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6. Cooking guide
Roasting oven setting
Oven temperature = HIGH
Grilling Top - grilling
Scones 2nd runner - scones, small pastries, grilling
Pastries 3rd runner - bread rolls , Yorkshire pudding
Bread 4th runner - roasts, poultry
Yorkshire puddings Oven grid shelf on base of oven - bread loaves, pies, roast vegetables
Roasts Floor grid on base of oven - quiches, pies
Shallow frying
Baking oven setting
Oven temperature = MODERATE
Cakes Towards top - whisked sponges, some biscuits, small cakes
Biscuits
Middle - sh, soués, shepherd and cottage pie, lasagne
Fish
Oven grid shelf on base of oven - Victoria sandwiches, shortbread, traybakes and
cheesecake
Shepherds pie, Cottage pie
Lasagne
Soués
Shortbread
Simmering oven
Oven temperature = LOW
Casseroles
For casseroles, stock, milk puddings and similar dishes bring to heat elsewhere on
the AGA then transfer to the simmering oven (one exception is meringues). Rich fruit
cakes can be cooked here for a, long time on the oven grid shelf placed on the base of
the oven.
Milk puddings
Stock
Meringues
Rich fruit cake