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Convection
Oven Cooking – make the best meals
Technology
is improving everyday. The greatest sign of this improvement can
be seen in kitchen appliances specially the different types of
ovens. Convection oven is one such wonderful creation. Convection
oven cooking is very helpful because it cooks the food in half
the time, in a much lower temperature than the conventional cooking
ovens and provides the best dishes. Also the foodstuff stay moist
and the nutrients are retained.
Convection
Oven Cooking Secrets
The convection ovens have appliances much different than those
of conventional standard ovens. Even the methods of baking, heating,
broiling and re-thermalizing food in convection ovens are different
from other ovens.
Following
are the ways in which convection oven cooking can be done:
Convection
oven circulates hot air with a fan - the convection oven
has a fan that circulates the air throughout the open cavity of
the oven. The hot air blowing tends to cook the food faster. Moving
hot air speeds up the rate of heat transference. Thus the food
is cooked evenly and in a short time.
The
acceleration effect provides better cooking - the rush
of heat with the chemical reactions cooks the food better. The
butter from the croissant releases the steam fast creating flaky
layers. The chicken skin renders its fat and become brown easily
so the chicken remains tasty and juicy. Food is cooked with the
interior remaining moist and the exterior becoming crisp and brown.
Convection
Oven Cooking - Methods
Convection oven cooking is hard to beat for flavour, tenderness
and appearance. The crusty exterior seals the juices inside, while
retaining the look and taste of the food.
Following
are some of the methods of convention oven cooking:
Convection
oven recipes - you should heat the oven to 25°F lower
than the recipe demands. The food will also be cooked in 25% less
time than other conventional ovens. Check for the cooked food
15 minutes earlier than the recipe demands.
Roast
meat by convection - you should place the meat in the
oven rack and place a drip pan on the lowest rack. The hot circulating
air will help the exterior of the meat to become brown and lock
the juices inside. The meat will drip less and will be cooked
much better than the conventional ovens.
Cook
baked food with convection oven - the convection oven
dries the outside of the food and creates a thicker crust on the
top of the baked food. Convection oven is, therefore, very useful
for breads and pies. However cakes and other desserts can also
be baked perfectly in a convection oven.
Choosing
the pans - no special pans are required except simple
baking sheets and roasting pans with low sides, which will make
the food brown outside and soft inside.
Convection
oven cooking thus produces tasty and flavored dishes, with the
food remaining crusty outside but soft and tender inside. The
dishes will attract your family and friends, repeatedly to your
home.
Just a few
thoughts as you are outfitting your kitchen. There are many more
kitchen articles in our kitchen
section. There is more specific information in the links at
the beginning of this article. They can guide you where you need
to go.
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