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Hi!

I've had my Grand remoska for about a year now - I use it at our weekend cottage where there is no oven. I'm a keen cook and have to say that I think it's great for most things! Just recently I've been baking bread in it - there's no mention in either the little recipe book that comes with the cooker or in the spiral-bound one that I bought, that you can make an excellent loaf in the Remoska but you can. I use a normal white bread recipe: 400g strong white bread flour, 1 sachet of easy-blend yeast, a good pinch of salt, 25g of butter or margarine melted in about a pint of hand-hot water. Knead for a good 5 minutes. I let it rise until doubled in size - about one and a half hours in a warm place and then shape into a large cob on a pice of baking parchment. Whilst it's proving - about 20 mins, I heat up the Grand remoska with a small oven-proof bowl of water in it. The baking parchment makes it easy to place the loaf in the cooker [having removed the water] and I then give it about 30 minutes or until the loaf is well risen and brown. I then turn it upside down and give it another 10 minutes or so. I can honestly say - and i've been baking bread regularly for about 30 years - that the results are just as good as in an ordinary oven.

best wishes,

Linda M

Dear Linda

Thank you for your very inspiring e-mail. Yes we do know that bread is good

in the Remoska. You obviously have our web site and you will see that we

teamed up with Wrights bread mix which works extremely well for people who

have never made bread.

Kind regards - Milena from the Remoska team

Hi there,

I purchased a Remoska on Friday after reading the reviews, peoples opinions on this website and more.When my Hubby said it had arrived I dived to Sainsburys for a chicken and did the Chicken with roast potatoes and quartered onions. 50 minutes, gorgeous. I also put in some part baked rolls - usually too crunchy in an oven - and they were perfect.

Michaela E

We are so pleased you are happy with your Remoska.

Unfortunately I missed your Edinburgh demonstration - I did not know about it until after the event! Are you planning another in Edinburgh and if so when?

Margaret

Dear Margaret

Sorry you missed us! However, we are hoping to go back to Edinburgh at some stage, but it is down to the local Store Manager, and could well be into the New Year now, as there are other Lakeland stores which we have not yet visited this year. Thank you for your interest, and if there is anything we can help you with in the meantime, please let us know.

Jill Wadeson

can i make a victoria sponge type cake in the remoska

Adela

Hi Adela

Yes you can - either direct in the pan or lined with grease-proof paper, or similar.

Jill Wadeson Hooray For Home Cooking

Bought a Remoska (standard) for our caravan from Lakeland Glasgow after being introduced to it by another couple who were having a one-night stay at the site. Its terrific in saving space, time and money and so easy to use.

Can you end an argument - my mother said that you can cook chips in it using the traditional methof of deep frying, I am unsure of this as I stick to oven chips and they come out a treat.

Many thanks for your help

Catherine Bryce

PS Sending off for the cookery book on Monday!!!!

Dear Catherine

You are right, deep frying chips in the Remoska is not recommended. Oven chips are fine of course. The Remoska is basically a small oven, so you can cook virtually anything in it that you would cook in your conventional oven. I do sometimes toss thinly sliced potatoes in a little oil and roast them, as you would in your oven, and they are very good.

Jill Wadeson Hooray For Home Cooking

Hi,

I wonder if you can help? I am looking to buy a remoska and wonder which size would be best for a family of 4 ( 2 adults, 2 teenagers) many thanks

Liz

Hi Liz

The Standard Remoska is ideal for 2 to 3 people, or an occasional 4, but I think in your case, knowing how much teenagers eat, you would probably be better with the Grand, which cooks for up to 6 people. You can however, put a smaller ovenproof dish inside the Grand if you are cooking for less people (taking care not to scratch the Teflon surface, and making sure the dish doesn't touch the element in the lid).

I hope that helps.

Jill Wadeson Hooray For Home Cooking

Hi,

I have been reading all about the remoska on line since I saw a lady on a campsite with one.She and her friend told me how wonderful they are.I live in France but will be in England in September and I can go to Lakeland in Windermere for one.Will they

be in stock?and also when you make a cake do you put it in a tin in the standard remoska or straight in the remoska?Do you grease the sides before or not?If you make mince pies are they better in cases because the tray I use for the oven is square and would not fit in.

Regards Lorraine N

Dear Lorraine

Firstly, you should not have any trouble obtaining a Remoska from the Windermere store.As to advice on cakes and mince pies, I am going to refer you to my colleague, Derek, who is expert on these, and ask him to reply to you.

Jill Wadeson Hooray For Home Cooking

Hello Lorraine, Sorry I have taken awhile to respond to your query but i have only recently returned from Madrid, It's a hard life!!!.

When baking cakes in the Remoska, If you are going to put the mix straight into the base pan then yes just a light smear of marg' or butter. There are however other things that you could do like putting individual paper cases in rather close together so that they support each other. or Lakeland do have large paper cases that fit the Remoska. Milena has recently trialed the Rubberised Silicone cases successfully when cooked you just pop them out of the bendy case. Cooking times depend on the type of cake and whether they are large or small. You also mentioned mince tarts, these should aways be made in the tinfoil tartlet cases and put into the Remoska to bake. They cook equaly well either raw or frozen and you can use the cases time and time again. I do hope that all of this is of help to you ! Do come back and tell us how succssesful you have been. Happy Cooking

Derek HFHC.

I am seriously thinking of buying a Remoska. I quite often cook for 4 - 6 people but sometimes it is just the 2 of us. If I got the bigger one, firstly does it use much more electricity as I also want to reduce our electricity consumption and also, would I be able to use it just to cook for the 2 of us or would it not be suitable?

Thanks. Ann

Hello Ann

The Grand is ideal for 4-6 people, and the wattage is 650 as opposed to 470 for the Standard, so it is still a good saving on electricity. You can also cook for 2 of you by cooking your meal in a smaller oven-proof dish in the Grand, taking care the dish doesn't scratch the surface of the pan or touch the element in the lid.

I hope that helps.

Jill Wadeson Hooray For Home Cooking

Hi

How do I go about timings for cooking breakfast? I am thinking of bacon,tomatoes, mushrooms and eggs. Be glad of anyone's advice

Jen

Hi Jen

You should start off with the bacon as it needs more cooking than everything else. After the bacon is partly cooked (about 10 minutes) add the mushrooms, then the tomatoes. Finally when everything is cooked, break an egg into the centre of the pan, put the lid back on and leave it switched off. The residual heat will cook the egg in a few minutes. It is difficult to be exact with timings as it depends on the density of the food to be cooked, but you will soon become an expert with practice!

Hope that helps.

Jill Wadeson Hooray For Home Cooking

PS

Dried cured bacon is best, ceahp bacon can contain a lot of water and it will ‘steam and boil’ rather than ‘fry’.

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