Other Uses for your Aga Oven

Warm Plates
Keep your plates warm before dinner by sticking them in the plate warming rack in the Vertical Convection Oven. Or warm up your mug in the morning while waiting for coffee to brew.

Dry Linens
Hang dinner napkins or tablecloths over the hang rail to dry or smooth out wrinkles before use.

Making Jam
Use up over-ripe fruit before it goes bad by turning it into jam with your Aga simmering plate and simmering oven. Try this recipe for Damson Plum Jam and don’t forget you can also use your Aga to sterilize the jars you will be putting the jam into.

Keep Wooden Utensils Clean
Store wooden or bamboo kitchen utensils and cutting boards above your Aga range to keep them dry. Since they are so porous, bacteria can easily grow if they aren’t properly dried. You could also put cutting boards in the plate warming rack of your Aga Legacy after washing.

Food Prep
Try defrosting or thawing out meat or seafood in your Aga oven instead of the microwave.

Incubating
If you really want to get the most of your oven, try incubating chick or goose eggs. I found these articles discussing how chicks were nursed to life by the heat of an Aga oven range. You may want to do more research before attempting this, however.

Elton John's Oven Song

In celebration of Elton John and Billy Joel's upcoming concert tour, I wanted to share a video. In the video, Elton John is challenged to improvise a song using only an oven manual given to him by audience member and British actor, Richard E. Grant. Elton John quickly dishes out a catchy tune, recommending you "get to know all there is to know about your new oven, before preparing your mouth watering meals". Check it out below.

Bertazzoni and Lamborghini

Bertazzoni is a family company based in Emilia- Tomagna Italy. This part of Italy is known for its expertise in fine Italian cooking and is home to many of the best chefs in the world. Not only can you get a world-class meal, but it is here that you will find the some of the best farming machinery, motorcycles, and cars. The Bertazzoni company shares more than manufacturing methods and procedures with the automotive industry. Ranges from the Bertazzoni Heritage Series and the Professional Series are painted in the same factory as Lamborghini automobiles! According to Bertazzoni Company literature, the ranges are "realised in a fully durable, double layer coating on stainless steel using the latest processes developed by the automobile industry". It only makes sense that these heavy-duty appliances would have such superior paint jobs; since it is clear that they focus strictly on high quality for the modern cook.

Cooking with an Aga Oven

Most of us own conventional ovens that cook our food through convection- a cycle of the heating followed by the cooling of air within the oven. The hot air is what actually cooks the food at the temperature you specify. As a result of alternating temperatures, your food could become over-cooked from a blast of heat at the end of the cooking cycle, attempting to quickly heat the entire oven. Traditional ovens are generally electric or gas. An electric oven constantly re-circulates air which leads to warm and cool spots inside of the oven which may cause food to overcook or dry out.

Aga, a company rooted in Great Britain since 1922, manufactures appliances featuring two, three or four individual compartments. The Aga ovens still run on either electricity or gas and have burners like a conventional oven. However, the heat is better circulated through the smaller compartments. The Aga Six Four series offers one section in particular that cooks food slower than the others. The heat stored within the walls radiates, cooking food evenly from all directions. This process not only makes it less difficult to burn or dry out your food, but retains flavor and nutrients.

Claret is not the only exciting color option. Find the perfect match for your kitchen with these colors: Cream, White, Black, Pewter, Wedgewood Blue, Dark Blue, Pistacio, Jade, British Racing Green, Chocolate, Aubergine, Heather, and Pillar Box