Remoska cookers (merged)

linni

Hi mum of 4

I also had doubts about expense, not using it, and it being a '5 minute wonder' but am glad now that I did buy it. I make large quantities of everything and so far have had no problems at all. In fact it now sits of top of the unused oven and hopefully it will pay for itself in electricity savings over the next few months. We eat a lot of vegetarian foods and if you can cook it in an oven then generally you can do it in the Remoska.

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

I want to do a pie, will the pastry turn out ok.I haven't done anything like this yet.Any tips when baking pastry like putting it on the rack or not.Do the bottoms of pies ect cook ok.

nicki_2

Has anyone found anything that they can't do in one that they can do in the oven? Still debating whether it would be worth me and DD having one, I'm leaning towards yes :rotfl:

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mumof4 most of our meals are vegetarian. It is a wonderful bit of kit

Clutterfree

Hi,
Has anyone cooked burgers in their Moski yet please?

I want to cook some of those 50p Morrison's ones and also some homemade ones. They are all currently in the freezer.

Do I need to defrost first or can I cook straight from frozen?

How long do they take and do I need to use the rack or shallow pan?

Thanks for any advice!

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

Hi Linni, so glad you are having fun with you new remoska (will you be having an early night with the cookbook like me?!)

Hi Mumof4, I have cooked veggie meals in mine....haricot beans in tomato sauce (home made) planning a chick pea curry & rice, also naan breads and normal bread, cakes, biscuits, you could do veg pies, veg bakes, I did pasta last night with veg and that was nice, eggs are good in a ramekin, or a souffle. It crossed my mind last night that a macaroni cheese would be nice too. Yes, it is a lot of money and I still feel slightly guity at spending so much on a kitchen gadget but having said that I have used mine every day (had it around a month now) and even gone and bought the grand as I can see the advantages of having both sizes! Like others on here I wish I'd bought one sooner, it is a lot of money though but I'm hoping it will pay for itself in the long run.

Hi MrsTittlemouse, I have only done filo pastry in mine so far but it turned out perfectly, much better than the past disasters in the oven. A pie would be ok, I've read that puff pastry is particularly good. You could use a pie dish or do it straight in the deep pan. As the bottom gets hot it should cook evenly at all round. Good luck and let us know how you get on

Hi nikki, in all honesty, I haven't found anything that wouldn't work in the oven, in fact my experience is that it is better than the oven, I spent years thinking I couldn't bake cakes and now I am cranking out beautiful ones, muffins, biscuits etc. I did some biscuits at the weekend which didn't turn out right but it was the recipe I used. I made some Bishops fingers yesterday and they were scrummy. The kids think it great that I'm baking! I get them to make the actual mixture and I do the cooking as its too hot for the kids to be dealing with really.

I am still happy with mine and looking forward to doing a curry tonight, I just get some chicken and the pataks type sauce, onions and make the rice in there too, done that a few times now and its been a hit! Going to do naan bread too, do the dough in BM add some onion seeds

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I haven't had time to read through all the thread but as I live alone would it be better to buy the bigger one or the smaller one. I do like to freeze anything I have left over, and I use my SC quite a bit is it worth investing in one would you think

groatie_queen

Hi JackieO,

There are three sizes - baby, standard and grand. My lodger has the baby and it's really only just enough for single portions - too small if you want to make enough to freeze extra.

I have the standard and am just cooking for myself. It's great for making enough to eat and freeze ahead. My lodger wishes she had the standard.

The grand is really for larger families.

nicki_2

My mum has just told me about a halogen oven by JML that I think works the same way...at only £49.99 I'm tempted to opt for that instead as I can't afford a remoska from Lakeland. What do you think? http://www.jmldirect.com/Halogen-Oven-PH1500/

mummysaver

Afternoon!

Clutterfree - I did burgers in mine and used the rack with a pizza tray balanced on it, fat drained through the holes and they were done in about the same time as in the oven (though my oven is useless!).

JackieO - the small one is very very tiny, I would recommend the standard one if you want to be able to cook more than a chicken leg, and since you freeze stuff any extra won't be a problem for you. Not quite sure that you could fit cakes and bread easily into the little one, and it doesn't have a window either. Also with the standard you'll still be able to use it to produce meals when your family are visiting. Hope this helps, perhaps if anyone here owns a baby one they'll be able to give you more info.

Just done lovely soup, 3/4 of a bag of sainsbugs 40p carrots, couple of onions, some potatoes, split yellow peas, stock cubes and couple of kettles of water, pinch of pepper, blitzed it all up when cooked through, it's lovely. Got more foccacia in the bm to go in later, kids couldn't wait for it to cook now to go with their soup so just had normal granary instead! Will spread it with garlic butter to go with the lasagne that dd2 has put on tonight's menu plan.