Silicon Bakeware

CelticStar

Hi Everyone

I don't often post on here but I do read this board a lot and have got so many tips from it - which I am really grateful for.

I am cooking Christmas dinner for the first time this year so I am trying to get myself sorted in plenty of time so there is less pressure on the day. There are only three of us so I am hoping that it won't be too daunting.

I am using the silicon muffin trays (I think these are the right ones aren't they?) for my Yorkshire puddings but are the roasting tins any good or are they a bit too flimsy for potatoes or meat? I'd really appreciate any advice.

Also, I've heard other people mention that you can prepare the veg the night before. Do you put it in cold water then? Is this ok for most veg?

Sorry for all the questions but I know how friendly and helpful you all are and hope you won't mind advising me.

CelticStar

princesstippytoes

I'm not sure about the roasting tins as I have never used them but I do prep all my veg the night before and just leave it in cold water. I think it would work on all the usual traditional veg.

cheerfulness4

I use silicone for roasting, and just about everything else as it has revolutionized my cooking! Would highly recommend.

I bought teflon sheets from morrisons @ £1.99 each and I think these are great too for your trays and roasting tins. The tin stays spotless and the sheet just simply washes in soapy water with no scrubbing. Nothing sticks to it so your foods come out brilliantly.

bellaquidsin

Just a tip for preparing the vegetables the night before. Anything that grows underground goes in water.

Vegetables grown above ground - keep dry.

Bella.

rev229

I use the silicon trays and they are very good and easy to wash. If I am cooking for lots of people I use the disposible foil trays. Great as you can just throw them away and save on the washing up. I tend to do my potatos and parsnips in bulk, peel, par boil then put them on a tray and freeze them. When frozen bag them up and on the day cook from frozen. They take about 1 hour but will be really crispy. All my family love my roast potatos and now they all use this method. I even par boil my veg and freeze it. We had a large family lunch at the weekend, Full roast dinner all apart from the meat had been prepared in advanced and frozen. Saves loads of time on the day and you can spend the time out of the kitchen. There was nothing left so I take it that all the family enjoyed the meal. I also freeze my yorkshire pudding mix in the silicon muffin trays, when frozen pop them into a freezer bag. When it comes to cooking just put them back in to muffin tray. I use to buy frozen veg, potatos and yorkshires but now I bulk freeze loads of stuff. Saves money and time.

furball

Please has anyone used these for baking. Do they need lining or greasing and do they look as if they will have a long life if looked after .They sell them at Morrisons but where is the best place to buy them.

cheerfulness4

I've been using them for a couple of years now and I would never go back. The are fantastic! Morrisons ones are great, too as I have the sandwich 'tins' from there. My others came from Asda some time ago.

You don't need to do anything to stop stuff sticking. Just pop your food in and away you go. With muffins I just leave them in there until they have cooled and they just pop out. When I tried to move them warm they did stick a tad, but when cool they come out clean.

There was a recent thread about silicone bakeware on here last week. Might be worth having a search for it.

Pink.

Hi furball,

There's an older thread on silicon bakeware that should help so I've merged your thread with it to keep all the replies together.

Pink

pipkin71

I won some Jamie Oliver ones and I too, would not go back, they are really good.

The other day, we made fruit and cheese scones [seperately, not mixed together] and put them in the muffin tray - nice shape when they came out

As cheerfulness4 said, wait until they cool before trying to take things out, otherwise they may stick.

Pipkin xxxx

furball

Thankyou for all your helpfull replies. Has anyone bought the argos ones, i would buy the betterware ones but haven't had a booklet for ages. Any ideas which stores to buy them from very much appreciated. Don't mind paying extra for better quality.