Product DescriptionIf you own a convection oven, but don’t really know how to use it, this book is for you.
Beatrice Ojakangas, an authority on convection cooking and author of more than two dozen previous cookbooks, explains how to use your convection oven to achieve perfect results in dramatically less time than with a conventional oven. You will learn:
*How to cook a whole meal in your oven–from meat to side dishes to dessert–all at the same time
*How to cook multiple batches of cookies, cakes, and pies on three or even four oven shelves
*How to roast and bake in a third less time than in a conventional oven while achieving even better results
*How to calculate the correct temperature and timing for convection cooking if you are using a standard recipe
And here are more than 150 great recipes for snacks and appetizers; pizza and foccacia; soups; roast beef, lamb, pork and poultry; savory pies and tarts; casseroles and pasta; vegetables; yeast breads and quick breads; cakes, cookies, pies, and pastries; and much, much more. Try Melted Onion Tart with Parmigiano-Reggiano, Mexican Vegetable Tortilla Soup, Tandoori Salmon with Cucumber Sauce, Asian Spiced Roast Whole Chicken, and Cocoa Cake with Easy Buttercream Frosting, among so many imaginative and easy dishes.
By circulating hot air around food, convection ovens cook and brown food much more quickly and at a lower temperature than conventional ovens, while retaining food’s natural juiciness and flavor. With this book you will be able to save significant amounts of time and effort while turning out delicious dishes for everyday meals and easy entertaining.
What Others Say
Cooking with Convection
I purchased three books on cooking with a convection oven. I found Cooking with Convection: Everything You Need to Know to Get the Most from Your Convection Oven to be the most complete and the most helpful.
Danger, Danger Will Robinson!!!
I don't know what this author was using, some industrial site, cuz I've got a great Kitchen Aide Computerized Stove with great ventilation, but some of the recipies, like cooking chicken, totally smoked up the house, sent smoke alarms into a frenzy, and even the air hood on max and both bathroom fans and the front and back doors open, all I got was grief from my partner and wondered what kind of ventilation system the author was using! I think the recipies "may" be ok, but using temperatures over 300 degrees produced more aggravation than pleasure. I don't know how many of the positive reviews were artificially produced, but this author and her so-called recipies are a disaster at the temperatures indicated--if you're willing to put in the ... Read More
Cooking with Convection
Bought for a friend and was told it has a lot of good ideas if your cooking with a Convection Oven.
Good guide book!
A little common cooking sense will come in handy with Cooking with Convection: Everything You Need to Know to Get the Most from Your Convection Oven. If you are an experienced cook this one will be fun to reference.
need more information for usage
The book sent with the machine does not have enough instructions for a two
person family. I need tow cook 2 cornish hens, not 4. I cannot see where I
would re-cook the other 2 if I froze them. Also more info on re-heating the frozen left-overs.
