Cuisinart Combo Steam/Convection Oven (Part 3)

[JoNorvelleWalker]

Try, and report back!

 

[dtremit]

I will have to give it a try on my next batch of dough. Finding something workable would be very welcome in these temperatures, to say the least! 

 

Sadly most of my collection of heavy steel or iron objects don't fit in the CSO, but for these purposes I can probably do a test loaf in a 7" skillet. I don't see why it wouldn't scale up.

I *started* a boule on Super Steam yesterday but only left it in for 15 minutes but transferred it to a cast iron skillet in the Breville to finish. Didn't get a ton of oven spring but I think that was just the dough, I was experimenting with that too!

[weinoo]

Something workable for me, in these temperatures, is buying bread.

[dtremit]

On 7/20/2020 at 4:48 PM, weinoo said:

Something workable for me, in these temperatures, is buying bread.

 

So true! We are really trying to minimize store trips, though -- and I was growing wary of repeatedly feeding my sourdough starter without baking anything.

Most of our bread, of late, has come out of the trusty Zojirushi, which barely seems to produce any excess heat.

[Kim Shook]

I used the CSO yesterday to reheat some steamed crabs that we had been given.  I did them on Super Steam at 350 for about 6 minutes - just long enough to loosen them up and make them easier to pick.  

 

I also used it to reheat the crabmeat itself for dinner last night.  A pie tin full at 350 on Super Steam again for about 4 minutes.  I couldn't see that the meat suffered any for being reheated (twice !).  

[JoNorvelleWalker]

I'm reheating some paella as we speak.  In the last week or two I've been having technical difficulties with the CSO clock.  Not that the power here has been the greatest.

 

[Kim Shook]

10 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

I'm reheating some paella as we speak.  In the last week or two I've been having technical difficulties with the CSO clock.  Not that the power here has been the greatest.

 

Reheating rice is one of those things that the CSO really shines at.  I was never satisfied with the microwave doing this.  

[weinoo]

Absolutely agree.  

[dtremit]

On 7/14/2020 at 1:27 PM, Kim Shook said:

I know that everyone knows about the wonderful tomato-peeling properties of the CSO, but have you tried peaches?  I did the other day when I needed to prep about 8 for freezing before they went south.  Worked perfectly.  I carved a little "X" in the bottom of each peach, put them in the pan "X" up, and super steamed them at 400F. for a few minutes (I think it ended up being 7).  What a joy not to have to deal with the pot of boiling water and pull the peaches out only to find that they haven't been in long enough.  

 

Thank you for this suggestion, by the way -- this method made quick work of a half bushel of peaches we recently procured. As long as one has enough pans, one can shuttle them in and out of the CSO faster than they can be cooled, peeled and sliced.

The only issue I had was with the last tray that was half full -- those ended up being a little overdone. Will know to reduce the time for a partial tray next time.

My sense was the batch I did on the "official" CSO pan -- the one with the ridges in the bottom -- was the most successful; the ones I did on a flat pan had a little ring of cooked peach where they made contact. Putting them on a rack would probably be ideal.

[Okanagancook]

Chicken Skin

Convection Bake at 425F for 10 minutes to start then monitor.  Nice and crispy.

[md8232]

1 minute ago, Okanagancook said:

Chicken Skin

Convection Bake at 425F for 10 minutes to start then monitor.  Nice and crispy.

 

You are my hero.

[Kim Shook]

Biscuits (US kind)?  What temp and what setting, please.  Thank you!

[weinoo]

You ever get a brilliant idea which somehow loses something in the execution of said idea?  

 

 

I had these 2 really nice, fresh wild sockeye fillets. They were salted and dilled, and left in the fridge like that for 8 hours or so. I like to cook them in the steam girl, on steam bake, low, until they're done (which, in my case is just barely cooked, and in Significant Eater's case is more than just barely cooked, but that's a whole other story).

 

Anyway, the brilliant idea?  Why not smoke one of the fillets in the steam girl. Recalling that it is very well sealed, I figured just a little smoke might go a long way.

 

 

It was sorta like a Three Stooges episode, because as I'm trying to fill the oven with smoke, the smoke is coming out as fast as it's going in. I get to a point where I figure I've gotten as much smoke in the oven as I'm going to, so I slam the door shut and let the fillet cook for however long until it's done.  Smoke flavor? Nil.

 

Next time, I plan on igniting a little pile of wood chips in a small dish and putting it in the oven with the salmon.

 

Has anyone tried anything even close to this? And no, I don't plan on modifying the oven in any way!

[gfweb]

I wonder if the smoke all got taken up by the steam /mist and ended up in the condensation tray

[weinoo]

2 hours ago, gfweb said:

I wonder if the smoke all got taken up by the steam /mist and ended up in the condensation tray

 

Oh, I should've mentioned - I did the fillet I was trying to smoke on plain convection bake, at like 275F.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

3 hours ago, weinoo said:

 

Oh, I should've mentioned - I did the fillet I was trying to smoke on plain convection bake, at like 275F.

 

Try using the warm setting instead.  No fan.

 

[weinoo]

57 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Try using the warm setting instead.  No fan.

 

Will do!

[StumptownGeek]

Focus Camera has the CSO for $139 w/free shipping after coupon code SDOVEN.  Might be your last chance in the US...

 

 

 

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[rotuts]

@StumptownGeek 

 

and excellent opportunity 

 

to stock up , and a great price , or Get Your Second

 

just in case.

 

if you had Top of the Line Electricals 

 

in your kitchen , and the space , you might run

 

Two @ a time.!

[Keri AH]

21 hours ago, StumptownGeek said:

Focus Camera has the CSO for $139 w/free shipping after coupon code SDOVEN.  Might be your last chance in the US...

 

Now showing as "Out of Stock" <sigh> ... but thanks for the heads-up.

[ElsieD]

The few successful times I have tried it, I was able to cook an egg in the shell on Steam 210 for 22 minutes.   The time before last I did it the same way.  The yolk was soft and the white as @Kim Shook  would say, resembles snot.  I tried it again the other day, and it was completely raw.  i don't know if it was warm, much less hot out of the oven because I removed it with tongs.  Any ideas?

[Okanagancook]

I would have lost interest by now...water in a pot on the stove....sorry..must be the wine talking 🤪

[Kim Shook]

15 minutes ago, Okanagancook said:

I would have lost interest by now...water in a pot on the stove....sorry..must be the wine talking 🤪

I honestly don't do any better at all that way.  Worse, really.  

[JoNorvelleWalker]

37 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

The few successful times I have tried it, I was able to cook an egg in the shell on Steam 210 for 22 minutes.   The time before last I did it the same way.  The yolk was soft and the white as @Kim Shook  would say, resembles snot.  I tried it again the other day, and it was completely raw.  i don't know if it was warm, much less hot out of the oven because I removed it with tongs.  Any ideas?

 

Was the CSO plugged in?  I'd guess the temperature wasn't really 210.

 

[ElsieD]

14 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Was the CSO plugged in?  I'd guess the temperature wasn't really 210.

 

Um, yes, it was plugged in.