The Complete Aga Cookbook

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My trust was not misplaced and the book appears to give just the right amount of advice to enable an experienced cook to make the changeover from another source of fuel. I did a bit of washing up (I’m one of those cooks who clears up as she goes along) and prepared the filling while this was happening. Complete with all the AGA user information, Mary and Lucy help you get the most out of your AGA as they guide the reader through time and energy saving tips - from melting chocolate on the back of the AGA, to cooking drop scones on the Boiling Plate and slow roasting overnight in your Simmering Oven. I never got round to making it then but when I found a jar of sun-dried tomatoes which needed using up in my fridge recently, the recipe sprang to mind and I dug it out. I made mine in the afternoon and it was happy to wait in the tin and be placed in the oven at bedtime.

Her timeless guidance and expert tips will help you cater smoothly and successfully on a small scale for dinners and lunches around a table, or on a larger scale for drinks parties, buffets and teatime. I love it because it’s a fruit cake and lends itself to being baked slowly in the Aga, which makes for a very moist cake. We have hand-selected a compact library of Aga cookbooks that we hope you will love as much as we do.

Home cooking has never been more important, and every recipe has been created to bring families and friends together.

Making tarts or quiches in an Aga could not be easier because you do not have to bake the pastry blind.Whether you’re following a plant-based diet, are baking for someone with an egg or dairy allergy, the hens have gone off the lay or you’ve simply run out of eggs, this chocolate traybake is a deliciously moist chocolate recipe that’s handy to have at the ready. This selection of Aga cookbooks have been hand-picked to cover the best advice for beginners, right up to experienced range cooker experts.

As Mary herself says, an Aga rapidly becomes the center attraction of the kitchen, acting as a warm focus for family, friends and animals. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Mary's menu planners will help you to create a tempting and well-balanced meal, and her preparation tips enable you to spend less time in the kitchen and more time with your friends. I discovered it in the original Mary Berry “The Aga Book” (now out of print) which came with my brand new Aga twelve years ago.

This roll of filo pastry is packed with colourful vegetables; spinach, butternut squash and red peppers which contrast with crumbled white feta cheese. It is 30 years since AGA first got in touch with Mary Berry about producing the AGA handbook and 15 since she followed it up with Mary Berry's New Aga Cookbook - now she has combined, improved, updated and revamped those books with Lucy's help to produce The Complete Aga Cookbook, which deserves its place on all 21st-century kitchen shelves. A delicious and vibrant Coconut, Tomato and Tamarind Whole Roasted Cauliflower, this recipe is a great vegan option. In their defence, they “inherited” their Aga when moving into their house whereas I made a deliberate choice to become an Aga owner and cook and saw it as a kind of project.

In addition to recipes, it explains how the Aga works and there are lots of helpful tips about cooking in an Aga. A few recipes will be familiar (adapted old favourites), but, whether new or old, all have been cooked to perfection in the Aga, showing how versatile it really is. The recipes are complemented with detailed introductory material that shows you how to get the very best from your Aga – whether a new convert or an established devotee – and with this book it can become the warming heart of your family kitchen. Then, I realised it was written and created with today's eating styles in mind and was just terrific.

Registered address: Unit 6, Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, LE5 3EF, United kingdom. It might be slightly less helpful to a new cook as there are not quite enough pictures for every receipe but generally an excellent kitchen tool. Lavish new photography and bonus festive recipes make this edition a precious self-purchase or an ideal gift for any Mary fan.