Lakeland products

beachbaby_2

I would go with Lakeland. If there are any problems their customer service is second to none.

morganlefay

One of the little plastic clips which keep the bars up broke on mine not long after I bought it - Lakeland sent me another without any fuss and collected the broken one at their expense, Lakeland EVERY time for me !

Luvly.cuppa.T

kittie wrote: »

It is electrical. It moves in lots of ways so it could easily get broken and/or not work. Try getting your money back in a couple of years from an ebay seller. Give me lakeland every time

Kittie, you sold it to me right there! Certainly hit the nail on the head with easily broken etc and trying to get money back/exchange. Guess you never know if the ebay ones are
(un)quality seconds as well.

Thanks to bb and Mlf as well. I'ma gonna go buy one right now from Lakeland! Here's to dry washing! And plenty of it too!

morganlefay

Some time ago I rashly bought the smaller size metal pudding steamer (with lid) from Lakeland, thinking I'd make lovely things in it. (I'm mad, my OH hates steamed puddings, whether sweet or savoury but I thought offspring and their partners would like them, tho as they live too far away to come for meals often it's a bit of a moot point)
Please can you give me any suggestions as to things I can make in this nice gadget - If I can find a new recipe I've never thought of, sweet or savoury, OH might actually like it. Otherwise it's off to the charity shop with it, sadly !

zippychick

I've merged this with the lakeland product thread

Might be a silly question, but are there any suggestions in the instructions? I would assume it would have came with recipes?

Does this help? or there is a demo video link on this page

Tiddlywinks

I bought one of these the other day - it's a pie dish that comes in two parts and is supposedly designed to stop soggy bottoms (oo, er).

Now, I'm a bit confused as to what to do with it.... anyone got one?

This is it:

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/easy-as-pie-set-(as-used-by-delia)/F/keyword/easy+as+pie/product/5867

The comments from other customers show a bit of confusion and when I called Lakeland they told me to put the pastry between the two pans.... but then what about the filling ?

Barneysmom

Yeah there's 2 different ways to use it.
1. Blind baking. Place the rolled pastry into the solid tin, the put the perforated tin on top and bake for 10-15 minutes.
Then take the perforated dish away, add your filling and pastry lid and recook till it's done.

2. Put the perforated tin inside the base tin and make the pie on top. The air circulates under so your pastry isn't soggy.

leekat21

The detail on the web site says you can create crisp pie shells, or you can use to cook ready made pies to prevent soggy bottoms.

So, you make your own pastry case for a pie with this, not a whole pie in one go. It saves you using baking beans!

Produce perfect, crisp pie shells without the need for baking beans or lining.
This unique baking aid comes with a heavy duty, non-stick pie pan and a perforated insert that keeps the pie crust from rising or shrinking and prevents burning.
Also use the insert on its own for reheating ready-made pies to avoid 'soggy bottoms'.

cupcakebabe

Hi Tiddlywinks
I've also got one, I tend to use it to cook pastry blind instead of greasproof and beans, and I have used just the base to make a traditional pie.
Hope thats of some help

Rosie

Tiddlywinks

Barneysmom wrote: »

Put the perforated tin inside the base tin and make the pie on top. The air circulates under so your pastry isn't soggy.

Have you used it this way? This is what I want to do but worry that it might not work without the blind baking stage - I'll give it a whirl and see.

Thanks

Tiddly