How to make the most of the AGA Simmering Plate

The AGA Simmering Plate is the most used area of the AGA here in the showroom. If you come to pay us a visit at lunchtime you will see a variety of foods being hastily prepared.

My personal favourite is an AGA take on a Croque Madame, cheese on toast with an egg!

Spread the bread with some mustard and lay on your cheese - plenty of it! Pop a piece of Bake-O-Glide on the Simmering plate, on goes the bread and down goes the lid. After a minute or so the cheese should be starting to melt and if there is space on the Bake-O-Glide, crack an egg straight onto it and put the lid back down. After 2-3 minutes, both the cheese on toast and the egg should be cooked to perfection. Lay the egg on top of the cheese and you've got the AGA Croque Madame.

Another very popular lunch time snack is a mushroom omelette. Mushrooms are so quick and easy to cook on the simmering plate but they also smell delicious and tempt in any wandering shoppers.

Slice your mushrooms quite thinly, put a large piece of Bake-O-Glide on the Simmering Plate with a bit of butter in the middle and cook the mushrooms for a few minutes with the lid down while you prepare the eggs.  Beat 2 eggs with a splash of water and some salt and pepper.  Once the mushrooms are cooked add the eggs to the middle of the Bake-O-Glide a little at a time. Start by moving the cooked parts to the outside while at the same time adding more mixture to the centre, this way you create a sort of wall for the egg mixture. If you’re feeling a bit decadent you can always add a bit of cheese to your omelette. After another minute simply fold the Bake-O-Glide in half and take it off the simmering plate.
There you have it! A very easy Mushroom Omelette with only the Bake-O-Glide to wash up.

Here’s a couple more Simmering Plate tips we've come across:

-          - Jam jar lid too stiff to open; put the jar, lid down on the Simmering Plate for a few seconds. The jar should be open in a jiffy, but don’t forget to use a gauntlet to open it!

-         -  Popcorn can be made on a big piece of Bake-o-Glide on the Simmering Plate, put a little oil in the middle, add a tablespoon of corn kernels and put the lid down. Listen for the popping, when it stops, you've got popcorn. And with the big bit of Bake-o-Glide you've got an easy way to move the popcorn straight to the bowl.

-       -  Sear fish and vegetables on the Simmering Plate without the need for a frying pan. Oil the tuna, scallop, langoustine, aubergine slice, courgette strip, and cook either straight on the Simmering Plate (it would be best to lightly oil it first) or on a piece of bake-o-glide.

If you've got any Simmering Plate tips please feel free to share!