Through the power of the Thermador steam oven, food stays moist on the inside and is perfectly finished on the outside. Do you burn food easily? Have you been known to over-cook dishes? Not exactly a whiz in the kitchen? At Home-Tech, we hear many stories about kitchen nightmares and disasters. But, like so many customers we have advised before, we fill them in on an industry secret called cooking with steam and convection. This has been a marvelous little secret in restaurant cooking for many years.
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Thermador Steam Ovens Plus Convection Equals Perfection
Behold the Masterpiece Series steam ovens from Thermador. These ovens offer steam, true convection and steam and/or convection cooking modes. Imagine an oven that simplifies cooking. Well, this is it and you have to check out the 40 Easy-Cook food programs and pre-programmed modes that automatically set the oven temperature and humidity to ensure perfect cooking results. The 24-inch oven shown is available at Home-Tech.
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Oven-Poached Pears with Lemon, Honey and Nutmeg
Our friends at Epicurious provided us with this delicious baked pear recipe. Enjoy.
Ingredients:
- 2 large ripe pears, halved, cored, each half cut into 6 wedges
- 4 tablespoons honey
- 4 teaspoons honey
- 4 teaspoons dried currants
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- Ground nutmeg
- 3/4 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt
Preparations:
- When cooking in steam ovens, use the steam only setting on the oven at 210° F and set time for about 35 minutes.
- Place large baking sheet in oven to heat.
- Cut 4 sheets of foil, each about 12 inches long. Place 1 foil sheet on work surface.
- Arrange 6 pear wedges, overlapping slightly, on 1 half of foil.
- Drizzle with 1 tablespoon honey. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon currants, 1/4 teaspoon lemon peel and pinch of nutmeg.
- Fold foil over, enclosing contents completely and crimping edges tightly to seal.
- Repeat with remaining foil sheets, pears, honey, currants, lemon peel and nutmeg.
- Place foil packets on heated baking sheet. Bake until pears are tender. Allow to cool completely. (For those using a conventional oven, bake at 400° F for 5 – 7 minutes.)
- Open foil packets into 4 shallow bowls to retain juices. Top each serving with 3 tablespoons vanilla yogurt.
ENJOY and post on our Facebook or Twitter your completed dishes.