PS: I also steamed these in the oven using the good old handful of ice cubes on
the bottom of a hot oven trick.
Not exact matches
This time I created steam in my
oven by putting ice cubes on a
hot cookie sheet on the
bottom rack
of my
oven as the bread was rising.
Also, our apartment is cool so I put the dough in my
bottom oven with a pan
of hot water on the
bottom to creat the warmth.
Hopefully they will soften up some as the «out
of the
oven buns» were too
hot to cut, and the
bottom of the bun was really hard.
Butter cake from Modern Classics Book 2: Cookies, Biscuits & Slices, Small Cakes, Cakes, Desserts,
Hot Puddings, Pies & Tarts (Morrow Cookbooks) Cake: 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon (127g) unsalted butter, very well softened 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup + 1 1/2 tablespoons (218g) caster sugar 3 eggs 1 1/2 cups + 1 1/2 tablespoons (225g) all purpose flour, sifted 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, sifted 1/4 teaspoon baking soda, sifted pinch
of salt 1/2 cup (120 ml) whole milk, room temperature Icing: 1 cup (140g) icing sugar, sifted 1 - 2 tablespoons lemon juice or water Preheat the
oven to 160 °C; butter a 20 cm (8in) round cake pan, line the
bottom with baking paper and butter the paper as well.
Remove from the
oven and while the crust is still
hot, use the back
of a spoon to gently press down on the sides and
bottom to help hold it together as it cools.
I'm not sure if the
oven was too
hot or the quality
of the dutch
oven was poor... but my beautiful bread came out burned on the
bottom.
Just throw it in the cold
oven, give it some
hot water on the
bottom of your
oven and turn up the heat!
Skipped the bain - marie and placed a dish
of hot water in the
bottom of oven instead... the top cracked, but no one cared - everyone said it was delicious!
Put a pan on the
bottom rack
of the
oven and fill with
hot water.
Using an
oven mitt (the bowl will be
hot), lift up the bowl and wipe the
bottom of the bowl with a dish towel (see notes).
Place the pie at the lowest part
of your
oven and cook it at 170ºC until golden, in this way the
bottom will have more
hot as the dough is thicker.
Remove the crust from the
oven and, while it's still
hot, press the sides and
bottom firmly with the back
of a spoon; this will help it hold together when cool.
You need a
hot oven to prep your eggplant slices, and by cutting them to almost an inch thick this ensures a crispy
bottom with a nice tender bite
of eggplant meat in between, because they do shrink down.
A few tips: Letting the cast - iron pan preheat in a blazing
hot oven will help ensure a crispy
bottom crust, just be careful getting it in and out
of the
oven.
Remove the crust from the
oven and, while it's still
hot, press the sides and
bottom with the back
of a spoon.
The top
of that food will cook and brown more slowly because its shielded from the heat at the
bottom of the
oven, and is further away from the heat and
hot air circulating down from the top
of the
oven.
He's also devised a clever trick: putting a bit
of crushed ice on the dough as it goes into the
hot oven to keep the center moist and tender while the
bottom and edge become crisp and crackling.
Put a cup or so
of hot water into the
bottom of the
oven.