Meringue : Take 2

This time round, the Uncle who sold me this oven gave me his meringue recipe and I followed it to the T. Took a bit longer to whisk the egg white but when it firms up, it had the glossy shine to it.

Tried my best to pipe it but I think I need a lot more work :)

This time round ... I even set how white I want my Meringue to be. Yup Rowenta Oven comes with a preset for making Meringue (Menu 13) and they even have an option to choose how white or brown you want your end result to be.

Was told that I could do 4 rows at the same time ... but I shall start small n attempt 2 rows first 

Success! Better than the first batch that I made! 

Crispy from outside to the center ... the type of Meringue that I want to make.

Happiness 

Brownie : Premix

This time round, GF wants to make Brownie ... I don't really like Brownie but since Scones was a perspective changing experience, I thought "hey let's just go with it ... I might change my mind"

Somemore she use a premix ... what can go wrong?
(I don't like using premix too but since it was my first time and less prep work ... I just went with it)

So She did all the mixing and I did the other prep work ... like cleaning the contrainer and fixing the SECU display issue

She even added Marshmallows into it ... free styling. Well I like to follow recipe (specially for my 1st attempt) and she like to free style her cooking.... I don't know ... maybe she know better so I kept quiet... 

Then she left me to watch over the Brownies as they cook ... and the result wasn't really that good ... the top was burnt while the middle wasn't thoroughly cook (using the poke test)

so holey

When I flipped it over ... I saw holes and bits sticking to the container ... wonder what are those holes

The Brownie taste oily and dough-ly ... urgh ... how can a premix fail like that ... then my GF utter ... "maybe I shouldn't free style with an extra egg (and Marshmallows)"

I couldn't say it out loud but in my mind ... I had this moment.

haiz .. back to the drawing board and maybe next time, we will do the Brownie from scratch

and to my GF, in case you are reading this post ... I still Love You ... we will get over this failure together :)

SECU on my Rowenta Oven Display

SECU kept showing on my oven display. No matter what button I pressed, SECU just won't go away from my Rowenta Oven.

Lucky I found the solution on Yummy Food Book comment section. And the solution is ...

"The oven screen show the word “SECU” it mean the oven is lock. Just press on the light button [Top right button] and hold for few second and you should be able to hear a peep sound to unlock."

Problem solved... Thanks Scharlie Lim

Crystal Apple Slices

This is the first thing I wanted to do when I scan thru the Rowenta Oven Cookbook. I had always wanted to dehydrate fruits but I don't think my old oven was up to it.

The process simple enough and this recipe only requires 2 ingredients ... 

... Slices of Apple and Icing Sugar

after 2 hours ... the apples slices started to curl up 

the result after 4 hours of low heating (80°C)... I think I put too much Icing Sugar on it

It wasn't as crispy as I hoped it would be. Would have been better if I left it for another 1 or 2 hours but I was getting sleepy. It's still very nice to munch on them and they disappeared quickly

Cookies - Earl Grey Cookies

My Fave Tea X Cookies

Got this recipe from the Rowenta Oven Salesman cum Chef cum Teacher. Among all the recipes that he showed me, the Earl Grey Cookies caught my eyes and frankly, I can't wait to make these cookies.

 

 

Had to let the butter and egg set to room temperature ... so let it in the Oven, went for a quick dinner before making these Earl Grey Cookies

 

 

 Whisk the butter and sugars up and then add egg, flour and Earl Grey Powder

  Already smell quite nice ... the Earl Grey Smell is quite strong

 Didn't have instruction on how much we should roll out the cookie dough so we agar agar ... I think it's way too much

 Half of that would be better .... this size dough > Cookies all become very big

 I didn't get the tray yet ... so I thought maybe can put it on the rack with the baking paper as base ... wasn't a good choice

 I also guess that since the recipe say use Fan mode, I assume heat will be evenly spread so let's do 2 level of cookies at the same time

 about a few mins in, the cookies on the side of the rack start dropping 

 I thought they might be able to tahan (withstand) until the timer is up but ...

 right side dropped ...

 and then the left side dropped ... argh ... but wasn't too bad ... a bit of injury to the cookies at the bottom and cookies that dropped became deformed

 

The finished result ... well after I rebaked them again. the 15 mins at 170 Degree C weren't enough to properly cook the cookies. it took 30 mins to do them properly. Not sure where I went wrong again... need to ask the experts.

Taste was good tho ... but I cannot detect the Earl Grey flavour as much as when it was still in dough form. But they are still yummy cookies

Scones - Savoury Scones

Scones ! My Girlfriend wants it and frankly, I am not a fan but what to do, Hell Hath No Fury if the Woman don't her Scones. Got all the ingredients for a normal Scones and she suddenly decide on making Savoury Scones ... lucky my Kitchen was able to support her whims.

It was my first time taking part in making Scones and it was quite an easy process. 15 mins later and we were able to cut the shape out of the dough for baking

 Enter the Scones ! Heh ... Gf commented not bad, no need to pre heat the oven. My Rowenta Oven can start from cold start and finish in about 25 mins 

 

At this point of time, the Oven Smell Great! I mean the Scones Smell Great ... I think this is the start of a wonderful baking relationship

 

and it's Done! ... I am not sure why it's a little burnt on the side while the top were ok. I used the Fan Heating mode ... I thought the heating process will be even thru out the Oven. 

Ok I am a fan now ... I enjoyed thsee Scones more than I could have expected. I thought I might just have one for a taste test and I ended up having 4 or 5 Scones. GF thought it was cooked too long and the Scones crust were a little hard. But I love it ... and She disowned them ... making me promise to never reveal that these Scones were made by her ... I had to take the full credits for these "burnt" Scones ... I don't get it ... they are nice

Meringue

And the first item? Meringue! I didn't have much success making Meringue with my previous cheap oven. So fingers crossed

It's going to sound silly but I am so happy that my new Rowenta Oven comes with light. I can finally see what going on while the oven is functioning.

The result? the Best Meringue that I had ever made.

The type of crunchy Meringue that I been hoping for. I can't stop eating it. 

The first few were great but then as I was moving it into a container, I realize the last few ones were still soft and sticky on the inside. I wonder if the Fan Heating Element wasn't even or I put too much on that side. I hope it's the latter because it would suck if it's uneven heating issue.

My Rowenta Oven's First Step

I finally bought a new oven. a Rowenta Oven OC7868.

My biggest worry would be that it becomes a white elephant. I have a tendency to buy equipments that end up collecting dust. I really don't want this oven to become another white elephant.

An idea came into my mind. I shall make a journal to keep record of how many times I use this oven and since it's no longer "fashionable" to use a notebook and pencil, I thought it would be a good idea to make use of a blog. A blog to keep record of my usage and what are the results like. A short blog post so that I can post quickly before the "procrastination monster" do me in.

I am aiming to use this oven twice a week. Hopefully I can keep that up for a year and more.

First Usage? Eliminating manufacturing residue and odours by heating it at 240°C for 25 mins