Remoska cookers (merged)

luxor4t

Very, very tempted but OH wants to know if a slowcooker (much cheaper)would do the same sorts of things?
He is not very budget minded when it comes to food, so I said I would ask as I want to encourage him!

charlies_mum

Slow cookers are great for casseroles, soups etc. I still use my slow cooker to do the Sunday roast as it makes it really tender.

Remoskas do the same job as an oven, but uses much less electricity. You can cook meat, cakes, puddings, and reheat ready meals. If you go onto www.lakeland.co.uk/F/product/2511 there is more info there.

ravylesley

luxor4t wrote: »

Very, very tempted but OH wants to know if a slowcooker (much cheaper)would do the same sorts of things?
He is not very budget minded when it comes to food, so I said I would ask as I want to encourage him!

Luxor4T I have to agree with you as I've been dithering over whether to order one and as I have a large slow cooker I am not overly sure whether I'd be buying it just for the sake of buying another gadget IYKWIM

Lesleyxx

AlwaysHappy

I can't wait for mine to come - I ordered it last week on an old order form I had, and just wrote the old price down (oops!), I decided to pay by cheque (hubby sees the cr card statement), and asked for it to be posted to my works address a) there's nobody in during the day b) I could then say - that - I've had it ages (?????). Anyway, checked my bank account and cheque hadn't gone out so decided to ring them and ask if I could add some magic liner to the order - haven't seen anything similar around here - we don't seem to have any cheap shops! - and order has already been despatched - she said it had been dispatched on 12th and should be with me in @ 5 days - to my home address!!!!! - they had made a mistake. Now, I have the problem of having to arrange delivery - probably a week later when my mum is staying so that she can collect it - I want to play NOW!!!! She has sent my magic liner though without charging me postage - but she'd already agreed to that before I realized about the address mishap. I'm really disappointed.

crockpot

Cooked some fish fingers (in the shallow pan) to a turn at lunchtime and had fish finger butties. Delicious!

Only got my shallow pan the other day. Things do seem to cook a lot quicker in it.

Muppett81

What size Remoska have you got?

I have the Grand and am thinking of getting the shallow pan, but after spending nearly £110 on it and rack, don`t know if I dare spend anymore.

Do not know if I am saving any money! Not had my gas oven on since I got it, but have cooked more stuff than I would, flapjacks in bottom, came out ok, a bit crumbley-but might have been me not pressing down enough. A fruit crumble in a pyrex dish, a pork casserole, roast chicken-bought special for job, 2 x cakes in 1 cake tin and some buns, plus pizzas and oven chips,jacket pots and a toasted sandwhich on rack!! wow quite a bit, oh I forgot a cooked breakfast too!

Muppet81

I have the standard. It is big enough for the two of us.
I know what you mean about the cost of the shallow pan but I do think it will be a worthwhile investment.
Just off to bake some bread in mine.
I also agree that we are probably using them a lot right now but the novelty is there and I want to try out so many things. I do think it will be saving in the long run.

Pobby

It`s arrived, the big one! Going to do chicken today to see how we get on. Quite exciting!

morganlefay

I think the slow cooker only does 'wet' things, whereas the Moska will do those (though not slowly, just at the speed of your normal oven) and 'dry' things like cakes, crumbles etc as well. I'd have a Moska every time as it seems it will do everything, and with a timer switch it could turn itself on if you are out and want to come home to a meal, whereas the slow cooker can safely be left on all day.
Last night we had meatballs: I made meatballs from some low-fat mince, herbs, onion, pinch dried herbs, bit of garlic, splsh of tom puree and Worcester sauce and an egg. Put them in Moska and poured over a can of Campbells (though it's now become Baxters just to confuse us all, and I huntd for it for ages in Mr T's) condensed tomato soup, diluted with about half a can of water and a splash of red wine as we had a bottle open, and a bit more onion (not pre-cooked or anything.) I let it cook for 1.5 hours as we got distracted, so the sauce reduced to a very tasty goo, but I had meant to cook it for about 45 mins, which would also have been good - just more sauce.. They were fab and much easier to do than in the oven when I used to pre-cook the meatballs in the MW, and also the onion, so MUCH less washing up this way. OH loved them, and he's v fussy !!!!!

newleaf

I have been reading this thread with great interest, since I recently bought a Remoska (standard size) with my birthday money. Today I baked a cake in it, - Banana, Chocolate Chip & Walnut, if you're interested, recipe below. It has turned out reasonably well, a little bit burned - it cooked a lot faster than I was expecting it to, and very domed/cracked in the centre, but it will be perfectly edible and mr newleaf is very pleased. Since I have been dieting I have not been baking!

2 ripe bananas, mashed.
30 mls milk, boiled in microwave
1 tsp Bicarb of Soda
4oz Soft margarine
5oz sugar
8oz Plain Flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs

Handful of chocolate chips
Handful of walnut pieces
You could omit or substitute if you don't like either of these, thy're just what I had in the cupboard.

Made by my favourite cake making method - Bung Ho!
Put mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Add the Bicarb to the boiled milk, and add the resulting foam to the 'nanas. Bung everything else in and mix thoroughly.
Bung in the Remoska and bake.

I left mine for about 50 minutes. After half an hour or so I realised it was singeing, so I quickly covered the top of the cake with a piece of greaseproof. If I made it again, I'd check it after 40 minutes, I think it was probably done then. Also next time, I would make a dip in the centre of the mixture, it might rise more evenly that way.
I used a parchment cake liner in the Remoska, simply because I have some, but you could just use a circle of greaseproof on the base, I'm sure that would be fine.
I am pretty impressed with the Remoska so far.

Clutterfree

Clutterfree wrote: »

I am going to try my first roast in there tomorrow - pork.
Any tips on times, etc would be appreciated please.
I also want to cook the potatoes in there.
I need to par boil these first and then how long in the Moski please?
Thanks.

Can anyone help please?

My pork joint is 1.625kg and according to the oven instructions it should be cooked for 2hrs 40mins. Would this be the same time in the Grand Moski please?
All I've done is grind some salt and pepper over it and not used any liquid.
Is this correct?

Do I put the par-boiled potatoes in with it about 1 hour from the end and pour a little oil over them?



Please help as it is my first Moski roast and I don't want it to be a disaster.
Thanks!