Jacket Potatoes

Gorgeous! Pure and simple. It is simplicity itself. There's something about using the remoska, possibly because it's at table height, that seems much easier than using an oven.

In theory, putting some potatoes in the oven, should be the same as putting them in the remoska. Yet somehow, the whole making of jacket potatoes seems a much easier thing to do with the moskie.

Anyway, they were cooked to perfection, and kept warm for an hour after with the lid on covered in foil for my daughter who was swimming.

Remoska Recipe Flapjacks

I made the flapjacks in the remoska recipe today. They turned out well, as the picture shows.

It's a bit fatty underneath so could do with more oats, which I shall add next time, but my daughter, who loves flapjacks, said it's the best she's ever had. Recuring theme there!

More Toad in the Hole

Due to the overwhelming success of Toad in the Hole, I'm making it again for dinner tonight at the request of my son.

Naan Bread Pizza

Take a naan bread, spread with tomato puree and add grated cheese.

This works quite well in the remoska, but I prefer it in the sandwich press as the underside gets crispier.

However, my son said it's the best ever again. I'm not sure if he's just decided that it's a gadget he loves or if really, food is better when it's cooked in the remoska! lol

Cheezy Corn Chips

This works really well in the mosky. Layer corn chips with cheddar cheese, mozarella and tomato paste or salsa. I also add snipped in chillies for heat.

Switch on, and leave for about 20 minutes. Perfect snack.

Toad in the hole

Toad in the hole is excellent.

I cooked off some mini sausages in the remoska, straight from the freezer.

Then I made a six egg yorkshire mix, added it to the sausages and let it cook.

I needed to cover the top as it was burning too close to the element, but I did it in enough time, so it didn't spoil.

There's none left. Everybody enjoyed it, and my son thinks it's the best toad in the hole he's ever had.

Guess I'll be buying him a remoska when he leaves home!

Washing the Remoska

The non stick on the remoska is a dream. Even tough things like burnt mincemeat can be wiped off.

The lid is also easy to clean, but you do have to do it relatively soon after cooking.

Burgers

I cooked some burgers for dinner this evening. I was utterly alarmed at home much fat came out of them considering they were premium burgers. I took a cup of fat out of the remoska half way through cooking so that the burgers wouldn't be sitting in fat while they cooked.

Anyway, burgers are burgers so I haven't taken a picture of them. They took an hour to cook, were cooked through, and not at all dry. So, I would say a success. Also, I managed to lie 8 burgers on the base of the remoska, so really, the grande is enough to feed six people easily.

I don't wish I had bought the standard, but the grande really is very big and I really need a rack for it, which I don't believe comes in grande yet.

Chunky Vegetable Soup

I tried out my favourite soup today. Chunky Vegetable.

2 carrots, diced
2 leeks, sliced
2 sticks of celery, chopped small
3 cloves garlic, sliced
Tin of plum tomatoes, roughly chopped in the tin
1 litre stock
Chilli powder
Tin of green lentils

Cook the carrots, leeks, celery and garlic in oil until soft. (This takes five mins on the stove, but around 20 mins in the remoska)
Add tin of tomoatoes, lentils, stock and seasoning. (You're supposed to use hot stock, but as I don't want to use any extra gadgets while using the remoska, I added it cold)

Cook for another 30 minutes.


It turned out very much like it usually does, but I think the liquid evaporates more when cooked on the hob, which I prefer, so I'd have to add 200ml of liquid less.

Also, I would need to use stock powder, instead of a stock cube, as I'm adding the stock cold, so the cube doesn't readily dissolve.

To make soup in the future, I would do it on the hob for speed. But I would make it when camping.

Oh and I really can't emphasise enough how amazing short crust pastry is done in the remoska. I am ashamed to admit that there really are not many of those mincemeat crescents left, and I'm the only person who likes mincemeat!!!!

Mincemeat Pouches

Seeing as the government is now trying to encourage us not to waste food, I thought I had better use up the ready to roll pastries I had in my fridge since christmas.

Well, the puff pastry was mouldy, so that had to go, but the shortcrust looked and smelt ok.

So I cut circles out of it, filled with mincemeat, and pinched together.

Bung them in the mosky and let it do it's magic. I did line it with non stick as mince meat can get terribly sticky.

Hmm, with the government and it's obesity warnings, I don't know which part of the government to listen to, the love food not waste lot, or the stop eating you fat b*****ds lot!

Frozen Chips

I did a packet of frozen chips for lunch in the Mozzie today. I didn't put the whole bag in, as I wanted them relatively crispy. So I only did them in a single layer.

It took half an hour and they were perfectly cooked.

Next time, I will try putting the whole bag in.

I then put two eggs in after taking the chips out, and I left them too long because I was on the computer.

I know it's just a question of timing though, and I have to remember, that when the lid is hot, things cook very quickly, it just takes half an hour to get there.

Rice with the Remoska Off!

I had a funny surprise today.

I decided to cook salmon fillets in foil, with rice.

I put each fillet in a pouch of foil with lemon and salt.

Then I put a glass bowl in the remoska and put one cup of rice and two cups of water with some salt.

I turned it on and it was cooking for 1/2 hour. The rice was still sitting in a pool of water, so I knew that it was going to take alot longer than on the hob. But that's ok, because I'm thinking will it work for camping. I don't mind about things taking longer.

But then the phone rang, and my Mum asked me to come and get her from the hospital to bring her home.

So, I just turned the remoska off, with everything still inside and the lid left on, and went to get her. I returned 90 minutes later, to find, the rice cooked!!! It just needed a little extra water to cook through, but it had absorbed all the water, and if I had added more water, it would have been cooked to perfection.

The salmon was overcooked, (naturally) but still very edible and certainly not spoilt.

So there we are, the remoska works even with the lid turned off!

Essential Equipment

A teflon friendly slotted spoon!

It's a Sausage Thing

I'm working my Remoska overtime today.

This evening I made a sausage type thing.

I layered 6 peeled and sliced potatoes on the bottom, threw in a pack (350g) of quartered mushrooms and put 16 sausages on top. (I had to use them by the sell by date, and I thought we could use the extra cooked ones in sandwiches tomorrow.)

I didn't add any liquid, as I figured the sausages and mushrooms would add enough, nor did I add seasoning as the sausages were quite strong.

They needed about an hour and a half to cook, which is ok. The potatoes had a wonderful texture, the sausages were lovely and soft, not too crispy like they can get in the oven, and the mushrooms were like, well, mushrooms! lol

I did boil some green beans as I forgot to add those to the remoska, but if I were camping, I think I would have just thrown them in too. I imagine that most of what I cook will be along the chop it up and throw it in variety.

I wasn't overly keen on the fat from the sausages going into the potatoes, so I would only ever use very good quality sausages for this. Luckily, the ones I used were very good quality ones. Cheaper ones might be ok for a breakfast thing when you can use the oil to 'fry' an egg or the bacon.

I will definately make a variation of this again, but might try chopping up the sausages into chunks, and chopping the potatoes into chunks instead and making it more casseroly. A tin of chopped tomatoes thrown in wouldn't go a miss either.

I am beginning to think you can just throw anything in, and it will come out great. My son thinks we shouldn't use anything else to cook with!

Toasted Cheese Sandwich

I made a toasted cheese sandwich for lunch. It took about 10 minutes and the cheese wasn't really very melted. I think that you definately need the optional rack to make a decent toasty cheese sandwich quickly. It will work for camping, (esp with a rack, it would probably be very good with a rack), but for at home use, my breville is much quicker and easier.

Let's Start With Breakfast - Porridge

After what seems like an infinity of waiting for deliveries, hospital visits and trips out of town, I was finally able to use my new toy for the first time.

I thought I'd make porridge as that would be a good camping breakfast.

One cup of rolled oats, and two cups of milk with 6 teaspoons of sugar to taste in the Remoska. A quick stir with a wooden spoon, lid on and flip the switch.

I checked after five minutes and the porridgy mix was hardly even warm. I was a bit worried at that point. I thought, come on, don't be impatient, just leave it for 20 minutes and then check.

After 15, I could smell a lovely porridgy smell, so I went to take a look through the glass window, and there was my lovely porridge, cooked to perfection and ready to eat.

Perfect Result Number 1!

It's Arrived

My Remoska has finally arrived. It looks better than I expected, as the heating element is covered in the lid, and I did wonder about food splashes onto the heating element, but it looks like that won't be a problem.

The lid isn't a GREAT fit, but I need to try cooking with it before I make any judgments.

The Grande is quite big and woudl take up quite a bit of space on a worktop, but my main aim was to use this for camping and I wanted the biggest I could get.

The picture shows the size of the pan and the underside of the lid where the heating element is.

Nearly There.

I rang Lakeland at midnight last night and they said that it was despatched yesterday! Gleee. So, only a few more days to go.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Lakeland are OUT OF STOCK!!!!

I got all excited today when I saw that my Lakeland Parcel had arrived. Looked suspiciously small though. I opened it to find NO REMOSKA! It's temporarily out of stock, putting paid to my plan of starting to cook with it any time soon.

So, I shall sit here eating my Rum Figs covered in Chocolate that I ordered just because I was ordering the Remoska and I couldn't resist given that they were £1.97 instead of the ordinarily crazy price of £7.82! (Nine sweets for £7.82!!!!)

I haven't got 'mosky' yet. But I've gone through my Readers Digest Recipies and have got STACKS to get started with once it arrives.

I've Ordered It.

After a year of looking, wanting, deciding against it, looking again, camp cooking with disastrous effect on a gas hob and a calor gas canister as big as my child, looking again, spending nights reading all I could on the remoska and a £71 refund from Lakeland for a delivery that hadn't turned up, I finally decided to order the Remoska Grande because it seems the perfect answer to my camp cooking needs.

But it's January you might think, in London, and it's FREEZING. Why am I getting it now? Well, I had a leaflet for a free crepe pan if I ordered now and I need to practise!! lol

I ordered it yesterday and I can't wait to get it.

I've started looking through my one pot recipie book that I have never used, which I purchased for 30p from the Library 3 years ago, to see what dishes might work. Not sure why I started to rip out the good ones, as I'll have to find a folder now!

Happy Days.