Remoska cookers (merged)

westcountrymaid_2

westcountrymaid wrote: »

Well I cooked the pork in a casserole dish inside my grand and popped a few par boiled potatoes brushed with oil around the dish. Bit disappointed, the crackling didn't crisp (I rubbed it with salt), pork a bit tough and my roast potatoes didn't crisp up either. It was only a small joint and cooked it for over an hour and half, think if I'd cooked it any longer it would have been over cooked.

I'm determined to cook roast potatoes in my remoska even if I have to cook the meat and then the potatoes on their own afterwards, so I'm just boiling up a few more potatoes, I've got some oil heating in the remoska and I'm going to see how they cook on their own. I've cut them a lot smaller this time, will save them for tomorrow unless DH eats them for supper.

(I'm just wondering if its ok to heat the oil in the remoska as the recipes I've read seem to say 'coat the potatoes in oil')? I've just covered the base of the pan.

Well I decided half way through that they would cook better on the rack in my pyrex lid, I've now got some nice little roasties waiting to be eaten but no good for my diet so will have to put them out of site until DH comes in. I think I may eventually invest in the shallow pan or maybe put it on my xmas list.

newleaf

What a bargain vixtress! How wonderful
A remoska works like a very small oven. they use hardly any electricity, compared with heating a full size oven, but they are every bit as useful. I've only had mine a couple of months, but I use it at least 5 nights a week and have only used my 'proper' oven twice since getting it. Anything you can cook in a normal oven, you can do in a remoska. The heat is quickly conducted through the whole pan, so things cook from all sides, just like in your oven. I know this thread is massively long now, but the best tips can be gleaned by going back to the beginning and reading the whole thing...

Mrs Porridge, yes, if you are all electric I believe a remoska would soon recoup it's cost for you in electricity savings. A slow cooker is ultra low consumption of electric - think a single lightbulb's worth, left on for between 5 - 7 hours to cook a meal - ie; long, slow cooking. A remoska uses between 3 and 6 lightbulbs, depending on size, and is left on for between 40 mins and an hour or so - depending on what you are making. Slow cookers are for things with a lot of stock or gravy - stews and cheap pot roasts etc. Remoska can be used to bake cakes, bread, yorkshire pudds, roast a joint, jacket spuds, oven chips - in fact, anything you can do in your main oven.

westcountrymaid_2

vixtress wrote: »

thanks for that, sorry about the cross posting.
can you do jacket spuds? and if so, how long do they take.
thanks, i am soo giddy!

I think they take about an hour, depends on size, you could always start it off in the microwave first. I rub a bit of oil and salt on mine and then pop into the remoska.

Clutterfree

sleepy-lady wrote: »

I am so fed up - trying to cook a bolognaise sauce in my remoska and after 15 minutes it tripped my electrics - 5 times! This is the second remoska to do this to me - is it worth trying again or should I just ask for a refund?

Seems strange that this has happened twice.

Did you have many appliances on at the same time?

I find if I have, say the dishwasher, fan oven, washing machine on and then turn on the kettle, then it trips out as it cannot handle the load.

Wondered if that could be the problem with yours?

sleepy-lady

No, the only other things going at the time were the computer and the light in the kitchen. I think I've got another dud. However, luckily I have a modern fuse box thing so it's not too difficult to switch back on - as long as I turn the remoska off!

LouiseJ

Hmmmm, that is strange. Have you tried it in a different socket just in case its that

sleepy-lady

Yes, I moved it to different points in the kitchen and dining room, just in case. I think I'll call Lakeland tomorrow and moan to them. It's such a pain, as I live alone and had hoped not to have to use the oven this winter.

westcountrymaid_2

sleepy-lady wrote: »

Yes, I moved it to different points in the kitchen and dining room, just in case. I think I'll call Lakeland tomorrow and moan to them. It's such a pain, as I live alone and had hoped not to have to use the oven this winter.

I've read of this happening to others on here, I would definitely give Lakeland a call tomorrow, I'm sure they will be able to help.

moneysavingplumber

Clutterfree wrote: »

Oo sounds lovely!
Could you post the recipe please?

Non-fish Paella:

Roughly (as I'm a bloke!), this is for two of us. Not big on seafood but I love all things Spanish.
1 tbsp olive oil
knob butter/marg
1 onion chopped
1 clove garlic chopped
3 or 4 tomatoes quartered
1 or 2 chicken breasts (diced, usually buy a cheap Aldi chicken and cut it up for various use)
100g Asda 'Extra Special' Chorizo Casera, sliced
green pitted olives to taste
1/2 tsp saffron (soaked in warm stock)
1 heaped tsp smoked paprika (sweet, available from Sainsburys in the world wide special food bit)
3/4 pint chicken stock
1 glass white wine (use £1.29 1/2 bottle from Aldi)
200g Paella rice (available from Sainsburys or Asda
Salt and black pepper to taste
Parsley for that cheffy touch at the end

I just sweat the onion and garlic in the oil and butter in a wok to begin with, then just combine all the ingredients in the Remoska (used the shallow pan) and cook for around twenty to thirty minutes. I've cooked Paella in various ways and have the proper Paellador pan (which I used to start on the hob then finish in the oven) but today's was the best for sure!

Obviously if you want to add other stuff like peppers then go for it!

louietudor

westcountrymaid wrote: »

I've read of this happening to others on here, I would definitely give Lakeland a call tomorrow, I'm sure they will be able to help.

its where moisture gets into the handle of the moska which is where all the wiring is- you are doing nothing wrong it just happens and should be reported to lakeland straight away so it can be replaced

if this is the second time its happened i would complain more forcibly this time