This week has been very exciting with the installation of our new Esse range cooker. It runs on solid fuel; dry, hardwood logs – something of which neither of us has prior experience. The cooker doesn’t have a thermostat, just a knob and a lever to get the optimum temperature. So, getting the heat just right for whatever I’m baking is trial and error at this early stage.
Something that would help is an oven thermometer. Whether I’m baking a pizza or loaf of bread in the hot oven or meringues in the cooler oven, knowing the exact temperature will aid in working out how long something will take to cook. With one of these oven thermometers, there’ll be no burnt bits or soggy bottoms!
- Home kitchen stainless steel 0-400ºC oven thermometer: £2.99, eBay
- Pizza & bread oven thermometer: £9.99, Amazon
- Heston Blumenthal by Salter oven thermometer: £11.99, John Lewis
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