Reheating Lasagne

Since I don't have a microwave machine ...I tried using the oven to reheat the lasagne from yesterday.

At first I defrost and then I tired to heat it up at the lowest temperature. Took a while and while The lasagne wasn't really heated up, it was warm enough to eat. After half hour wait, I was just too hungry to wait anymore

11 October 2015 2022hrs

Easy Meat Lasagna

My first time using the oven to make something savory and it's Easy Meat Lasagna recipe off the box of Oven Ready - Instant Lasagna Sheet. I been wondering ... Really don't need to cook the pasta sheet first?

 and then I realize ... the sheet get cook with the Lasagna sauce / gravy in the oven.

 first part ... softening the veggies ... on the recipe, it's one line of instruction ... but it took a while to get the carrots and onion to soften. This Easy Meat Lasagna recipe is easy ... but it's not quick ... definitely not for someone who is hungry and looking for a quick bite (> me)

 then add the meat and can tomatoes n tomatoes sauce ... and they are suppose to simmer for 20 mins. I made the white sauce in the meantime (but no photos here)

 layering the meat sauce, the white sauce and the Lasagna pasta sheets ... actually the sauces are quite nice at this stage .... can be eaten without baking it in the oven ... but I must endure

 hmm the best part of making this Lasagna was chucking it into the oven ... I can finally rest after the "long" cook .... was kinda hungry and was a little dismay to "find out" that I still have to let it cook in the oven for 35 to 40 mins

But the results was pretty good ... it tasted like a Lasagna supposed to be ... some parts were a little too salty for my liking but the rest were quite good.

Crème brûlée with Vanilla

After a week of Bad Haze, I finally found the "will" power and oxygen to get back to my oven usage schedule. This time round, Creme Brulee! This oven has a function of making Creme Brulee without bain-marie. One less step! I can't wait to try it out ... plus I have some Vanilla Pods that expiring soon

First Time using a Vanilla Pod ... I thought it had all dried up but turn out the seeds inside are really small and it takes a bit of effort to scrap them out ... or it might be that my pods had already expired.

In goes the pots of Creme Brulee ... without bain-marie

and it turn out to be quite ok ... firm and jelly like

now layering with Sugar ... and I think this is where the oven cook book start to have some problems

most of the recipes that I saw would put the creme brulee pots into the fridge for 2 to 4 hours ... here the recipe just say "add light brown sugar and caramelize with burner" ... the brown sugar I added burn in a fashion that wasn't Creme Brulee-y ... I quickly replace it with white sugar and it had better result

there's also a big bubble rising from the creme brulee when I tried to torch it .... very strange ... previously I didn't have that problem... again I wonder is it because I didn't let it cool down before caramelizing it

the biggest failure of this attempt would be the burnt sugar part ... I need to try this again. Otherwise the custard taste nice and yummy ... texture wise they seem ok to me... GF say it's a bit watery at the lower part ... I wonder if it is because I put it too much ... maybe a shallower container might be better?

anyway, I fridge the last pot of creme brulee and I couldn't find any watery bits in it