(It’s the
oven that’s mini, not the review by the way)
Due to our
current, somewhat strange living arrangements ( read
more here ) we decided to invest in a mini oven, which would allow us to
cook some of the foods that we’d been missing, and were unable to conjure up on
our basic camping stove and grill arrangement.
After doing
a bit of research and reading various customer reviews, we plumped for the
Andrew James Mini Combi Oven from Amazon. With a two-plate hob and
multi-function oven, it seemed a good buy.
I’m pleased
to report that we’re really getting on quite well with it and have appreciated
all that it has to offer. On the downside, it does take longer than the average
oven to heat up (the hob too) but once it gets going it cooks really well. In
fact, pastry for example, cooks much better than it did in our previous oven,
becoming a lovely even, golden brown colour, of which any Bake Off contestant
would be immensely proud.
The oven
capacity is a decent size, enabling me to cook a full roast dinner, and the
internal dimensions allow enough space for a large pizza tray.
With a choice
of five oven settings, however, it seems a shame that the instruction booklet
doesn’t explain which setting would best suit which type of dish. The settings
consist of: upper heating and low heating with fan; upper heating and fan;
upper heating and lower heating; lower heating; upper heating. The instructions
merely advise that four out of the five settings are suitable for baking, with
the other function acting as a grill. So we’ve resorted to good old trial and
error to work out which arrangement is best for which dish, and slowly but
surely we’re getting there.
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