Cooking with Halogen Cookers

[kiptower]

if you look back you will see a marble cake we did . and we have done a few others no problem

 

previous page post 169

 

also great for pastry, saus rolls, turnovers etc etc

Fray Bentos pies do great in it also

 

part baked bread

 

and yes you can use Silicone bakeware

 

lots of posts with things done it, spend a bit of time looking through all the posts

 

regards

 

Kip

[Bookworm]

Yes, I did banana cake in mine, silicon bakeware. Trying to work out the timings/temperatures was an absolute bugger though, lol. *makes mental note to find where those pics are*

[Cloudedbrains]

Thanks xx

 

I am trying a local delicacy in mine right now lol

Staffordshire oatcakes stuffed with cheese and tomato and baked in the halogen cooker in foil parcels

 

Fingers crossed

[Cloudedbrains]

Ok my local delicacy was YUMMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

 

Here is a piccie

[babybear39]

Ah, that's what an oatcake is

[Cloudedbrains]

Ah, that's what an oatcake is

 

Here ia link to them: Staffordshire Oatcakes | Order Oatcakes and Oatcake Mix online | Stoke-on-Trent

I live in the county so they are a staple snack food lol

 

But 40 mins on 150 and they were perfect - used less than 5p electric to cook - woulda used well over that to use the gas cooker

[Bookworm]

Oooh, I have home-made moroccan burgers to cook off, I might do them in the halogen later on, see how they come out. 1/2 lamb, 1/2beef, so quite a bit of fat to drain, normally perfect for a BBQ for example, so... hmmmm *bookied strokes chin*

[babybear39]

Are you copying me woman? lol...I'm going to be cooking lamb tagine later

[loopinlouie]

9.5 litre halogen oven jml argos, right my cooker has died caput, dead as a do do and cost a bomb to replace. Been nosing in and out of this thread for a while.

 

Does this one sound good, would be cheaper than gas oven for a while? xx

[loopinlouie]

Reserved it 59.99 and gonna give it a go:D

[Cloudedbrains]

Loopinlouie - only had mt prolectrix halogen oven for coupel of days and love it so far

Alot cheaper than using our gas oven

[loopinlouie]

Yep. going to give it a go..Like the look of the chicken on the vegetables.

 

New gas cooker same as old 500.00 halogen cooker 59.99

 

makes sence to try as my hob is still okay on oven so can get best of both worlds for 60.00 instead of 500.00

[Bookworm]

Pork loin with honey sauce and whole peppecorns just cooking now. Smells good.

[Bookworm]

Ok, here are a few pics of my experiments:

 

The 1st chicken I ever cooked in there:

 

 

My infamous banana cake:

 

 

 

and finally, the pork loin (from Lidl) I made today:

 

 

[loopinlouie]

The cake, I am virtually sampling it:D.

[kiptower]

well done girls Pics are looking good

[kiptower]

LL the coopers one is 12 ltr and only £40 and with the extras kit its 59.99 delivered

 

coopers of strotford,

[Cloudedbrains]

Ok - anyone tell me how on earth do you cook egg's in it ??

Mine says it does egg's and roughly how long but - do you leave them in the shell or what ??

[kiptower]

we found xtra large egg's take 8 mins

 

left in shell, dont prick

 

WARNING they get bleeding hot , run under cold water always when you take them out

 

 

another handy tool for it silicone tongs

[Cloudedbrains]

Do ya put them on lower rack or top ??

Mine says 4-6mins on 200 but thats it !!

[kiptower]

lower rack

[Cloudedbrains]

Ta Kip xx

[Cloudedbrains]

Am trying a mixed grill type of meal today

Going to put the egg's in once the meat/hash browns are nearly cooked

If it works will post piccies (she says IF)

[Cloudedbrains]

Well the eggs weren't done but we did get a mixed grill out of it

Had to nuke the spag hoops

 

Practicing with 2 more egg's now

[Cloudedbrains]

Right the 2 practice eggs - were hard boiled

Cooked on the high rack on 200 for 10mins

They have been made into egg mayonaise for sarnies later

Just need to master soft boiled standard but that can wait till another day