How to Make Cheese on Toast in an Aga
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Help- I hate this f^*$ing AGA!
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WasindieNial Fri 29-Oct-10 23:03:23
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HumphreyCobbler Fri 29-Oct-10 23:05:07
put the cheese on toast in the top oven
I love my aga, it cooks everything brilliantly.
Your top oven should be 220, I would get it serviced if I were you.
You don't have to keep it though, just get a different oven.
HumphreyCobbler Fri 29-Oct-10 23:08:02
you can sell it on EBAY, that is where I bought mine.
hobbgoblin Fri 29-Oct-10 23:08:49
Can I have it? Will trade for a bog standard eye level fan oven, only 2 years old!
Get a toaster thing for the top and make cheese toasties with that, or use the top oven as HC says.
Buy Amy Wilcox's books (or is it wilcock? 
) and make all her recipes...
<wistful>
HumphreyCobbler Fri 29-Oct-10 23:10:10
Marry Berry is my favourite
WasindieNial Fri 29-Oct-10 23:26:51
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jonicomelately Fri 29-Oct-10 23:28:19
It's obviously not working efficiently. It needs to be repaired 
WasindieNial Fri 29-Oct-10 23:29:53
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elliephant Fri 29-Oct-10 23:46:12
Get some Mary Berry and Lucy Young cookbooks.Not a fan of Amy Wilcox.
It needs to be serviced every year - check the temp gague to see if its hot enough.
Put your tray of roasties on floor of your roasting oven for first half of cooking then move them to very top. Find they cook quicker that way. Cut them smaller if they're taking that long.
Assume you have one of these for making toastwww.salamandercookshop.com/index.php?main_page=pro duct_info&products_id=1296¤cy=GBP
then just bung it in top of oven with cheese on top. Mine browns and bubbles! Sometimes I just put the bread and cheese on floor of oven and it crisps and browns deliciously. You could make melba toast the same way.
You can hug it when you're cold, warm your the kids clothes on it before you put them on , dry your clothes on it, iron on it.
And of course cook on it .
jonicomelately Fri 29-Oct-10 23:52:31
There is some sort of device you can now have fitted to an Aga which regulates the amount of energy it uses. You should check that out on the Aga website.
You alos need to cook mainly using the ovens, not the hobs so for example, start pasta off on the hob but then transfer to the roasting oven.
hobbgoblin Fri 29-Oct-10 23:53:27
You can also hand rear ducklings on it 
StarflowerGirl Sat 30-Oct-10 10:06:14
For grilling put the grid shelf on the top set of runners in the roasting oven. I do cheese on toast in this way and always get a lovely bubble and browning. I have heard that you can do cheese on toast on the simmering plate using bacoglide but haven't tried that myself.
For roasters, par boil them first, get your oil/fat hot by putting the roasting pan on the simmering plate. Put your potatoes in there when the oil/fat is nice and hot and transfer them to the middle of the roasting oven.
We've just had our quarterly bill from E-On and our gas came to £174.41. We have a gas boiler as well as the Aga but only use it to heat hot water (it's on constant for that). The Aga keeps the bottom half of the house toasty warm so no need for central heating.
Oh and I highly recommend the Mary Berry Aga books as well as The Complete Book of Aga Knowhow and Secrets of Aga Cakes by Lucy Young
We'll be moving to another house early next year and I will really miss the Aga. I love it!
WasindieNial Sat 30-Oct-10 11:03:27
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WasindieNial Sat 30-Oct-10 11:04:26
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TheBolter Sat 30-Oct-10 11:07:38
Believe me, once you have mastered the thing you will never want to go back. That lovely warm house of yours is warm because of the Aga!
I learned to cook on an Aga and find ovens more confusing! All those bloody buttons and numbers. With an Aga it's more instinctive. (Sorry, ponce alert )
StarflowerGirl Sat 30-Oct-10 11:14:49
Trust me you'll find Christmas dinner a doddle. I've cooked a turkey and all the trimmings plus a couple of different deserts/puddings all in the Aga and all coming together bang on time. I'm no domestic goddess either! Before I inherited the Aga I was so bad a cook I could burn water.
I've got a link somewhere to a step by step Aga christmas dinner with timings and which plate or oven to use etc. I'll see if I can find it.
I wouldn't even contemplate Christmas dinner with a conventional cooker.
StarflowerGirl Sat 30-Oct-10 11:24:43
mrspink27 Sat 30-Oct-10 11:35:34
Book yourself into a couple of workshops for aga owners at your local aga shop. Then you get to eat the stuff that they show you how to cook and also an opportunity to ask questions and share experiences with other owners.
sue52 Sat 30-Oct-10 13:46:15
Another vote for the Mary Berry books. Just stick with it and soon you'll learn to love it.
elliephant Sat 30-Oct-10 15:07:55
Sorry Was, I didn't mean you should put toaster in oven - just cook toast in it on hot plate and then put toast in oven 
Hope that makes sense! Would second those who said that you should use hot plates as little as possible to keep heat in ovens. I cook everything in oven- rice, pasta, veg, fry ups. So much easier and less cooking smells. Definitely try and book yourself into a demo day at your local aga store, there is a knack to aga cooking but it's worth the effort.
WasindieNial Sat 30-Oct-10 20:14:07
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mrspink27 Sun 31-Oct-10 13:56:52
There are also some mini books by Richard Craggs The little book of Aga tips ( there are 2 or 3 of these and a Christmas one. Quite fun and some interesting tips which are worth a look.
Waswondering Sun 31-Oct-10 14:05:31
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Julesnobrain Mon 01-Nov-10 22:41:52
Look up your local aga store and go and book one of their cooking lessons. The one near us even does one called first Christmas with an aga. DH and I went on one when we got our aga as I am an aga virgin 
and I must admit I was completely amazed at how much food you could cook all in one go in a very effortless fashion. You need to make sure you have all the proper pans and baking trays though.
Simbacat Mon 01-Nov-10 22:54:36
My 15 year old daughter came home from her boyfriends so excited. He had taught her how to make cheeses on toast using a grill. She has never lived in a house with anything but an aga.
Make sure your top plates are down when not in use- potatoes shouldn't take 1.5 hours if the heat is right.
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How to Make Cheese on Toast in an Aga
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