande, and people are very happy with their bread and rolls.
I would also say I find the standard deep 2litre pan plenty big enough for us, feeding between 3 with leftovers -5 with no shortage.

Edit; I think it maybe helped that I asked for the moska on my daughters freecycle. It's a town with a lakeland shop.